With summer in full gear displays of sunscreen appear in every drug, discount and grocery store and many other retail outlets as well. We grab handfuls, dig up bottles from last year and liberally apply it whenever we take a step out of doors. The ozone layer is thinning…didn’t … [Read more...]
Safer Renovation Choices (Paints, Finishes, Carpet Washes and More)
We are doing a massive renovation at our house. Right now, we are living in a one room cabin with an outhouse, resident mouse, and possibly a bat (and oh, a one and a three year old) while our house is gutted. Part of keeping the cost down is that we will do all our own … [Read more...]
Support the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act–
A few weeks ago I posted over at Non-Toxic Kids about the new Kid-Safe Chemical Act. This promising legislation would update a 30 year old law that has allowed thousands of chemicals to be used in countless everyday products from baby lotions, shampoos, cosmetics and toothpastes … [Read more...]
Labor of Love: All Things in Their Own "Sweet" Time
The birth of our second daughter was a lesson in patience, teaching me the lesson that all things in life happen in their in their own good time. And that we, for the most part, have little control over many facets in our lives. Waiting, relaxing, and letting things happen … [Read more...]
Labor of Love: Pitocin and the Umbilical Cord
I decided early on in my pregnancy that I would have an epidural if need be. I fully support anyone who has a natural birth, but for me that was a level of pain that I did not wish to experience. Funny how best laid plans always go awry isn't it? So we were two weeks from our … [Read more...]
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