SIDS Doctor and Researcher Recommends Co-Sleeping

Anti co-sleeping and family bed advocates often point to an increased risk of SIDS from sharing a bed with your baby as reason why baby should sleep alone in a crib. The media jumps on tragic stories of death from improper bed sharing as further evidence of the dangers of … [Read more...]

5 Green Products: Outdoor Research, A Butterfly’s Ball, Sprout Change, Change the World with Service Learning, Zarbee’s

1. Outdoor Research Girls Solstice Bucket Hat and Infant/Toddler Swift Cap Bug Protection Protecting your children's heads from the sun and bugs is very important during outdoor activities. I wish I would have been more insistent my children wear hats as toddlers, as now that … [Read more...]

5 Green Parent Posts: Heroin and Cornflakes, Natural Parents, Mother Jones Network, Enlightened Motherhood, and Inhabitots

Don't forget to click on the post title to visit the home blog for the full text! 1. Heroin and Cornflakes: You Are What Your Mother Ate Research provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health. Poor diet during … [Read more...]

When It Comes to Cancer; I Say Why Take the Chance

Jennae Petersen In January 2010, my 4 year-old daughter was diagnosed with cancer (leukemia, to be specific). I still don’t like to use that word. In fact, I almost never say it. I don’t believe my daughter has ever said it, and she’s probably heard it only once or twice when … [Read more...]

Why Did the Chicken Take a Bath in Chlorine?

Janelle Sorensen, Healthy Child Healthy World: Unfortunately, this question is not the set up for a joke. It’s a common practice in the United States to disinfect chickens in chlorine baths. According to the new book, Planet Home, by Jeffrey Hollender and Alexandra … [Read more...]