This week the Green Moms Weekly Question addresses opposition from family and friends when you take the more granola path as a parent. The question is "What type of topics in natural parenting cause opposition among family and friends and how do you handle it?" I think this is a really awesome question because it can be very polarizing for some people. Personally though I have had very little negative response to my parenting choices, so I count myself lucky. There are numerous places were … [Read more...]
Glass Baby Bottles
A lot of natural moms have asked me in the last few months what they can do to avoid using plastic baby bottles. I usually tell them that they can always go with the old standard....glass baby bottles. Nowadays they are super cute and they are actually much safer than plastic when you consider that plastic can leach chemicals. When heated, five of the most popular brands of polycarbonate -- the clear, shatterproof plastic used in baby bottles -- leached bisphenol A at levels that have been … [Read more...]
Stainless Steel Sippy Cups
Plastic Cups for soooo yesterday! Nowadays it is easy to buy kids drinking cups without having to resort to cheap plastic just because you are afraid of breakage. Newer stainless cups do not break and they also do not have the chemical nasties and toxins that plastic does. Stainless lasts a long time and through multiple children so they are economical as well as practical, even if the per cup price is a bit more that what you can buy in the plastic cup section at Walmart. Look at the … [Read more...]
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