We’re so happy we can do this two-part review! Christie tried the Hygeia EnJoye pump, then mailed it to Melanie, which closed-system pumps like Hygeia safely allow since nothing Christie’s breastmilk touched then touches Melanie’s breastmilk, it’s HygeNIC (haha) as well. So special treat here, a two-for-one review! Melanie: Best Pump in the Whole World! [...]
Tags: breastfeeding, pumping, review, who code
As an avid user of FuzziBunz cloth diapers on my little guy Brody, I was absolutely thrilled when I was recently given the opportunity to interview Tereson Dupuy, the brilliant mind that created FuzziBunz diapers in 1999. I was even more excited when I learned that FuzziBunz is currently selling a “Light it Up Blue” [...]
Tags: autism, Autism Speaks, cloth diapers, fuzzibunz
In my never-ending quest to reduce my impact on the earth, and to keep toxins out of my home and away from my family, we have switched from paper products to cloth. Cloth diapers, cloth napkins, cloth wipes, and now: cloth menstrual pads. If you’ve never heard of cloth pads (AKA mama cloth), keep reading! [...]
Tags: fuzzibunz, gladrags, going green, mama cloth, product review
I’m not always super girlie. In fact, there are many girlie things I’m not so great at. However, I love painting my nails. And when I had a daughter, my husband had to lay down ground rules before I could paint her little nails too (she had to be allowed to ask — toddler speak [...]
Tags: giveaway, piggy paint, review, safe cosmetics
About 6-1/2 years ago, some girls on my April 2004 baby group on BabyCenter talked me into trying out FuzziBunz with my son, Rowan. I’d been using disposable diapers, and cloth was really, really foreign to me. I really didn’t understand it very well, but I really liked the girls who were suggesting it, and [...]
Tags: cloth diapers, diapers, fuzzibunz, fuzzibunz review, gdiapers, one size diapers
For my baby shower when I was pregnant with Aurora, my friend Nysa spent a lot of time trying to find baby-friendly themes that didn’t include bottles, and we made sure people knew to please not buy them either. Not only would they be a waste of money because I didn’t plan on using any [...]
Tags: advertising, bottles, brainwashing children, breastfeeding, formula, making breastfeeding normal, the WHO code
Being called a cow is a bad thing, generally. You all know why. (Pssst, it’s like being called fat.) But cows are pretty fantastical. They are both black and white (multicultural) and they are considered sacred in India. But since I don’t live in India, being called a cow is … like I said … [...]
The United States uses about 4.8 billion gallons of water a day, nearly 80% of that for irrigation and thermoelectric power. The average person uses up to 100 gallons of water a day. Every time you flush your toilet, you are flushing up to 2 gallons of water. My toddler is potty trained (3 year [...]
Tags: blog action day, brushing teeth, children, dishwasher, responsibility, reusable water bottles, teaching, toilet, water
I heard whispers that some baby products contain toxins that could be hazardous to a baby’s health, but I never looked into it since I didn’t have babies at the time. Well, since I’ve heard about the Cosmetic Database, I have gone slightly insane plugging in every product I own into it. A LOT has [...]
Tags: baby products, toxins
Imagine for a second that your child got a special treat, say, a candy bar. They open the wrapper and immediately drop it on the floor. What would you do? You’d make them pick it up! Your living room is not a trash can! We all live in this house and we all have to [...]
Tags: being green, environment, laziness, litter, trash