I have already seen a huge surge of parents on my Facebook feed talking about their kids being sick after only a few days or weeks back at school. Such is life. Kids go back to school, they make new friends, they meet their new teachers, and they come home with less than exciting new illnesses. With so many children in one place if one of them has a runny nose and cough then logically many will end up with it. What can you do? Well, actually there is quite a bit we can do to prevent illness … [Read more...]
Balancing Life With Attached Parenting
October is attachment parenting (AP) month. You may or may not be familiar with this style of parenting but many green, natural, crunchy, granola parenting types are. It seems to mesh really well with lots of the other things we hold dear. A group of green/natural mom bloggers have recently gotten together to form a weekly column called Green Moms Weekly and the first question that was posed to the group honors attachment parenting month. The question is “How do you balance your busy lifestyle … [Read more...]
Celebrate Green!
Welcome to my first ever podcast!!! I am happy to bring you the Natural Family Living Podcast, a talk radio podcast for the natural mom and environmentally friendly parent. I hope to make this a semi-regular occurrence from now on and cover a variety of topics including green family values, environmental concerns, natural parenting, organic and sustainable living, and natural health and wellness. My guest this week is Lynn Colwell who is one half of the mother-daughter team whose passion is … [Read more...]
Carnival of Natural Family Living #4
Step right up! Enjoy the carnival! This is the fourth edition of the Carnival of Natural Family Living and just as I suspected this is turning out to be a large carnival. We have some great submissions to highlight so without further ado..... Naturally Healthy Carole Fogarty of The Healthy Living Lounge gives us an idea for letting go of stresses and worries in Calm your mind and "unplug" your stresses, worries and concerns in two and half minutes. Natural Book Reviews Our greenie … [Read more...]
The Vaccine Issue – My Son’s Story
I posted last week about Jenny McCarthy's appearance on Oprah and her new book Louder than Words. If you missed it, Jenny shared how vaccines played a part in her son's autism and how she was determined to help him recover from this condition. This morning I was reminded of this topic again...twice. First, I watched Jenny again on The View. It was another good interview. She talked about vaccines and the possibility of recovery for the autistic yet again. I did find Barbara Walters a bit … [Read more...]
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