Ahh, cleaning. The foul stench of bleach, the cracked and blistering skin from the use of harmful chemicals. Struggling to keep my daughter out of the bathroom while I scrub so she doesn't breath in harmful fumes...wait. That doesn't sound so nice, does it?That's right! It doesn't! And that's why I don't do it that way anymore. In fact, Addie helped me scrub down the bathroom last week during a cleaning frenzy. We bonded. I cleaned. She played with the dust pan. I didn't worry once that she was breathing in harmful fumes or that she would touch the cleaning container that had a splash of bleach on the side. Nope. We just had a good time.
Don't get me wrong, it's not like I let her play with the rag I was scrubbing with or anything, but it was nice to sit there and talk to her while I scrubbed without worrying about her touching anything. And you know what? I don't think my bathroom has ever looked cleaner, nor has cleaning the bathroom ever gone more smoothly!
Granted, I have been using green cleaners for over a year now, but we've still been weeding out the few chemicals that we have had stocked up under our sinks. I just can't waste. To me that is even less green than using the bleach. I've been scrubbing Addie's bathroom with Method cleaners and vinegar ever since we moved here for fear that I wouldn't rinse the tub out well enough, but I continued using my bleach-based cleaners on our bathroom to use them up. Finally we made it! No harsh chemicals, a clean bathroom, a happy toddler, and money saved on cleaning supplies*. What more could I ask for?
* Apparently Borax is an amazing bathroom cleaner! It's also cheap, multi-purpose, eco-friendly, and something I already keep on hand. Gotta love it.
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