Lysol

Especially after having play dates, I try to make sure that all of Brandon’s toys get a thorough cleaning.  We also have a dog who likes to roll in not-so-clean things.  :)  I’ve always had several canisters of Lysol wipes in the house, for easy access when I need to wipe something down.  However, I didn’t know that Lysol disinfectant spray can help kill 99.9% of the bacteria on the couch!  Since our dog loves to hang out on the couch too, I’ll definitely be spraying it down a lot from now on.

Now that school has started, germs will be spreading quickly, and as parents we just have to try to do the best we can to keep our kiddos clean.  Check out this helpful info from Lysol:

The Lysol brand has teamed up with Dr. Laura Jana, a pediatrician, mother of three school aged-children and owner of an educational daycare center. She would like to share her back to school checklist with moms to help them prepare their children for a healthy and happy school year. Her tips include:

• The Health administration is predicting a very serious cold and flu season, so teach your children about healthy hygiene habits before they go back to school and get exposed to classroom germs, like MRSA or H1N1 virus. Check out the new educational Web Site for kids, developed in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at www.oopkids.com. This kid-friendly Web site is designed to educate children about healthy hygiene habits and safety routines.

– This Web site is an expansion from an existing health campaign with the CDC – Ounce of Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ounceofprevention/.

• Send school germs packing by encouraging your children to drop their book bags, take off their shoes and leave their coats at the door when they walk in. Send them straight to the sink to wash their hands for at least 20 seconds (long enough to sing Happy Birthday twice!) while you spray their bags with Lysol Disinfectant Spray to help kill bacteria they may have picked up from the school bus, the playground or the classroom.

– Lysol Disinfectant Spray effectively kills 99.9% of bacteria on soft surfaces, including the family couch!

– For more information, check out the Lysol Back to School Information Center at http://lysol.com/send-school-germs-packing/

Buy Some!

You can purchase Lysol products at most major US retailers and on Amazon.com.

Win Some!

Lysol would like to offer (2) babybix blog readers the chance to win a 12.5 oz Lysol Disinfectant Spray and two 40 ct. canisters of Lysol Disinfecting Wipes – one for home and one to send to the classroom!  This is an over $20 value!

To enter this contest, simply fill out the form below so I know how to contact you.  You must do this before you can do the extra entries below.

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For extra entries:

• Go to the Lysol Germ Information Center or any of the other sites I linked above, and tell me one thing you learned.
• Follow babybix – follow me on networked blogs or Friend Connect, become a Facebook Fan, follow @babybixcom on Twitter, or subscribe to my RSS feed. One extra entry for each one.
• Go to babybix.com, sign up for an account (free) to track your child, and tell us what your favorite feature is.  If you already have an account, just let me know what your favorite feature is.
• RT this giveaway and leave me your twitter id
• Write an entry in your blog and link to this giveaway
• Place my link in your blogroll

If you do any of the above, please leave a comment saying which one you did.  Feel free to leave multiple comments if you do multiple extra entries.

This contest is open to US residents.  I will select a random winner on 10/7, and the winner will have 48 hours to reply to my email or I will select a new winner.  Good luck!