cleaning tips by a busy mommy

Just admit it. You hate cleaning also.
And if you are a bussy mommy you hate it just more,
Let's make it easy for you...
Here are some cleaning tips!

After making some smoothies your blender is pretty dirty. Here's how you clean it:

Fill a blender with warm water and a drop of dish soap, then turn it on and blend for a few seconds. Dump, rinse with clean water and dry.

it's summer so bbq time. But how do you clean the grill?

Well with an onion!

Grab half a white onion and rub it across the grate of the hot grill using a fork. This will clean the grate, and just leave flavor for next time.

Done with the rings in your bathtub? Use a grapefruit.

Cut a grapefruit in half and sprinkle it (and the tub) with salt. Now use the fruit as a scrubber and those rings will fade away.

Dishwasher cleaner: Clean your dishwasher by running it on the highest temperature with a cup of vinegar on the top shelf. Then sprinkle some baking soda on the bottom and run it again. Now it's clean,

Done with the sweaty smell in your matrass?

Pour vodka into a spray bottle, spritz lightly across your mattress and leave it to air-dry. The alcohol will kill the odor causing bacteria.

Vomit a disgusting thing to clean.

This is an easy way to do it.

Combine baking soda and water into a paste and spread over the vomit. Let it sit overnight and then you'll be bootable to vacuum it all up the next day.

How the sun sees you

I know it's raining outside. And it does not feel like summer at all.

But did you use your sunscreen if the sun is shining?

I use it the most of the times. But I must say I forgot it often also.

Because I'm an Indo I do not get burnt that quick, but good for your skin?

Well NO...

UV rays can damaged your skin, causes skin aging and can even lead to skin cancer.

That's why it's so important to use sunscreen when the sun in shining!



Thomas Leveritt made a film with an UV-camera how the sun sees people.

After that he askes if they want to put on some sunscreen.

Just see what happend...

Bathing stuff

I'm curious... What kind of stuff do you use when you put your baby into a bath?

And from what brand?

I've always loved the smell of Zwitsal. 

That smell gives me a trusted feeling. It reminds me when I was little, childhood, little sweet cute babies so innocent.

So I'm not afraid to say that in the winter I use Zwitsal soft cream if my body is dry and sometimes I wash my hair with their shampoo. I've also got the parfume and that's not for Liv no that's for me.

And when I was pregnant I've used Zwitsal baby body oil for my tummy. And well I've got no stretchmarks on my belly (only on my legs and on my side where I did not rub it with oil) I did not use the Zwitsal mommy line so I could not tell you if that works. But the baby body oil worked for me!

We've also got the Robijn Zwitsal smell wash softener. And it smells great. I love to use it for my bedding.

So that's the reason I'll use Zwitsal for my baby girl. I've started with the washingfoam and bodylotion. And I think I've got almost everything now. She is my little Zwitsal smelling bomb just like mommy sometimes. 

I've also got a little bag for on vacation. And well we're going on vacation in November but I just want it in our home allready :D. That bag contains: shampoo, bodylotion and washing gel. But in small sizes!! 

I'm very happy about that brand. 

Just love that smell and my baby girl feels very soft after a Zwitsal treat.

I think I'm going to get the good night line also. That's one of the things I don't have.

If I got it I will write a review of it also. 

Like me on facebook

Not everybody got a bloglovin or blogger acount to stay tuned what I'm posting.

But almost everybody got facebook now a days. There are 1,11miljard active users since 2013!

So that's the reason I've made a page about my blog. I will post when I drop something online on my blog. But I will also post more tips on my facebook and fun quotes, questions for you or you can question me. 

Let's connect everybody...

Just go to: https://m.facebook.com/fitmomslife1988?ref=bookmark

And like my page. So you will always be up to date when I post something on my blog...

What to do with baby clothes?!

Did you also get so many clothes for your little one?

Well we did. And it's great to get all those clothes, but I'm a shopoholic and also love to buy clothes for our little one. And I'm very picky if it comes to clothing. 

Not to much pink, not to girly. It must became a real mini me! Sporty, though but feminem. Just a little bit of rock and roll!

But what to do with all those outfits? Some outfits she only can wear ones. And thats to bad. Because everything looks so good on her.

Well I've found an idea. From every outfit she wears I make a picture of it and Put it in a photo album. Next to the picture I write from who she got the clothes or where we bought it.

So you get enough fun pictures of your little one and you can always look back to her cute little outfits. 

cookie dough balls part 2

My second recipe for cookie dough balls.

here you go!

1/4 cup almond flour
1/4 coconut oil
3tbsp honey
2 tsp vanilla extract
2tsp cinnamon
shredded coconut (optional)

Mix everything togetherand make nice balls out of it.
Coat it with shredded coconut if desired!

cookie dough balls part 1

Who does not love to lick the spoon with dough when you're making a cake?
But with all those unprepaired eggs and stuff it's just not healthy.

Here's a healthy treat: cookie dough balls.
I've made 2.
Here's recipe 1!

You'll need:

1/3 cup oats
1tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup almond flour
1/4 cup coconut oil
stevia for the sweet taste
3 tbsp cocoa powder

mix everything together and make little balls out of it.
Keep it in the fridge to keep them nice and tasty!

Due date, born date

Hello you....

I did not tell you how I survived the labor haha.

I will keep it clean I promise.

At half past 4 in the morning I went down stairs because I thought I must go to the toilet.

But some water dripped on the floor. I thought I was peeing but this happend 3 times and then I thought wait: I think my water is broke.

I called my gynecologist in the hospital and they told me I must come right away.

At first I don't want to come because I must go to the hospital at 11am for a heartscan of the baby.

But they say I must because I was to early (4weeks).

So I've woke up my hubby, I showerd, brushed my teeth and then we go to the hospital.

I've catched some water to show them so they can find out if it was amniotic fluid or something else. But it was amniotic fliud and I've got a heartscan for my babygirl again.

They said that it was not sure that I was going in to labor.

I had allready 2 cm dilated and still was not in to labor and I had that from the Friday before.

They saw some contraction activity on the scan. But I had that for 4 weeks. Nothing special I only did not sleep for weeks haha.

At 7am they were going to see how many cm I was dilated. But it was only 2,5 cm.

It did not look like I was going into labor.

But the contractions were heavier and more painful. They also came within 3 minutes.

So at half past7 they are going to see again how many I was dilated and I was 8 cm dilated!!!

So they said they were going to order the delivery room and that my hubby must pack our baby clothes.

But they must clean the room first because they did not know that I was going to labor that day, that it will go slow.

In the delivery room I had the feeling I must push something out. But I may not push I had 9,5 cm.

I was pretty mad because the midwife left the room and I was alone with my hubby and a nurse.

I went sow mad (because I want to push so badly) that the nurse left also and then I was really pissed.

But both came she looked and said I must push. (finally)

And in a half an hour our baby girl came out!

So I had a labor for only 3hours she was born at 9:56am. It went so fast.

But I was glad I feel so damn good and better then I was pregnant!

SO our girl was 4 weeks to early but she did it great.

They did not have to lie in an incubator.

But she had lost to many weight in 1 day so she must keep her food inside and eat more mommy milk and formula milk. But she spit the most of it out. So the child doctor want her to go to the pediatric ward. I cried a lot because then she would get probe feeding.

And suddenly she eat a lot from my breast and keep it all inside so she could stay with me.

I was so happy. And that night she ate only more and keep it all in. After 4 days we finally can go home. She ate great, her weight get's higher and she was pretty active.

So we can say we have a very strong fighter girl!

I'm so blessed to have her in our lives and that she does everything so well.

My due date was 27-7-2014 but finally she was born at 29-6-2014.

Now I'm curious, What was your due date and when did your baby born? And how was your labor expierince? just leave a reply.

Where to shop

In my other blogpost I've told you about my new all stars shoes and that I've got a bracelet with it.
I did not get the bracelet from Converse but from the Fashion Outlet centre.

It's vacation time so the most people need new clothes for on holiday or they've got plenty of time to shop.
If you live in the Netherlands or you go to the Netherlands on vacation I know a place you can shop at well known brand stores but then at least with 30% discount then the regular stores.
This we call an outlet store.

This outlet you can find in Roosendaal and it's called rosada .

They've got more then 60 stores and they are open every day from 10.00 till 18.00. Even on Sundays!!!

It's also the sale period so you get more discount then you've allready got.

But this is not what I want to tell you.

In the summer period they've got special actions. When you buy something over there you can get something with your recieve ticket.

So this time you can get a nice fashionable bracelet. BUT.... if you give €3,- you support 100% the KIKA foundation and you get one of the other 5 bracelets. I think this is a great action while they support a good cause.  You go Rosada! This action is valid until 31 August. So come and shop quick at Rosada fashion centre!

Mama kijkt anders/ mommy looks different

On the page from Meisje eigenwijsje I saw this great concept! 

By Else Kramer she came in contact by the so called watching synchronously.

How does it feel to watch to someone else his eyes? 

How do people see one object?

It's different for everybody.

So for the Dutch people here she organized: mama kijkt anders.

14 different subjects and mommies make a picture of what they feel with that subject.

This project started yesterday.

You can also join the group on facebook: mama kijkt anders.

It have 39 members allready. Or join it on twitter or instagram with #mamakijktanders make sure you put your day on your picture.

Day1 best friend

Day2 food

Day 3 hair

Day 4 water

Day5 green

Day6 pride

Day 7 animal(s)

Day8 summer

Day9 light

Day 10 emotion

Day11 favourite

Day12 dirty

Day13 nature

Day14 movement

At the end of the week meisje eigenwijsje will make a collage of the pictures and write an article about it on her blog.

I'm in with this fun project, are you in?