This Winter #RipYourClothesOn with Downy #PGmom #Review #Giveaway

Sorry the blog was super quiet last week. I had a great excuse - my Mom, Hannah and I were in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and my resort had no Wifi. We had a mostly relaxing vacation (I say mostly because Hannah and I returned with some sort of cold/flu bug, fabulous for flying...) and Toronto welcomed us home yesterday with more snow.

Winter is easily my least favourite season. Skating and skiing aside, after Christmas, I want it to immediately be spring. The only positive thing about winter for me is this - sweaters. Nothing beats a comfy, gorgeous, weight-gain hiding sweater. So while I am sad to wash my summer clothes and pack them away for next few months, after all the fabulous food I ate on vacation I'm thankful my sweaters literally have my back (and, uh, love handles). Having a January baby, most of my sweaters are also sentimental to me - they grew with Hannah in my belly and thankfully took back their original shape postpartum.

This winter, Downy is challenging Canadians to share their favourite fashion looks that make them want to rip their clothes on. How? Sprinkle a little Downy Unstopables into your load of laundry and your clothes will smell oh so fresh you’ll just have to cuddle up with your loved ones!

Tide Pods Free & Gentle (First ever Pods for sensitive skin!) #Giveaway #PGmom

The first time I washed Hannah's clothes with a Tide Pod instead of Ivory Snow liquid detergent I think I annoyed my Mom slightly. She loves the scent of Ivory Snow and was worried how Hannah's 18-month old skin would react to "normal" Tide. Full disclosure: I just wanted to do less laundry by throwing some of our items in together - and did not want to smell like a baby in the process (even if that scent is amazing).

If only Tide Pods Free & Gentle existed back then - a detergent free of dyes and perfumes perfect for sensitive skin. No sacrificing cleaning performance for gentleness! (And we all know how important cleaning performance is when it comes to kids.)

Downy Infusions and Downy Unstopables - Find your magnifi-scent! (#PGmom #Review & #Giveaway)

I have a confession to make. I have always hated laundry...and then I became a Mom now I hate laundry even more! The sorting, the washing, the drying...it all seems so tedious and with a toddler, never ending.

The only thing I LIKE about laundry is smelling it...and that's because of Downy.

Recently I found out I'm a Shiny Pop Star because I like to mix Downy Infusions Honey Flower with Downy Unstopables Shimmer.

Want to find out your magnifi-scent?

Laundry Products for Sensitive Skin (Review & Giveaway) #PGmom

It didn't ACTUALLY happen this way, but I swear when my Mom found out I was pregnant, the first thing she did was run out and buy a bottle of Ivory Snow. OK. Maybe she didn't buy it, but she definitely started watching for sales so she could purchase it closer to the birth of her first grandchild.

Hannah's clothes have been washed in Ivory Snow since the day she was born. Ivory Snow is definitely a part of that "baby" smell everyone loves to breathe in when receiving baby cuddles. (Even I fall victim to the scent and totally sniff her clothing as I am folding it.)

But Hannah is officially a toddler now, and washing her clothes separately from ours was starting to become a chore (especially with various wardrobe changes that come with daycare - painting, water stations, attempting to eat anything and everything that accompanies a tomato sauce...).

Which is why I'm happy I can now wash all of our clothes together with laundry products for sensitive skin!