Tell me I’m not alone here. On the days when I’m not working at Clorox, I wake up, dress the kids, feed them, let them play around the kitchen for a bit and then, proud of myself for having survived the morning routine, I look up at the kitchen clock only to see it’s merely 8 am.

As Valentine’s Day approaches, I am reminded that as a parent, there will come a day when I have to impart my clumsy advice to my children in the “love department.” I don’t know if they will come to me for advice — but, as feeble as I am on this subject, I hope that they do.

As I watch my kids prepare for Valentine’s Day, I can’t help but think about how uncomplicated love is when you’re a preschooler. In a strange way, I kind of wish I’d had a few preschoolers’ advice when I was navigating through my own past romantic relationships.

It might not be the first thing on your mind when you pick up a jug of Clorox Liquid Bleach or Clorox Clean-Up, to say, “I wonder what the Clorox ingredients are?” But have you ever taken a moment to wonder what’s inside your cleaning product?

This week I’m excited to share a post with a fellow mom and blogger, Mary Gagliardi – Clorox’s Dr. Laundry. As a Clorox scientist and mom of two, Mary is a bona fide laundry expert. Take a sneak peek of our chat about laundry piles, household helpers and New Year’s Resolutions.

I’ve seen a lot of public restrooms recently.

No, I haven’t been dealing with digestive issues, our family has just been traveling for the holidays. With two cross-country flights, multiple road trips and a preschooler who is just mastering potty-training, our family spent a lot of time in the necessary evil of the public restroom.

Every office has one: the office germaphobe. You know, that weird person who uses paper towel to open restroom doors, disinfects their desk regularly and hogs the communal hand sanitizer like they’ve just discovered a bowl of free cookies sitting in the office kitchen.