Archive for the ‘review’ Category

June 27, 2012 1

“Busting Out” Documentary About Breasts Gives Some Great Insight into Where America’s Gone Wrong with Breastfeeding

By in breastfeeding, mom stuff, news & politics, review

I turned on the documentary “Busting Out”, a film about the history and politics of our odd obsession with breasts, and how it impacts us as a culture. Filmmakers Francine Strickwerda and Laurel Spellman Smith put together a pretty impressive short summary of our shifts in breast-obsession here in the US over a period of time. It was interesting to see the discussion about how “most desired size” has been something that has regularly shifted, from very small, nubile barely-pubescent breasts, to very large and curvaceous ones. But always, the interest in this country is the breast.

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October 13, 2011 3

Product Review! Hygeia EnJoye Breast Pump: How Well Does It Work?

By in being green, breastfeeding, review

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! [...]

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May 23, 2011 4

Britax Roundabout 55: A Seat That Can Compete

By in baby, car seats, review, safety, toddler, Uncategorized

In my lifetime, I have been in 3 car accidents. Two of which were with my son in the car (none of which were my fault). Because of that, I strive to be the safest driver I can be, to keep my children in the safest car seats available (this includes extended rear facing and [...]

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April 14, 2011 3

The Skinny on Mama Cloth

By in being green, mom stuff, review, Uncategorized

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! [...]

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April 11, 2011 72

Piggy Paint ‘Natural as Mud’ Nail Polish Giveaway and Review

By in being green, Giveaway, 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 [...]

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March 7, 2011 21

FuzziBunz Review: I Hated Them Once… Did They Get Better?

By in being green, poop, review

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 [...]

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