hey guys my name is shayla welcome to my channel this is your first time here i talk about
motherhood i talk about pregnancy i've got an almost two-year-old she's like a couple
weeks away from being two and i am 38 weeks pregnant there's the belly we do things a
little natural we do montessori try and do non-toxic and all of that so if you're interested
in that please subscribe today i'm going to share with you the non-toxic or like more
eco-conscious swaps that i've made since becoming a parent i grew up in minnesota and we just
didn't i didn't learn these things growing up really then i went to college in san diego
and i learned about what being green was and like organic stuff and it was all just kind
of a shock i learned about kombucha and so i had a big learning curve then obviously
between the time that i graduated college and got pregnant was a few years when you
get pregnant you are now like have to look up everything to see if you can have it so
when you start thinking about all the things that you're putting in your body and you're
like okay is this okay that's kind of when i went even more granola and natural and then
when my baby was born i really wanted to make sure that i was giving her really clean ingredients
one thing that i'm super grateful for is that i get to work with these brands who do eco-conscious
things who care about non-toxic things and they're like hey we are a period underwear
which makes less tampons and pads in the world and i'm like wow that's so cool or we're a
reusable diaper company or we're a carbon neutral company or we're a b corp and like
corp b core i love that these companies are finding me and being like hey you like these
things we think your audience will like these things do you want to try them yes so i want
to start by saying i'm going to give you a ton of products this is going to be a very
product heavy video do you need all of these products absolutely not and to be honest when
you start going eco-friendly and you start going like non-toxic it gets really expensive
like you're like how do people afford a non-toxic rug you can't so you just have to pick and
choose which ones are important to you and a lot of times when you start going down this
path you have to choose between is it good for me or is it good for the earth typically
companies aren't both so like you might get a non-toxic skincare line that comes in a
plastic bottle and you're like why are we doing it like this i don't know some people
are like i really care about my health or i really care about eco ideally you're finding
both a lot of these companies also are companies that i'm personally an ambassador for or an
affiliate for i say that i used 90 of these before i became an ambassador or an affiliate
i use them i love them i reached out to them and i was like i want to share this with my
audience you're here for the actual information so let's get to that i do not do this perfectly
i do not claim to do this perfectly in my mind i would rather have a million people
doing it imperfectly than a handful of people doing it exactly right i think there's more
impact with just trying or making one swap so let's start with pregnancy the first thing
that happens when you get pregnant is you're told to get out of prenatal awesome but supplements
are like not all created the same they're all overboard i take a lot of different ones
but the two that i want to talk about are my prenatals and my probiotics these are the
two that i take so one is garden of life prenatal once daily and what i like about this is it's
a whole food multivitamin so it's made from actual food then i have the prenatal and i
have worked with these guys um since my pregnancy with aaliyah taking their prenatals and then
their post needles and then they also have things for toddlers so like this i just put
in her water or i'll put on her pb and j or any cold food currently my coat is hey shayla
for 15 off if the code doesn't work use the link in the description and that should get
you the discount the next thing that you think about is getting enough water during pregnancy
and postpartum if you're breastfeeding or even if you're not breastfeeding liquid iv
is what i used before i was pregnant my midwife did not recommend it for pregnancy because
of the sugar i have a discount code with them hey shayla 25 if you want liquid iv it just
came off the cotton candy flavor what my midwife recommended instead is called noon and basically
she recommended it because there is less sugar so this is like a strawberry lemonade and
a lemon lime so this is what i use now additionally with water you want to make sure that it's
filtered it's called clearly filtered can you see it i fill this thing up like three
times a day that company i got to talk to one of the founders and he actually answered
like i think i did a poll on instagram with questions that you had about clearly filtered
picture he answered all of them in a blog post so if you're like trying to figure it
out they also have like if you just google clearly filtered versus brita they'll tell
you the differences on their website they have a thing where you can enter in your zip
code and it will tell you like the bad things that are in your water and if this thing will
filter it out i use it all the time i have a hard time using water outside of my house
no because of it kind of psycho they have it under the sink option that you can do so
the link for that is in the description as well but hey shayla also gives you a discount
since we're just doing things in the kitchen i thought i would grab the other things i
got this pampered chef pan and this is an unglazed stone and it's literally stone so
this caraway a pan that i asked for the following christmas i'm now getting the caraway set
there's certain things like you can't cook it on a high heat when you do non-toxic you
have to do things a little bit differently like you can't throw this in the dishwasher
you have to scrub it off you're not supposed to use soap there's just different stuff that
goes along with it but for me it's worth it because it's healthier this stuff is incredible
you put cookies on here you don't spray anything you don't do anything and they'll just like
slide off the pan my sister was like you didn't spray that no it's amazing i've got these
two this one's ginormous but i've got the two sheet pans and then i have the cookware
set coming so i'll keep you posted on how that goes since we're in the kitchen let's
just keep going have you ever used your dishwasher and smelt like the chemicals coming out of
it i don't know i cannot stand that so drops recently messaged me and they're like hey
you do non-toxic eco-friendly stuff do you want to work with us and i was like yes they
sent me both dishwashing soap and laundry soap and if it wasn't labeled i don't know
that i would know the difference because the laundry soap comes in these little packets
too then you don't have that giant plastic thing that you need to throw away so to have
something more concentrated like this the powder can you see that those are great i
really like them i get the whatever the smell is like lemon and then the laundry soap i
get nothing because i do her diapers it's so great when i i throw all the clothes in
and then i just grab one of those tabs and toss it in i don't have to like measure out
or pour things or whatever it's just i just throw it in and it's done i feel like that's
like the infomercial of like the black and white where someone's like oh i have to pour
this into the thing really not that big of a deal but also you're like so simple it says
powerful cleaning from nature so they're all non-toxic yeah pretty great company i'm excited
to be working with them i have a discount code with them let's go see i do okay exciting
so with drops if it's your first time ordering you get twenty five percent off with hey shayla
25 and then every time after that just hey shayla we'll get you 15 off forever and ever
and ever i've just set these things up on subscription so that they just show up so
that i don't ever run out let's do makeup so i am not a makeup person which is why i
kind of wanted to do this because i don't know i just don't really wear makeup i don't
do a lot of makeup so i got this tinted moisturizer because i get melasma during pregnancy which
honestly doesn't bother me that much but it just makes your skin kind of patchy so this
is a spf it's all natural it is a tinted moisturizer but you don't choose the tint not everybody
has the same color skin obviously so i don't really know i mean it works for me and they
say that it should just work for anyone but that doesn't make sense to me but i love it
so there's that and then i have merit which looks like this and they sent me highlighting
balm and blush and all these things i use their complexion stick under my eyes and if
i have a blemish somewhere wasn't a huge fan of their mascara because it was waterproof
so it didn't come off very easily i'm still looking for a non-toxic portable mascara i'm
gonna try dime beauty their mascara and they're like lash booster i'll keep you posted on
that but that's also not that thick oh and then milk i really love this for my eyebrows
just to fill them in because i'm not gonna draw them on i don't know how to do that i
call it eyebrow mascara because that's what it is i have haze that's my color i always
use a this it's non-toxic this is non-toxic these are not so that's why i'm looking for
a mascara these are great my sister taught me to use two different kinds so one of these
looks like this with that and then the other one plumper or something but using the two
gives you more fuller lashes i don't do fake lashes like i said i don't wear a lot of makeup
but then i put on the reason why i was like trying to find a good makeup was because when
your baby's little they like put their mouth on your face all the time and you're like
well i don't want you to be having all these things plus stuff is not safe when you're
breastfeeding so more important to me than makeup is skin care i think that if your skin
is bad you're just covering it up with makeup that that's not ideal you should try and like
really get to the heart of the skin so i found a very simple skin routine i actually like
like the three or four step process when i had time to do it i no longer do and now i
have a two-step process that i still don't always have time to do it is a cleanser and
then a night and day serum very simple i just went and got a facial the other day and the
esthetician was like whatever you're doing is working like your skin looks really good
she gave me a derma facial so she like shaved off my face it was very weird but i loved
it anyway so what i use is called joyoum it's by plexus so this is the wash i usually just
do this in the shower because i don't i don't know i have time to do it i don't like time
to do it and then they have a morning and a night serum lotion but the lotion's got
like prebiotics or probiotics or something and so that's supposed to help your skin when
i was at the facial i was like i have melasma so i've got the tinted skin stuff but it's
the wrinkles that i really want to work on because pre-baby i have gotten botox a couple
of times because i've got this gnarly wrinkle right there not non-toxic at all you can't
do it while you're pregnant or while you're breastfeeding so i've basically been doing
both of those things for i don't know three years um so i'm like i would like to work
on my wrinkles so she recommended this serum and she's like there's two different kinds
one's gonna help with the pigmentation of your skin and the other one's gonna help with
wrinkles and i was like pigmentation is just from pregnancy that will go does she recommend
it it's called grown alchemist i love this stuff like it just feels like it tightens
up my face it feels so good a friend of mine was like you can buy that for like six bucks
at ulta and i was about to do it but the esthetician was like the difference is those have super
big molecules that your skin can absorb this was a hundred dollars i was like all right
let's just give it a go and i am actually i love i'll buy it again i i don't i don't
even work with this company and i think it's great it's pregnancy safe it just makes my
skin feel so good deodorant is another big one so i've tried every deodorant because
you don't want the aluminum your armpit next to your lymph nodes next to your breast feeding
like i don't know i just really wanted to find a natural deodorant and i kind of a friend
of mine was like just know that you're going to invest in this because a natural deodorant
is not cheap b what works for someone doesn't work for someone else you kind of have to
try a bunch of them a lot of it didn't work the only thing that i found that worked was
native specifically cucumber mint like even some of the native scents don't work on me
um nothing will work postpartum so just say you're aware of that when you start breastfeeding
or just postpartum you have like night sweats you smell so bad you've got b.o just like
it's gnarly and the bo is supposed to help the baby find your boob so it's like for a
purpose but you're like i just want to use my husband's like super toxic non-sweat deodorant
don't do that go with the smell for a while but like i said native is what i use and what
has worked for me but you probably are gonna have to just try a few different kinds so
as i'm preparing for baby i obviously have clothes for them and i have blankets and i've
got a bassinet and diapers and whatever we're actually gonna start cloth from the beginning
this time we're gonna try but what's most important in the first couple of weeks when
baby gets here is taking care of mom didn't know that the first time nobody told me that
so this is why i'm telling you this earth mama is what i use for the nipple butter and
a nurse in the hospital looked me into my soul and was like if you really want to breastfeed
do not quit for the first two weeks and i was like okay because you get chapped sometimes
they bleed it's bad so i've tried like four different kinds of nipple balm earth mama
nipple butter is literally my favorite i am affiliate with them but like they're incredible
they have a big one and they have a small one get the two small ones so you can have
one in your breastfeeding station and one in like your diaper bag or wherever else you
need it you might have to refill it that's fine after you're done kneading this it can
be chapstick or it can be hand balm or it can be it's just a moisturizer and there's
no need to wash it off before nursing and then they also have a belly butter that i
used in my last pregnancy and i just kind of forgot about it this pregnancy but that's
that what else do i want to talk to you about for mom my mattress mattresses have a lot
of toxic things in them when you're lying on it and you're breathing on it for like
eight nine hours like right here i just didn't love that so i was on a mission to find a
good mattress i started with the avocado mattress didn't like it it was really hard for us i
don't know i didn't love it so i ended up getting and loving the plush bed botanical
bliss i love it a because it's made of latex which is if you're allergic look it up but
um it's non-toxic because then you're co-sleeping potentially and your baby's in the bed too
and you're just like i feel so much better knowing that i have this non-toxic mattress
not only is it non-toxic this mattress is adjustable there's they've got a firm medium
and soft and depending on the order of how you have it makes the firmness so if you do
it and you are on it for like a month and you're like this is too hard you can rearrange
it make it softer to me that's such a huge deal like that's just it's a pain in the butt
less of a pain in the butt than having to return and order and find a new mattress like
it's so great so on their website they almost always have some sort of sale going on maybe
you get new sheets maybe get a discount maybe get whatever the link is in the description
i just i love this thing now let's get into the baby products car seats car seats have
a flame retardant on the seats which is good but it also isn't great for us i have an entire
blog post on this that goes over the different brands in the united states that have the
non-toxic car seats so when i made this vlog that door is open that drives me nuts when
i made this vlog i had someone comment and be like i just saw you on instagram and you're
using not one of these car seats this is really inauthentic or whatever and i'm like hear
what you're saying however i didn't know about this when i asked for that car seat for her
baby registry so yeah i have a toxic car seat for infants and then when we got her into
a convertible seat i bought a kleck we might buy the nuna rava for the second baby but
i'm going to use the infant car seat again because things are expensive they're super
expensive and we have this one and am i super stoked about it no we're gonna use it so the
toys we have love every i cannot recommend love every enough first of all it's a montessori
thing so it's all natural materials and there's not toxic paint on there so when she's chewing
on these things i'm like oh i actually feel okay about it because i know that it's safe
but also it's a subscription and so it comes every single month based on how old your child
is starting day one it's literally created for the age of whatever your child is so i
think if the first year comes every two months the second year comes every three months she's
loved everything that's inside of it and it's designed to help with their development so
it has things that most of the time when we get the box she can't do and then a month
later she's like clicking it all together and i'm just like this is amazing it's just
so cool to see her develop developmentally to grow developmentally to get these skills
developmentally i don't know i've been a huge fan of them i love everything about it definitely
ask for it on your baby registry you can buy like a full year in advance and then i think
you get even more of a discount yes yep yep yep and then lastly lotions and soaps and
stuff for baby so many people said tubby todd oliver ointment let me grab it tubby dad i
did not know about tubby todd when my baby was born she had like some dry skin and i
was like what do we do for dry skin get the big one you'll want it it's amazing tubby
todd oliver ointment it's great then we also have like the detangler they have toothpaste
we have sunscreen i forgot to grab soap and body wash we have a bubble bath okay hand
sanitizers they have like a chest rub like vicks and when you start switching to this
stuff use what you already have use it up until it's gone and then replace it don't
waste the money don't waste the product don't wait just just use it but tubby todd has been
really cool if you click on the link in the description you'll get 10 off automatically
like i said ton of products you do not need to buy all these things whatever is your priority
i just wanted to give you some of the products that i use and like i said most of these are
affiliates and most of these are ambassador programs what that also means is that if you
do buy any of these things and you click on the link i will get a referral so thank you
i really appreciate it but also i genuinely like all of this which is why these are the
things that i chose to share so i hope that this was helpful if you have any other options
that you love and you want to share please do that i would love to get different recommendations
and i like trying different stuff but it's also important to me to like stick with one
i don't have time to research these things all the time so i do it once and i call it
good i hope this was helpful if it was please hit the like button and i will see you guys
next time bye