The Journey of a Green Girl and a First Time Mom Breastfeeding Beyond First Year

Writers Note: I wrote Breastfeeding Experience from A Green Girl and First Time Mom ... soon after my daughter was born to chronicle my beginning journey as a first time mother and a breastfeeding one. This is a follow up as a mother of a 14 month old and still a breastfeeding … [Read more...]

Happy Baby Foods are the Healthy and Nutritious Alternative to Baby Jar Foods

I thought I would be one of those mothers who would lovingly home make all the baby food. I sniffed at the idea of baby food in the jar. Why would I ever want to feed my baby THAT? I got a copy of Super Baby Food, read through it and smugly declared that I would never resort to … [Read more...]

Born Free Sippy Cups Are the Perfect BPA, Phthalates and PVC Free Cups

Although I really loved the idea and the look of a stainless steel sippy cup {like the Foogo}; EC did point out that they would probably maim someone should it be used as a missile by an upset toddler. Case in point, I got whacked in the head with a sippy cup today, but it was … [Read more...]

Chill (Free Range, or Slow) Parenting on the Rise

Perhaps as a backlash to the micromanaged, overscheduled children of the past 10 years, many writers are sharing a new trend in parenting-- with many names, all entertaining, such as "idle"; "free-range" or "slow" parenting. Oh, yeah, do I like the sound of that. According to … [Read more...]

UK Study Finds 12-Fold Increase in Autism

The cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have risen dramatically over the past 30 years, so much so that there may be 50 percent more cases than previously suspected. Up to 250,000 children have autism or a related condition on the autistic spectrum, but have not been … [Read more...]