Pregnancy Awareness Month
Date: April 29, 2009 | Category: Books, Care, Clothing, Events, Food, Furniture, Lifestyle, Stores & Resources, Toys
April has been all about the earth (as every day should be). Next up, it’s all about healthy babies! We’re launching into the 2nd annual Pregnancy Awareness Month where pregnant women will be empowered with information, “how to” ideas and inspiration to make healthy changes in their lives for themselves and their little children. (more…)
Happy Earth Day Baby
Date: April 22, 2009 | Category: Care, Clothing, Food, Furniture, Kids, Stores & Resources, Toys
We love our children every day, but one day out of the year we turn all of our focus on them… shouldn’t our earth get the same treatment? Earth Week provides us all with an opportunity to increase our awareness, no matter how conscious we try to be on a daily basis. (more…)
To Infinity and Beyond!
Date: April 16, 2009 | Category: Care, Clothing, Furniture, Kids, Toys
Snuggle time never sounded so good with this adorable blanket from Tookee. Harness the inner astronaut in your little one (and relive childhood dreams of your own) with the funky little spaceship designs set to remind us all to reach for the moon! (more…)
A Vision for the Times
Date: February 17, 2009 | Category: Accessories, Bags, Care, Children, Clothing, Fashion, Jewelry, Kids, Makeup, Shoes, Skin Care, Stores & Resources, Women
Eco-Luxury has infiltrated one of Los Angeles’s high-end shopping districts. Visionary Boutique on Melrose fits right in the neighborhood with everything an LA woman ‘on the shop’ could dream of – but when you leave, it’s hard to look at the products in the neighboring stores without a new green lens. (more…)
A Whale of A Soap
Date: February 12, 2009 | Category: Care, Kids
Bath time just turned into a deep-sea diving exploration with Kiss My Face Kids a whale of a soap. With no animal ingredients, artificial colors or unnecessary chemicals, the soap is derived from naturally moisturizing Palm kernel oil and comes two to a pack ($7.95). (more…)
Everyone is Getting Sacked
Date: January 29, 2009 | Category: Care, Clothing, Kids
For anyone who has attempted to swaddle a newborn, you know that origami is less challenging…and more attractive. You’ll be relieved to know that there is finally a solution: Kiddopotamus. (more…)
Strawberries that Whiten Teeth?
Date: November 13, 2008 | Category: Care, Kids
If you find yourself negotiating with your child to get him to brush before bed, sweeten the deal with Silly Strawberry Toothpaste from Tom’s of Maine.
The toothpaste, which is made with real strawberry oil, not artificial flavors, entices kids to brush without the dyes and sparkles found in many toothpastes. And it has received the ADA Seal of Acceptance, which guarantees that it will get the job done. It features naturally-sourced sodium monofluorophosphate as its active ingredient to provide cavity protection.
Also available in Outrageous Orange-Mango (my kids don’t dig this flavor, but it might be tantalizing to yours). Available at Rite-Aid, Walgreens and other drugstore chains.
A Happy Birthday Wish
Date: October 22, 2008 | Category: Care, Featured, Food, Kids, Kitchen
It’s your little one’s birthday. You’ve sent out the recycled party invitations and iced the organic cake. But before you break into a rousing chorus of “Happy Birthday,” you might want to make a wish before your child blows out the candles.
Those neon waxy sticks you find in supermarkets and party stores throughout the country typically contain a mixture of unlabeled ingredients that emit lead and cadmium when ignited. Why the cause for concern? Lead exposure in children has been linked to behavioral problems and lower intelligence, while cadmium is a suspected carcinogen. Definitely not the perfect gift.
Now you can breathe easy. Little Star Creative Parties offers Rainbow Beeswax candles, which are manufactured without heavy metals or carcinogenic compounds and are way cute to boot! A package of 24 retails for $2.75. You can even re-use the candles for future parties! Now that’s a cause for celebration!
Educating Generation Green
Date: October 22, 2008 | Category: Care, Events, Food, Food & Drink, Kids
While it’s great to buy organic produce at the local farmers’ market, how can we convey to our children that when it comes to going green we’re truly ready to walk the talk?
If you’re looking for a way to give your child a real life lesson on the importance of sustainable living, encourage his or her classroom to participate in National Green Week. With plans to mobilize one million children during the week of February 2-8, 2009, National Green Week will introduce simple, eco-friendly methods to help schools reduce their toxic waste and carbon overload. Students will also eat healthier, natural snacks and save money by buying in bulk and recycling.
Modeled on the Fisher Elementary Green School Experiment, which was conducted in a small, suburban school in Walpole, Massachusetts last June, the original event resulted in a 70 percent reduction in classroom trash and town-wide recycling programs. What’s more, it inspired lasting behavioral changes in students, families, faculty and personnel. (Check out the documentary on the National Green Week website.)
To register, simply have your school complete and submit the forms by November 15th so your kids can start teaching you the golden rules of green.
It’s Homemade, Baby!
Date: October 16, 2008 | Category: Care, Food, Food & Drink, Kids
Hand made baby food from organic fruits and vegetables is the best thing you can feed your baby… and likely the last thing you have time to prepare.
HomemadeBaby to the rescue. The company offers delicious fresh-from-the-farm organic baby food that will give your wee ones the best nutrition around and leave you more time to spend with them.
The foods, which come in “So Smooth,” “Good Mushy” and “Kinda Chunky” styles for babies at various stages, are 100 percent organic and produced by farmers who use as much as 50 percent less energy than commercial farmers. The company works with farms that emphasize renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality for future generations.
HomemadeBaby is also kosher and gluten-free, and while we would prefer to see the food packaged in a glass jar, the number “5” plastic tub is theoretically recyclable. Baby steps.
