The list. You've seen it, or maybe you have gotten one when invited to a baby shower. The quintessential baby items. Google "Baby Essentials", and you will be bombarded with the expense of that new little one. From necessity or experience, our writers have told … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2012
Travel with Kids: Bubble Bum Portable Booster Seat
Last winter, we traveled to meet family for a ski adventure in Colorado. When I went to rent the car, I was appalled at how much they wanted to charge me for a booster seat rental. I could easily go to a big box store and buy one for the price of one day's rental. I didn't do … [Read more...]
3 Reasons to Buy Antibiotic-free Meat and Poultry
by Margie Kelly, Communications Manager, Healthy Child Healthy World If you’re a meat-eater, it’s better for your health and the planet to buy antibiotic-free meat and poultry. That might be tough to do, given that 80 percent of the antibiotics in use are fed to animals raised … [Read more...]
BPA Linked to Brain Tumors
I wrote this post yesterday, then POOF!, it disappeared. Perhaps it will be better the second time around... Bisphenol A has been used in plastics for 50 years. It is pervasively found in breast milk, saliva, urine, amniotic fluid, and/or blood of 95% of Americans. The … [Read more...]
California Acts to Make Couches Safer
by Margie Kelly, Communications Manager, Healthy Child Healthy World That little white label on your couch indicating that it meets flame retardant standards might have reassured you that you would be protected from fire. But would you feel safe knowing the same label meant … [Read more...]