Wishing you a Happy Earth Day with an offering of Green Toys

Yesterday morning, at 6am, when my dear daughter tends to wake up, I did a small inventory of some of the toys that have slowly been trickling into our house (via gifts from Grandparents and well-meaning friends) and realized there were lots of "invader" toys that do not meet my standards for the health of my daughter mixed in the bunch. So I got a basket and started gathering questionable plastic toys to put into toy lock-up and then took a look to see what alternatives I could find for them that were BPA and Pthalate-free. The skies opened up when I found safe versions of all the "no" toys in my reject basket. From the same people, Green Toys, who brought us the BPA-free tugboat made of recycled milk jugs I also found replacement "safe" versions of our play dishes and utensils, tools, trucks and other great safe toys are also available. They're now in my Amazon basket and I'm hoping they'll make it into yours too.
Read more at Greentoys.com and purchase at Amazon.com(Obsessed Moms gets a small percentage when you purchase through these links)
Tool Box
Dish Set
Tea Set
Happy Earth Day!

Obsessed Moms logo has been born

Obsessedmoms.com finally has a logo, thanks to amazing illustrator and designer Maura Condrick. There are a series of other great obsessed-animal-mom illustrations to come, so keep an out for them as they arrive. Hoot-hoot.

Zapping big germs on little toothbrushes

I read about the Violight ZapiPOP kids' toothbrush sanitizer in a magazine about a year ago and finally bought one for my daughter. Turns out some pretty gross stuff can end up on your kids' toothbrushes because of airborne bacteria that go flying when you flush...Influenza, herpes simplex I, streptococci, staphylococci, yeasts, and the bacteria that cause gum disease, cavities, and even diarrheal illness just to name a few. Also, germs can move from one brush to another if you store toothbrushes near each other.
The Zapi uses ultraviolet (UV) light which is a proven germicide which eliminates up to 99.9% of bacteria that thrive on your toothbrush. They come with stickers that you can change to create new characters on your Zapi. My daughter loves her oso (bear in Spanish) and asks to hold it when brushing her teeth. Available at violight.com
NOTE: I just saw a 20% off code smile311