Goodnight Gorilla has been a favorite in our house for almost three years now. It has withstood the transition from baby to toddler and my youngest is still quite entranced by it. Its a very simple book with cute pictures and who doesn’t love the theme of ‘Go to sleep now’? The neatest thing is [...]
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A friend sent me this link to the Harvard University Healthy Eating Pyramid and its a nice way to think about how to feed yourself and your kids. It basically gets to what Michael Pollan (author of the Omnivores Dilemma) summarizes as the basic way to approach food – “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly [...]
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In response to my earlier post about finding a safe, effective sunscreen for my kids, my friend Jenny followed up with this recommendation. Zinc oxide is apparently one of the best protectors from the sun, but the key is to find a product that has zinc oxide, but also actually blends into your skin.
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Now that spring has asserted itself, I’ve been thinking a lot about sunscreen and how to find something that protects my kids (and me!) from the sun, but isn’t full of endocrine disrupters and pthalates, usually hidden in products by the generic term “Fragrance”. Endocrine disrupters mess with your hormones and are particularly bad [...]
When we moved to our house 3 years ago, we decided not to hook up the cable. We figured that we didn’t want our kids watching TV all the time, we didn’t want to watch TV all the time and its an expensive monthly cost. We’ve been really happy with the choice, though [...]
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