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Want Your Child To Love Getting Clean? Have Them Make Their Own Soaps, Shampoos, and Lotions!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:28

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Welcome to the April 2012 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Kids and Personal Care
This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have shared stories, tips, and struggles relating to their children’s personal care choices.

Photo Credit: Flickr/David J. Thomas

Children and dirt are just two little peas in a pod. What child doesn’t love getting dirty? I’m sure that there are some but honestly,most kids love dirt.

What dirty kid loooooves getting clean? (Are those crickets I hear chirping????) Thought so. I know that Tiny loves playing in the muck and although she isn’topposed to bath time, it isn’t high on her priority list.

Wee ones have better things to do with their time than tostop for a bath or shower. Sure, bathtime can be fun if you have some toys or some bath paints at the ready but evenso, it is still not an activity that most children beg to do. Go to the park or take a bath? Which one do you suppose your child will wantto do?

I am lucky in that Tiny usually just goes along for thepersonal hygiene ride. She loves toshower or take a bath WITH me but will not do it alone. Until recently, she enjoyed having her hairwashed and her faced scrubbed. But then,she figured out that SHE is in control of her body and that a wet, wiggly Tinycan manage to frustrate a wet, soapy mama to the point that she gives up ondoing an actual scrub down or hair wash.

So I had to get creative. I had been really busy in the kitchen the past few months concocting thepotions, er, um, recipes for my Ebook,and Tiny was a great sous chef. Itdawned on me that she would probably REALLY enjoy making products that shecould then bathe with. Brilliant!

Fully intending on writing a second Ebook geared towardschildren’s personal care products, Tiny and I started playing with somerecipes. Together, we created a reallyfun fizzy bath soak, a great body/face wash, and a nourishing body lotion. They were easy to make together (rememberthat Tiny just turned 3) and she felt pretty cool making her own bathproducts. Tiny was so smitten with hercreations that she wanted to test them out immediately after making them.

Two weeks later and bath times are back in workingorder. Tiny LOVES using “mine soap mama”and slathers herself with the body lotion. When I told her we would be working on more recipes she got ratherexcited. She pulls out the pots and pansdaily asking if we can “create.”

Any time you can empower your child to take charge of thecare of their body you will likely be met with enthusiasm. When you take away control by forcing yourapproach or agenda on your child, you will be met with more resistance. Get creative in how you encourage theirtaking control (and enjoying) a personal hygiene ritual.

If you are interested in making personal care products WITHyour child that your child will love using, then stay tuned for my nextEbook. It will launch this July. Until then, here is a super easy teaserrecipe for you!

BathIce Cubes

Ingredients

1/3 cup cocoa butter
1 tablespoon coconutcrème
1 teaspoon coconutoil
1 teaspoon almond oil
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoonpowdered oatmeal(just grind up some oats in a food processor)
2 drops tangerine, lavender, or lemon EO

Directions

Melt cocoa butter in double boiler, remove fromheat.
Mix coconut creme, coconut oil, almond oil, honey andoatmeal in a separate bowl and blend well.
Add mixture to melted cocoa butter, blend well.
Add tangerine, lavender, or lemon EO (or yourfavorite child friendly EO) and blend in.
Pour mixture into ice cube trays, chill until firm.

Toss one cube into a tub of running water andenjoy!

Visit Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama to find out how you can participate in the next Carnival of Natural Parenting!
Please take time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants:
(This list will be live and updated by afternoon April 10 with all the carnival links.)

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