The dangers of mattresses off-gassing are talked about far more now than when my husband and I got married and bought our first mattress in 2003. There was so much we just didn’t know as we spent hours agonizing over making the best decision. Sleep is so important! Fortunately, there are many options for natural […]
Back when I wrote about non-toxic nail polish (important because of all the negative health effects of the chemicals found in conventional nail polish) tons of people had questions about all the brands I reviewed. Did the non-toxic nail polish last? How well did it apply? Did it still smell bad? My daughter, our neighbors,
Non-Toxic Nail Polish Review: Final Test Results are In! Read More »
I shared here about how to remove a tick safely, but what is a naturally minded person to do after a tick has been removed? Are there any natural remedies for tick bites? I told my husband he would have been naturally selected out of the human race had he been born in the south
I couldn’t tell at first if the shrieks were of joy, annoyance, or pain coming from the pool with 11 children in it. When I finally realized that someone was definitely crying in pain, I knew it wasn’t mine but was still concerned. One of the kids swimming with us was holding his hand and
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Perhaps an old dog can’t learn new tricks, but he can see new ticks! My husband, who has made plenty of changes in his day, is in shock this year because he says he’s never seen a real live tick before in all his 39 years of life, and now he’s seen three: one crawling
If I go down in history as the Wikipedia of mineral sunscreens, I might be just a little proud of that moniker. Since 2010 my family has tested natural zinc-based sunscreens rated safe by EWG every single summer, and by 2017 we had reached a milestone of over 100 different tubes, tins, and sticks tested!
If you’re going to be outside enjoying the healthy sunshine, be sure to have a safe, mineral sunscreen on hand for longer days! My first baby learned over 100 “baby signs” by the time he was 15 months old. It’s probably a good thing social media wasn’t around back then or I might have caused
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Not long ago, we had a conversation on the Kitchen Stewardship® Facebook page about whether food stamps (actually called SNAP benefits) should be used for non-essentials, specifically soda. The article I shared was about a statistic that soda is purchased more than any other category of food with SNAP benefits. I get the impression that
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This is a guest post from Nicky Schauder of Permaculture Gardens. Molly had decided, this was the year! She had started buying more and more organic groceries. No way was she going to risk having chemicals like glyphosate in the food she served her family! Her mother-in-law was recently diagnosed with cancer and Molly and
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My family has tested over 100 natural mineral sunscreens over the years and inevitably, we’ve found some we just don’t love as much as our…
Zinc-Based Sunscreens People Love Asking Me About (and why I don’t love them back) Read More »
When you test over 100 sunscreens, some make the top recommended “best natural mineral sunscreen” tier which is highly coveted and quite a small group, some get on the “also recommended” list, and others get asked about a lot but just aren’t all that awesome. We all want reef-safe sunscreens to protect the environment, especially
“Do-nut worry” read the cute little tags attached to the double doughnut hole treat our first graders presented to our fourth graders last year before their big, stressful standardized test. School counselors have told me that you can palpably feel the atmosphere change in the third and fourth grade wings of our local elementary schools
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The news is always depressing, but sometimes it really makes me angry. This time everyone is finally hearing what I’ve been saying for years about sunscreen, and then the media says to ignore the news. A small study of 24 people has demonstrated that sunscreen chemicals enter the human bloodstream within the first day after
So your doctor says your child should cut dairy and gluten for an elimination diet? Or maybe you’re suspicious they’re having symptoms of gluten sensitivity or even dairy? What does that mean for your life!? Where to begin!? How do I go gluten and dairy-free at the same time for my child! In a culture
My college roommate has always said about me, “You are the most sleep-deprived person I’ve ever met!” This is unfortunately probably more true now as a mom of four kids (who all never slept well) and a small business owner than it was in college. As much as I read about the importance of getting
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Is your baby’s colon worth having pretty eyelashes? Would you trade your child’s ability to poop for a pretty smelling shampoo? Let’s make a deal: You get convenient spray sunscreen, your newborn gets bowel surgery. Sound like a plan? This is the trade-off pregnant women using conventional beauty products may be making every day because
I’ve been saying for YEARS that we must stop using conventional sunscreen because of its endocrine disrupting quality (and other reasons). As of last month, February 2019, the science is finally starting to get some momentum beyond the Internet and the FDA is paying attention. What’s an “Endocrine Disruptor?” Quite simply, it’s a chemical that
Sunscreen Takes a Hit – Only 2 Ingredients Will Be Left with “Safe” Status from the FDA Read More »
Remember last year when Hawaii banned some conventional sunscreen ingredients that were totally toxic to the coral reefs? And now last month the FDA is actually beginning to take steps to remove GRASE status from pretty much ALL the conventional, non-mineral sunscreen ingredients! Things are moving in the right direction for the health of our
Check out some of the best kids cooking videos online… Did you know it is thought that people will remember 90% of what they see in a video, but only 10% of what they hear? And if you consider that children usually only listen to less than half of what their parents try to tell
Best Kids’ Cooking Videos Online (for Healthy Foods) Read More »
If you try to buy organic when it counts to be gentle on your budget, you’re probably familiar with the Dirty Dozen produce list published by the EWG (Environmental Working Group), the same organization that puts out the Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database that the natural sunscreen review relies upon heavily. This is a list
Monday Mission: Memorize the Dirty Dozen Produce List + How to Clean your Produce Read More »
