Household Cleaners

Especially when you have children cleaning house with you, it's important to make sure the cleaners you are using are safe. I use antibacterial or regular dish washing liquid or hand soap to clean most everything in my home from kitchen counters to the inside of the toilet bowl. When needed, I add a little baking soda for a bit of abrasive material when the surface I'm cleaning needs it. Whenever you would use comet or ajax, baking soda alone or mixed with a bit of soap and/or water will do just as well without creating a puff of dangerous chemicals to breathe in.
White vinegar and water do a great job on tile or vinyl flooring. For a great window cleaner, mix 1/2 C isopropyl alcohol, 1/2 C water, and 4 TBS ammonia. Put it in your old windex bottle. For furniture polish, 1/2 C vinegar, 1/2 C mineral oil, 2 TBS lemon or other essential oil. Just spray and buff. If you don't have time to make your own furniture polish, try Murphy's oil or similar. Most oil based cleaners are fairly safe.
If you are looking for an alternative to sponges that harbor bacteria, just use a hand towel cut in half or folded over and sewn into a tube. Using whit ensures that you will be able to launder your cleaning towels in bleach to remove any bacteria. Cutting the hand towels in half or sewing them provides the perfect size for cleaning, and also ensures that you will not mix up your cleaning towels with your bath towels, if they are also white.
The web is full of recipes for healthy cleaners, so if you need something more specific than these general cleaners, browse the web for a healthier alternative to commercial products.
This will help your budget as well! Commercial cleaners cost several times what home made, healthier cleaners cost.