Babies: The Honest Company Provides Exactly What They (and Their Parents) Need

Babies don't ask for much - just love, food, rest, and a clean diaper.  But it is funny how much work it takes to provide them with those four seemingly easy requests.

Somehow I have managed to get my kids to ages 7 and 4, and I have at least moved past the diaper phase.  But so many friends that either are pregnant or have babies ask me for advice all the time.  And it amazes me just how many things have changed and evolved in only a few years!

So how is a new parent supposed to know what products to buy and use for their babies and home?

Enter The Honest Company. 

Detergent - Dry or Liquid???

So I learned something interesting today. As I had mentioned in a previous post, I was having trouble with my dishwasher so I tried the JetDry Dishwasher Cleaner. That didn't fix the problem to my satisfaction so I had a repair man come and check out my dishwasher today...did you know that it is better to use dry crystal detergent rather than liquid detergent?

This goes for your dishwasher and your washing machine. According to this repair man, unless you are using hot or extra hot water, liquid detergent doesn't completely dissolve. (And if you are trying to conserve energy as all politicians and Al Gore are telling us to do, then you are probably using cold and warm more often than warm or hot on your washing machine.) As a result, your dishes may have a slight film on them and your clothes might still have a little detergent in them, thus not getting as soft as you might like.

This was shocking to me because (as crazy as this sounds) liquid detergent seemed fancier or the "rich man's" way to go rather than dry detergent. But now it all makes sense. My mom and dad bought a pretty expensive and ultra-quiet dishwasher and it specifically says to use dry detergent only.

After finding out this information, I went to the grocery store and was amazed at how massive the liquid detergent section was and how few options there were for dry detergent. So why are there more liquid detergents than dry detergents?

If you know, please share because it seems like this is one of the many great scams of the world.

So here is the bottom line...on most occasions, use dry detergent instead of liquid!

Jet-Dry Dishwasher Cleaner

Lately, my dishwasher has been acting funny. It hasn't been cleaning my dishes as well as it has in the past and the detergent reservoir isn't completely emptying. I fact, half the detergent is usually left when I open the dishwasher door. And we are even talking liquid detergent.

So today I decided to try the Jet-Dry Dishwasher Cleaner. I saw a commercial on TV for it and thought this is worth a try before I have to call out a dishwasher repair guy. While the Jet-Dry Dishwasher Cleaner was able to give my dishwasher a clean, citrus smell, unfortunately, it didn't fix the problem in my dishwasher...I just found detergent left over in the detergent reservoir.

Although it didn't fix the problems with my dishwasher, it still may help with yours.

Have you tried the Jet-Dry Dishwasher Cleaner? Let us know what you think...