My youngest is now 4 and eldest is 8. There are time when we still get the sniffles and spike a fever but thats no reason to visit the doctor. This usually happens after a few days of snotty noses at the kids school during the winter months. They say its the season to be merry.. but I am thinking otherwise.

So you set off to the local drug store to find something safe to give your children that will bring them ease and break that fever. If you are like me and read the ingredients you can easily spend 20-30 minutes trying to find something that has little filler ingredients in it or known toxic and dangerous chemicals. YES…THESE ARE IN YOUR CHILDRENDS COUGH MEDICINE!!

Last year after having to head to the drugstore to get something to break my sons fever, I spent over 20 minutes trying to find a product that would take my sons fever down. My first thought was Tylenol.. Why? Because we grew up on that brand. It is a brand you would think you could trust. Right? Well not in my eyes anymore.

Here are just a few of the ingredients i have found in Tylenol products that I would not ingest or give to my children due to known side effects and the fact they are not safe!

Butylparaben, propylene glycol, methylparaben, propylparaben, sodium lauryl sulfate, titanium dioxide, butylparaben, Aspartame (yeah.. I want my kids having that), castor oil (contains a known poison.. seriously) and I am sure I could find more with some reading.

So when it comes time to get some Tylenol or another brand of fever medicine. Make sure to read the ingredients and look for one with the least amount of fillers. Don’t trust a brand name because you grew up on it and your mom said they were the best. Read and educate yourself.

Our children are our most precious and I personally find it upsetting that companies put these ingredients in products we give to our children. Time for some change I say. Tylenol, Motrin, Exact.. get with it. Stop poisoning us and our children.

My immediate thought always after reading they are green is wondering if they are toxic in anyway to us humans. Green is nice and all, but if a green product is loaded with ingredients dangerous to humans, then is it still really a green product. Not in my eyes and hopefully not in yours.

With so many companies jumping on the green wagon and trying to cash in on what is green (earth friendly). I find companies are overlooking the fact that their green products need to be non toxic to humans as well. I have found a long list of new “green products” that are loaded with ingredients that cause irritation, cancer, gene mutation, endocrine disruption and more in humans. Some of these ingredients are Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS), parabens and others like polyethylene glycol (widely used in cough syrups, cold medicine tablets by Tylenol, Motrin, Exact brand and others).

It is all fine and dandy to save the earth, but if I get sick because of the use of these ingredients then was it all worth it paying a few extra dollars to be “green”?

So remember.. just because it says “Green” does not mean its not toxic to you or your little ones. So be smart and do a little reading on ingredients. Learn what they are and what they can do to you. If you are just unsure. Skip it till you know more about the product.

Better safe and alive than sick and sorry I say.