Teaching Your Kids to Cook

I’ve had my child cooking with me since she was two, and even before then she was hanging out in a backpack watching over my shoulder as I prepared meals. The Kiddo even asks to watch me cook, pushing over a dining chair to stand on herself. At the tender age of three, she even … [Read more...]

Charlie's Soap is the Non-Toxic Cleaning Miracle

Whilst I was researching on cloth diapering, I came across this Charlie's Soap on many of the cloth diapering sites. Almost all of them recommended Charlie's Soap (along with Bac-Out) to get the poop out but was also Hypoallergenic enough to use against baby's tender … [Read more...]

FDA Warns Against Nipple Cream

This article posted on CNN absolutely infuriates me. The story is a warning about a nipple cream, Mommy's Bliss Nipple Cream (a "natural" cream that is lanolin free and made with shea butter and calendula), which is SUPPOSED to sooth cracked and sore nipples. Instead, it causes … [Read more...]

Painless Ways to "Go" Organic

One of my closest friends (and fellow mom) is not exactly "green". She tends to skew towards the tested and reliable brands and not towards the "fad" of baby organic products. I recently persuaded her to try a few organic products and, low and behold, she has been very pleased … [Read more...]

Genetically Modified Food: Americans Don't Want it–

Just a day or two after my posts about GM foods, I received an email newsletter from the Organic Consumers Association. They report in this article Fifty-Three percent of Americans Say they Won't Buy Genetically Engineered Food, from a CBS/NY Times poll: "53%: Percentage of … [Read more...]