Sniffle Buddies were created to assist allergy-prone toddlers and adults. As a parent during your child's playtime, it would be a stretch to expect your toddler to stop in the middle of their play, get a tissue, blow their nose, and then, to keep the germs away from everyone else, properly wash their hand. Another approach would be to constantly hover over them with a tissue yourself...also a stretch. Its here were the Sniffle Buddies come into play. They will redirect all sniffles to a place that later on is easy to remove, wash, and reuse. Sniffle Buddies are made with super soft organic bamboo and cotton.
In Asia, bamboo is used for it's anti-fungal and anti-microbial properties. It will retain these properties even after fifty washes
Taking it to the Slopes?You can also use Sniffle Buddies as an adult when you, for example, go skiing in the winter. We're all been guilty of using our jackets as "Jacket Buddies"
Some More Fun Green Facts About BambooCotton is one of the most intensely sprayed crops in the world, and cotton pesticides are the greatest crop contributor to volatile organic compounds in the environment. Cotton requires wide spacing to grow, allowing bare soil to oxidize in the sun, releasing carbon into the atmosphere, allowing rain to wash soil and chemicals into stream, and decreasing soil fertility. Bamboo, on the other hand, takes in five times the volume of greenhouse gasses as an equivalent stand of timber trees and releases 35% more oxygen. It needs no replanting, pesticides or fertilizers, and its roots retain water in the watershed, sustaining riverbanks and reducing water pollution.
Bamboo fabrics can look and drape like silk, but are more practical because you can machine wash them on the gentle cycle and dry them in the drier or on the clothesline. They resist wrinkling without the addition of formaldehyde (a carcinogen) which is added to polyester/cotton blend fabrics to give them those qualities. It has many of the qualities sought in "performance" and "easy care" fabrics without the drawbacks of synthetic material and it has many of the fashionable qualities of silk, while being sturdy and vegan.
Bamboo Fabric is Comfortable
Viscose from the bamboo plant that is used to make the fabrics. Fabrics made from the viscose from bamboo are naturally porous, so they absorb moisture, and wick it away from the skin, keeping you cooler and drier than synthetics or cotton. Diapers made from bamboo have superior absorbency to cotton ones, without being so bulky. The soft, smooth texture is exceptional for the comfort of all who wear it, and particularly well-suited to babies' tender skin.
by Terry N.
I just saw them on the ableplay.org site for special needs kids. I think it's a great idea! I don't have young ones to offer them to now, but would have been great to have one 10 years ago! See all reviews for Organic Sniffle Buddies »
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