I started making my own laundry detergent about 3 years ago. 3.5 years ago, had someone asked me if I would ever make my own detergent, I probably would have laughed in your face...or at least laughed about it with my husband later that night. Everything changed when those pregnancy hormones hit hard and I wanted to make sure nothing was going to harm my baby after he was born...obviously we can't protect our children from everything, and the good Lord knows if I could go back and change SO many