Your beautiful four-month-old baby, who has been the most perfect little angel since birth, has suddenly turned into an irritable, drooling little ogre! He is now keeping you up half the night, and needs to be held and nursed all day long. Welcome to the wonderful, albeit painful, world of teething! You’re embarking on a Full Text
Organic Shampoo: How to Avoid Greenwashing
Buying a beauty product that proudly states “organic” has always made me feel good. Here I am protecting my family from harmful synthetic chemicals while doing something good for the environment and for the conscientious company that makes this earth friendly product. I don’t even mind a hefty price tag. Or should I say “I Full Text
How to Raise Plastic-Free Babies
It’s one more thing that parents worry about. Are your children’s baby bottles, sippy cups, toys—even the microwaveable containers and plastic wrap that you use to package or reheat food—potentially harmful? “Without being unduly alarmist we don’t really know the full health implications of exposure to the chemicals that are contained in plastics,” said Freinkel, Full Text
UPDATE: Toxic Foam Mats For Babies and Toddlers – Which brands can we trust?
Quite a few of my readers commented on the recent post about Toxic Foam Mats that were contaminated with formamide. In the meantime, I have contacted the following manufacturers & companies: Edushape, One Step Ahead, Skip Hop, Toys ‘R Us about Imaginarium foam puzzle, and Mothercare about Early Learning Centre ABC foam puzzle, and I Full Text
Best and Worst In Diaper Rash Creams
Best and Worst In Diaper Rash Creams! – Poop happens! And when it does, you have to be equipped with the right tools: diapers, creams, wipes, and… information. As you may have heard by now, dozens of leading body care products for babies and children contain toxic chemicals. So, information is what you need if Full Text
Loaded with Lead: List of Kid’s Fruit Juices and Foods to Avoid
Lead Found in Kid’s Fruit Juices and Foods – The Environmental Law Foundation (“ELF”) filed Notices of Violation of California Proposition 65 Toxics Right to Know law, alleging the toxic chemical lead was found in a variety of children’s and baby foods. The specific food categories included apple juice, grape juice, packaged pears and peaches Full Text
Top 5 Organic and Natural Spas in New York City
Have you heard the saying “If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?” ~Milton Berle? Well, it is Saturday. This is a day that every busy mom looks forward to. The day when we can take a break, hopefully, from our hectic mommy schedule and finally enjoy some “me” time. Well, for Full Text
My little Big Girl is turning seven in a couple of weeks. I don’t know how that happened! I swear, I just nursed her and tucked her in the crib, like half an hour ago! I guess it is true… Time does fly… That all-powerful time measured by a ticking device with two skinny, stretched Full Text
Why do companies reformulate their products? Is it cost, efficacy, or safety? Or is it all of the above? Here is California Baby’s official explanation on what has changed in their Calendula Cream and why: At California Baby, we love Calendula so much that we scrutinized every step of our process to make it even Full Text
Every year, hundreds of thousands of old computers and mobile phones are dumped in landfills or burned in smelters. Thousands more are exported, often illegally, from the Europe, US, Japan and other industrialized countries, to Asia. There, workers at scrap yards, some of whom are children, are exposed to a cocktail of toxic chemicals and poisons.
Without being overly alarmist, it is constructive to acknowledge that many toys do contain synthetic substances, which are known to be hazardous to children’s health. These include softeners used in plastic toys, which can disrupt the hormone system, formaldehyde used in glued wooden puzzles, which can cause cancer, or flame retardants in teddy bears that can be toxic to development of the brain and nervous system. Here are some helpful tips when shopping for toys.
****CASEY**** the winner of the Melissa and Doug Wooden Castle Giveway!!! Congratulations! You have just won a beautiful toy for your precious princess! Your comment #185 was selected out of 434 comments by random.org. To celebrate Bebe’s 1000 + Facebook fans I am throwing a fabulous party!!! – I will be giving away some first-class Full Text
BEBE ECO AMAZON STORE From the Manufacturer The Graco Nautilus Car Seat is a 3-in-1 multi- mode car seat for children 20 pounds to 100 pounds. This is the last car seat you will need to buy for your child. The Nautilus is ideal for your children from one to ten years old. First, it Full Text
Founded in 1976, Mothering magazine was the birthplace of the natural family lifestyle, and today Mothering.com is the premier online community for parents interested in natural family living. Each year, the Mothering community awards a Mothering Seal to a number of companies and products that have had the positive impact on Mothering’s discerning families. The Full Text
The Ultimate Green Christmas Gift Suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. Happy Holidays and very Merry Christmas from My Family to Yours!
To celebrate Bebe’s 1000 Facebook fans I am throwing a fabulous party!!! – I will be giving away some first-class stuff! Here is the first of the three exciting giveaways to come. This stunning and unique all-in-one diaper design combines the convenience of an all-in-one diaper while providing the absorbency adjustability of a pocket diaper. Full Text
There is a good reason I opted not to study chemistry at university – my passion for learning and my interests lay elsewhere. However, ever since I’ve become a parent, I find myself involved in learning about a number of chemical substances which are present around us and inside us…only to discover – that my Full Text
“Formamide” and “Toxic EVA Foam Mats” have been the Internet buzzwords ever since the Belgian government decided to ban all sales of toxic EVA foam mats for babies and toddlers. Subsequently, I’ve become a mom on a mission hunting for a safe alternative to an EVA foam mat which, at one point, adorned my kids’ Full Text
I realize the clock has, once again, decided to take time into its own hands. Darn it! It’s hard to believe the end of (yet another) year is approaching fast (too fast for my liking) bringing reflections on the year past…(people I met, places I visited, things I said, stuff I wrote or thought I Full Text
I love using the following natural skin care products on my kids. They are gentle, made with only pure, natural and worry-free ingredients. By clicking on the image you will be taken to Amazon where you can read more about the particular product, what other parents had to say about it, as well as see Full Text
I want to give thanks to the great but under-appreciated pumpkin. Pumpkins are often used around this time of the year as decorating accessory, but here is something a little bit different: pumpkins can be used as great accessory in your skin care products. Here is an example of what you can do with this Full Text
I love Fall: the colors, the crispness in the air, the smell of the fallen leaves, the color orange and pumpkins. However, autumn can play some yucky tricks on your skin with its winds and chilly weather. But these great recipes use pumpkin, the perfect icon of the season, to help nourish your skin beautifully. Full Text
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What to do with all that pumpkin come Halloween? Unless you want to eat it, (and here’s a delicious Sugarless Pumpkin Pie recipe), you can use it to prepare wonderful pumpkin skin care treats. Autumn can play some yucky tricks on your skin with its winds and chilly weather. But these great recipes use pumpkin, Full Text
Talking about fresh-looking skin in my recent post motivated me to sponsor a giveaway just for fun . This time I am giving away a purifying silken cleanser by Sophyto. For those of you who are not familiar with this company, let me tell you that Sophyto is a professional skin care line certified organic Full Text
According to The Economist, Americans spend more each year on beauty than they do on education. Such spending is not mere vanity. Being pretty—or just not ugly—confers enormous genetic and social advantages. Attractive people (both men and women) are judged to be more intelligent and better in bed; they earn more, and they are more Full Text
Starting today through Oct 15th you can enter to win an adorable set of three 100% organic cotton blocks adorned with Picnic Pal appliques, colored apples, numbers and silk gingham patches… Each block makes a different sound: bell, rattle and squeaker. A beautiful, fun safe toy for your baby.
Genetically modified crops contain genes extracted from bacteria (the bacterial toxin, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) ), to make them resistant to pest attacks. These genes make crops toxic to pests but are claimed to pose no danger to the environment and human health. Scientists and multinational corporations promoting GM crops have maintained that the Bt toxin poses Full Text
Earlier this year, Chinese media reported that bisphenol A (BPA) would be banned from children’s products. Reportedly, the Chinese Ministry of Health has decided that BPA leaching from baby bottles presents too great a risk to an infant’s health. Though this is just a draft regulation for now, the writing is on the wall that Full Text
Fancy creating your own supply of juicy fruits, crunchy vegetables and fresh salad greens? This selection of great foods sprout more-or-less like magic out of the ground – with the minimum of effort. Whether you’ve only a windowsill, garden or balcony, get planting today. Read more here.
A new study published May 18 in the journal Environmental Science & Technology found that 80 of 101 samples of baby products researchers tested–including nursing pillows, changing table pads and car seats–contained chemical flame retardants. Read more…
I have been fantasizing a lot lately. About lots of things… but mostly, about sunny weather. This has been a looong winter! I am so looking forward to slathering sunscreen on my kids. And I have a particular brand in mind – Sun’n’Berry Fun Organic Baby Sunscreen SPF 50+, with Antioxidants & Superberries by Sweetsation Full Text
