The newest report is out from EWG, helping parents choose the safest sunscreens to slather on our children this year. When you think of the amount we use every summer on their skin and ours, choosing one with the least harmful chemicals and substances is so incredibly important. Thanks to this yearly report from EWG, [...]
More Organic Bedding and Clothing – Less Allergies

For the many parents whose children are (unfortunately) suffering from allergies, there might be a solution or at least a relief: organic baby clothing and organic bedding. I sometimes feel that the word “organic” is a bit over-used, but when it comes to your baby, it is indeed organic stuff that makes all the difference, [...]
Kids and Vegetables: It Doesn’t Have To Be a Hate Relationship

Most people that have kids will tell you that they’ve had to “deal” with their child’s eating habits and aversion to vegetables while trying to promote vegetables as a healthy food. It’s true that here’s something about veggies that just makes most kids not want to eat them (well, at least at their own will [...]
Baby Weight Percentile and What It Means

It amazes me still how drastically a woman’s perception of life changes after birth. Yes, we do talk about our babies a lot, but what is more interesting is how we sometimes manage to get competitive over trifle things. Let’s take baby weight percentiles for example. I once saw two lady friends fight over whose [...]
Using Tea Tree Oil As Mosquito Repellent

A lot has been written about mosquito repellents, but there always seems to be a dilemma: you’re either bound to choose a repellent that is good at what it’s supposed to do, but smelly or toxic, or one that’s not efficient, but smells nice and is organic. Because so many pregnant women and concerned mothers [...]
Colic Trouble: Helping Your Baby and Yourself
Natural Sunscreen Review: Sunumbra
Safest Sunscreens for 2010
The entire list of sunscreens can be found here at EWG’s 2010 sunscreen guide. I look forward to this guide every year, not only to help me choose possibly a new sunscreen, but to see how the one we currently use ranks and well as re-educate myself on the newest sun safety information out there. [...]

