Lina on April 20th, 2009

I finally watched Ricki Lake’s documentary “The Business of Being Born” and I wanted to write about it, even though its been out for almost a year now.  I heard a lot about this movie when it first came out and I was excited that it is more accessible to the mainstream than a lot [...]

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Lina on August 29th, 2008

Someone on my mom-listserv recommended this site and I wanted to pass it along – Weelicious is a mom-foodblog devoted to easy, organic baby and toddler food.  Great looking recipes that are straightforward to make.  The author’s son is still under 2 so the recipes are focused in that age-range but my kids (and my [...]

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Lina on May 30th, 2008

Every diaper bag comes with a changing pad but they are always large, hard to fold and not made for a real cleaning (just wipe with a sponge).  They also only ever fit in the bag they came in (and I’m never satisfied with my current diaper bag, I always need a new one!)  My [...]

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Lina on May 20th, 2008

Its old news now that a lot of the plastic things on the market, especially baby things, have the chemical BPA in them.  BPA has been linked to causing all sorts of ugly stuff – cancer, diabetes and behavioral changes like hyperactivity.  One of the things I’ve been fretting about is my son’s pacifiers.  I [...]

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Lina on March 5th, 2008

I need to buy spring/summer clothes for my two kids. I want to buy clothes that were made by grownups making a good wage, preferably using materials that were grown organically, or at least responsibly.  This is all doable, and fortunately the Internet makes it possible to find, but is so hard to let go [...]

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