Category: green baby

Green Baby Feeding Essentials

Today I have a guest post from Nancy, blogger and writer at All Natural Mothering, a blog geared towards helping parents make natural and non toxic choices for their babies. Check out her tips for green baby feeding essentials! Tips for Choosing the Safest and Greenest Feeding Essentials Mealtime with your growing baby is filled with new experiences, laughter and bonding....

Detox Your Home & DIY Guide eBook

Well, I’m really excited about this. My very first little eBook about a topic I love – going toxin-free in the home! I decided to put this together because people are always asking me about how you go about detoxing your home – and I have many posts about different areas of the home. So I decided to consolidate all...

Get Toxic Fire Retardants Out of Everyday Products

I’ve talked about the dangers of fire retardants in products like mattresses and other foam furniture, as well as in kids’ pajamas and other baby and kid products. These toxic chemicals pose a real health risk, especially to our children. They were some of the key toxins found in the study by Environmental Defence demonstrating that newborn babies are being born...

Rave: Mabel’s Labels save my kid’s stuff!

When my daughter first started going to daycare, one of the challenges was the misplacement of her stuff. I know that it’s pretty much impossible in a daycare setting for random stuff NOT to go missing, so of course a parent tries to do everything possible to prevent that from happening. Certain things are easy to label with a sharpie –...

Seventh Generation REVIEW

One thing I do not miss about parenting a younger child is the diapers. My daughter was tough to get out of diapers, I think partly because she is a highly sensitive child (so it took a REALLY LONG JOURNEY). I was over the moon when she finally said she was ready to say goodbye to them. There are a...

Kidseat Recyclers Roundup at London Drugs in Sherwood Park

Car seats are a mandatory and important safety item for any parent. And there are strict regulations for how long a car seat can be used from the date of manufacturing, to ensure safety standards are met. But what does this mean for our landfills after the car seat has expired or has been in a car accident? Bad news...

Guide to Fire Retardants in Children’s Products via Healthy Child

Fire retardants. When I started reading up on them, it was during my research into mattresses and bedding. Fire retardants came into being when our society was a heavily smoking society, and people smoked all over the place. It was absolutely mind-boggling to find out that baby mattresses and kids pajamas are laced with fire retardants – presumably to protect them in...

RANT: It’s Okay to Bottle Feed and Safe Baby Bottles

Okay. Breastfeeding vs bottle feeding babies always seems to be a hot topic. On one hand, we know that breastfeeding is ultimately better for your baby’s immune system and nutrition, and of course is much greener than bottle feeding, because you’re not generating and consuming so much waste. And then there’s the issues around what kind of bottles and nipples...

8 Tips for Eliminating Toxins: Queen of Green Coaching Project

“TOXIC” is a buzzword these days – and for good reason. Toxic ingredients have permeated pretty much every area of our lives, from food to toothpaste. It can be overwhelming to think about eliminating toxins in everything, but by setting small goals and doing a little at a time, it can be done! My families did a great job of identifying...

Safer Kids Toys & Gear: via Healthy Child

Healthy Child is a wonderful resource for anyone trying to get rid of toxins in their everyday life. Their Healthy Home Improvement infographic and pregnancy guides are just a few of their free available resources. They had a guide for learning about Safer Toys & Children’s Gear that is sadly no longer available. Some of my takeaways from it: baby gear:...