Hi guys! It’s Scottie here again. Hope you’re doing well and putting up a good fight against those nasty allergens. With my tips by your side, I know you’re winning the fight and staying healthy.

Well, this week, like before, I’ve got more tips for you!

My first tip is to make sure that you and your kids don’t eat in bed. Anything that produces crumbs will most likely get stuck between your sheets and will begin to develop mold and produce allergens. Don’t even get me started on the possibility of roaches. YUCK!!

Anyway, my second tip of the week is for your family to institute a hand washing policy. This will help reduce dirt and allergens in your home. When the kids come home from school, have them head directly to the sink to wash their hands. And don’t forget the soap!

Well, I guess that’s it for me this week. I hope you found my tips helpful. If you have any questions or have some tips of your own, feel free to e-mail me with your thoughts!

Hey guys! Welcome back. I hope you found my last blog as interesting and educational as the first. Well, this week, I’m back with even better tips for you and your family to stay healthy and reduce allergens in your life.

My first tip of the week has to do with your kids’ backpacks. Did you know that those backpacks, or knapsacks if you will, have a ton of allergy-causing potential in them? My suggestion is to have you and your kids empty out their backpacks routinely to remove any leftover snacks that may cause the growth of mold and bacteria. Hey, look at it this way, you and your kids may find some fun hidden treasures or forgotten toys in there!

Another good habit to get into is to avoid placing backpacks on the kitchen table or kitchen counter where you prepare food. ‘Cause no matter how much you shake them out or how much cleaning you do on the inside, you can’t imagine the amount of irritants and dirt those backpacks bring back from school and the school bus. Yuck!

Well, I think that’s it for this week. I hope you guys are keeping track of the tips and continue to enter my awesome sweepstakes. Remember, if you have any questions or your own tip suggestions, you can always shoot me a note with your thoughts!

Hi there, welcome back to my blog! I hope you found your last visit to the site helpful. This week, I’d like to share a few additional hypoallergenic tips with you.

Did you know that stress could make your kids more prone to allergies? Stress can make an existing reaction worse by increasing the level of histamine in the bloodstream. If you are feeling anxious or stressed, your body releases numerous hormones and other chemicals, including histamine. Keep a careful eye on your child’s stress level. If you notice an increased level of stress, talk to your pediatrician about stress reducing activities. My favorite way to de-stress is a game of catch with my dog Buddy!

Another thing that can trigger an allergic reaction is chalk dust, which can act as an irritant that can trigger an asthma attack. Students with allergies or asthma should try to stay away from the chalkboard and erasers, and wash hands after writing on the board.

One of our visitors to the site last week suggested that we all remember to not only wash our hands, but to also take an extra preventative measure by using an extra tissue, as barrier, whenever touching a doorknob. That’s a great tip! Thanks Brelon!

If you have any questions or would like to submit your own hypoallergenic tip, shoot me an e-mail and let me know your thoughts!

Hey there! Scottie here again. I’m glad you stopped in to check out my new blog. This will be the place where I provide you with weekly hypoallergenic tips and ideas of how you can have a more pure school year.

First off, I’d like to remind all moms and dads that one sure way to keep your house allergen free this fall is to establish a “no shoe” policy. In addition to dirt, this will help reduce the number of allergens from entering the home. These allergens may include grass pollens, weeds and tree allergens. If you can keep an allergen free carpet or floor, this will greatly diminish the discomfort of sneezing, itchy eyes or other allergen irritations.

Another way that you can keep your kids allergen safe, starting this school year, is to wash their stuffed animals often. It’s best to wash them each week to get rid of any dust, dirt and dander. Doing this will be especially helpful for those kids that like to cuddle with their stuffed friends. But make sure to buy durable and washable toys, so that you don’t ruin them by washing them for your kids. ‘Cause there’s one thing worse than a stuffed bear full of allergens, and that’s a stuffed bear without any stuffing. Ha!

Hope these tips help and there’s more where that came from, because you can check in weekly to find the latest updates to my blog. If you have questions or would like to offer your own hypoallergenic tip, I’d love to hear from you. Please follow the link below and shoot me an e-mail with your thoughts. Then, check in weekly to see if your tip has been included in my post or if I answered your question.

Keeping your loved ones as pure as they already are will be a great beginning of a new school year!