Category: rants raves life & love

RAVE: Top R’s for Green Living

Happy Earth Day! I am so excited to celebrate Earth Day with all of you – so thank you for reading and being a part of juicy green mom. Now more than ever we need to focus on doing the R’s for our earth. There are lots of Earth Month and Earth Day challenges out there, so I hope that...

RANT: Tropical Deforestation & Palm Oil

It’s been awhile since I visited the issue of Palm Oil. In my previous post I tried to emphasize that not all palm oil is leading to tropical deforestation – but we need to make sure that it is produced sustainably. Which right now, for the most part, it isn’t. Here’s a great infographic provided by the Union of Concerned...

RAVE: Swap Success – Why & How to Run a Swap Page

Recently I have discovered the world of swap pages. A friend of mine was telling me about how she was addicted to a particular swap page and couldn’t stop buying stuff off it. I didn’t understand until I joined the swap page myself. Then I realized how awesome it was. Here are the reasons why I absolutely LOVE my swap...

RANT: Introversion and Sensitivity Are Not Disorders

  After discovering that my daughter is a Highly Sensitive Child (by reading The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them by Elaine Aron), I have been interested in reading more about the qualities of sensitivity and introversion. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain is one that...

RANT: Why Early Healthy Eating Habits Matter for Our Children

One of the concerns, when we were looking at daycare for my daughter, was what she would eat. Up until she was 1 year old, I was vigilant about what she ingested – it had to, HAD TO be organic. That’s why I signed up for The Organic Box, so I could make her baby food and ensure she wasn’t...

RANT: Newborns are starting life “pre polluted”

The choice to live a greener lifestyle is often daunting and complicated. There are so many toxins and chemicals in our world that it seems impossible to get away from them. Some people may say, “Why bother? You can’t get away from everything.” The new report released by Environmental Defence called Pre-Polluted: A report on toxic substances in the umbilical cord...

LIFE: Routines Rule

As I am continuing to understand my highly sensitive child more and more, I’m seeing how incredibly important routines are for her. I remember reading parenting books at the infancy stage talking about how some parents like a strict schedule of feeding and napping, whereas other parents just kind of go with the flow. We were definitely more on the...

RANT: Food Labeling Issues

If you’re a follower of this blog, you know that I am doing my best to be green – and we all know that food is a huge concern for those who are attempting to be green. Lately there’s been a ton of talk about the fact that in Canada and the US, GMOs (genetically modified organisms) do not need...

LIFE: Getting to Know My Highly Sensitive Child

When taking the journey into parenthood, every parent will ask people questions, go on useful sites like Stuff4tots, make posts on forums, and read parenting books. They hope that doing this will help them be prepared when their baby is born and while it does help a lot, they can’t learn everything they’ll need to know because they don’t know...

LOVE: It’s In the Moments

I have found that being a mother has increased my anxious, hurriedness about life. It’s hard not to let that happen. There’s always something to attend to, something to get ready for, and when you get those things done, you have to start again. So it’s easy to fall into routines and not pay attention to those moments. You know...