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i use candles. i get the hazlenut creme scent from walmart. (my kids are older so i can use candles even if i'm not in the room...couldn't when they were little.)
they also have a plug in that i use in the down bathroom with the same scent.
i also love yankee candle's peach scented candle. i go to the outlet near me in the spring and stock up for the year
oh...i also use a couple drops of EO (usually bergamot or wild chamomile) in my fountain in the office when it's on.
i use candles. i get the hazlenut creme scent from walmart. (my kids are older so i can use candles even if i'm not in the room...couldn't when they were little.)
they also have a plug in that i use in the down bathroom with the same scent.
i also love yankee candle's peach scented candle. i go to the outlet near me in the spring and stock up for the year
oh...i also use a couple drops of EO (usually bergamot or wild chamomile) in my fountain in the office when it's on.
ah...to have a fountain. that would be awesome. someday...someday...my son won't bathe in it!
tracey...you truly give me hope with your crew of 3 boys.
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Originally Posted by juliebelle
ah...to have a fountain. that would be awesome. someday...someday...my son won't bathe in it!
tracey...you truly give me hope with your crew of 3 boys.
thank you! this made me smile (they just got off the bus and it sounds/feels like a stampede of elephants came through the house...the energy totally shifted from when my clients left here an hour ago )
really...there is light at the end. it's nuts here most days when the kids are around but they're good boys and they don't swim in my table fountain, tempt fate with lit candles or climb the fridge at their ages
They sell cinnamon brooms at the dollar tree. You can just stick them in the corner, behind the couch ect. They make the whole house smell like cinnamon (they have other scents too) and they last for a while. They might be seasonal though, you'd have to check with your local dollar store.They really make the house smell good!!
I have candles (yankee - sun and sand right now) on my mantle. I also have one on the half wall that overlooks the kitchen/dining room (yankee - farmer's market cinnamon berry).
However, I don't light them very often because of the kids - I have to be IN the room to do it.
Upstairs, I have method rings - they're just a little gelly smelly thing that slips into a ring holder. No heat, no plug-in, light scent. It's cinnamon bark. I also have those new Tide hanger gelly smelly things in my closet - they're lavender vanilla.
In the car, I have a gel thing hanging in the trunk - right now it's yankee, macintosh.
We've done the method reed diffusers, but they were REEEALLY strong at first. I had a grass somethingorother in the bathroom at the old house when we vacated and the second you opened the door you could smell it. I think those are cool looking, but inconsistent in scent level (either really strong when you open it or it fades and goes away quickly despite flipping the reeds).
We have almost the exact same things I was trying to be "natural" for so long, but I gave up.
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For those that go the unnatural way and use store bought plug in things, what do you like best? We need something in the kids' bathroom! John is doing so well with pooping in the potty, which means more stink than before!
I don't like fruity, food smells (like cookies or whatever), or most floral. I like things like sandalwood, bergamont, etc.
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vanilla nancy, or is that too foody? I like the lighter linens, ocean mist, rain type scents. Some are overpowering, but it seems the name brands aren't awful- at least at my grocery store.
You could choose to plug it in when needed and pull it out and set it somewhere hidden when not needed. I do that in our bathroom- b/c it is small and the scent is a little much 24/7.
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For those that go the unnatural way and use store bought plug in things, what do you like best? We need something in the kids' bathroom! John is doing so well with pooping in the potty, which means more stink than before!
I don't like fruity, food smells (like cookies or whatever), or most floral. I like things like sandalwood, bergamont, etc.
reed diffusers work *really* well in a bathroom if you have someplace out of reach to put it. They last forever in a small room
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