https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:48:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42999 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:11:00 +0000 HabesBabe 42999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tiger balm, Maggi (the cheap Asian kind, not the expensive Euro version), this Jasmine tea that comes in a yellow square tin, and Cafe du Monde w/ Chicory for my coffee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42995 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:51:42 +0000 eeh 42995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tend to stick with brands we used growing up mostly because I know the quality and like the product and don't want to risk wasting my money on a different brand and then not like it. </p> <p>I have noticed that aside from buying things the same from childhood I tend to do things the same as my childhood. Example: I clean my house in the same order my mom always did, I have my cabinets arranged pretty close to how they were at my parents' house, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42986 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:34:08 +0000 mrbee 42986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: Haha I already bought it, it's coming on Friday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42982 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:29:17 +0000 heffalump 42982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not attached, I buy what's on sale. My husband on the other hand always has to buy what he's used to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42766 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:04:28 +0000 banana 42766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mr.bee:You're gonna go buy some now? hahahaha! My grandfather is Japanese so we had BOXES of them all over our house. I don't know if it's a general Asian thing or a Japanese thing. But yeah, Salon Pas and Tiger Balm used to be everywhere in our house growing up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42715 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:43:37 +0000 sorrycharlie 42715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't think of things I buy right now (although I definitely do) but things that remind me of childhood:</p> <p>Vienna Fingers (with the vanilla icing), coffee milk &amp; cabinets remind me of my grandparents house,</p> <p>Celeste pizza, Lender's bagels and some other assorted goodies remind me of home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42705 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:40:19 +0000 eupenmalmody 42705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: haha - too funny!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42700 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:37:54 +0000 Clementine 42700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Eupenmalmody, yes, I use Charmin and Bounty too because of my parents! Too funny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42699 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:37:39 +0000 mrbee 42699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: I love Salonpas! I'm gonna buy some right now, thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42697 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:36:15 +0000 mediagirl 42697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting. You know, I grew up using all brand name items but now we hardly buy anything that is brand name, everything is off-brand from whatever store. The only thing I am particular about that I grew up with are Utz potato chips. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42693 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:31:43 +0000 eupenmalmody 42693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Charmin toilet paper, bounty paper towels, tide laundry detergent, Jif peanut butter - just to name a few. I'm guilty of using many of the products in my own home that I grew up with! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42673 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:11:46 +0000 banana 42673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Salon Pas! They're like these menthol-medicated sticky pads that you stick on your skin. They burn like crazy and you smell like Bengay but it works. My grandma and mom use them like crazy for everything...bruises, cuts, muscles aches...whatever. Once my grandma had a headache and put some on her temples and under her nose. She ended up fainting and going to the emergency room. Lesson learned....don't stick those suckers near your sinuses! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/products-you-use-because-your-family-always-used-them#post-42659 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:00:53 +0000 Clementine 42659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are certain products that I always use because I grew up using them. I always get Dove and Dial bar soaps, Kikkomein soysauce, etc. Some products that I don't use but always reminds me of "home" is Colgate toothpaste, Dawn dish soap, and Kadoya Sesame oil.</p> <p>Anyone else have brands they use or always remind them of their family because you grew up with them? </p>