Attn: Giveaway at the end of this post! Thankfully I do not have children with any food allergies. But MANY children do. So many do in fact that more and more schools are making rules that no kids can bring nuts or nut products in their lunches. My daughter's school is one of them. You know these allergy attacks from nuts must be pretty darn bad if a school is willing to go to that length. It is tough for me to make lunches for my daughter with no nuts, especially since I like her to eat raw as … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2008
Giving Our Children the Gift of Presence
The month of October is Attachment Parenting Month and I am an attachment parent myself. If you are not familiar with attachment parenting the API web site has this to say: The essence of Attachment Parenting is about forming and nurturing strong connections between parents and their children. Attachment Parenting challenges us as parents to treat our children with kindness, respect and dignity, and to model in our interactions with them the way we'd like them to interact with others. For me … [Read more...]
Boo Boo Balm
I have two boys so it is boo boo central around these parts. I am always seeing one of them with some new cut, bruise, or bug bite...especially my oldest son. But both my 8 year old and my 2 year equally love getting some boo boo balm applied to their "wounds". We have been using two different brands of salve to save the day lately: The Hero Stick by TruKid - This stick has an adorable name and it is great for making the "hurties" go away. And sorry if you are about to vomit with all the cutesy … [Read more...]
$100 Natural Toy Giveaway!!
I love all of the smaller, mom run stores that have opened to meet the shopping needs of us green and natural moms and dads. Not only do you get wonderful products that are safe and healthy for your family, you are supporting another family directly when you make a purchase. If you buy that Foogo cup at Target for instance then Target gets the profit from that product but if you buy it from another mom then the money goes directly to them. In this economy we need to do that as much as we … [Read more...]
Pure Fun Organic Candy
My kiddies recently got to be testers for several different kinds of Pure Fun Organic Candy. It was a hard job but I think they managed to do just fine. ;) These candies are made exclusively in Canada and the US and have built a fine reputation for what is NOT found in their candy: NO Gluten, NO GMO'S, NO FD&C Colors, NO Casein, NO Dairy, NO artificial flavors, NO dyes, NO Synthetics, NO Pesticides, NO preservatives...nothing but Pure Fun. BUT they do have good stuff IN them to: organic … [Read more...]
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