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Posted in Cool sites, Environment, Favorite Things Friday, Pop Culture, Reduce, Shopping, Sustainable on May 21st, 2010
This week we spent the early evening at Brooklyn Bowl, which, to me, is really just a club that happens to also have bowling lanes. It was a launch party event for Yo Gabba Gabba’s live show. My big girl has watched the show. My baby, who won’t turn two until the end of June, [...]
Posted in Emotional development, parenting, Safety, toddlers on May 20th, 2010
Little Girl is dexterous. This is a problem. Yes, she is day potty-trained, but I still put a diaper on her for naps and at night. Seems she doesn’t like wearing a diaper ever, so she’s been taking off her sleep sack and tossing the diaper onto the floor. No big deal when it’s naptime. [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Food, Going Green, Health on May 19th, 2010
I am participating in the 2010 Blogathon, Portland-area blogger & entrepreneurial writer Michelle Rafter’s challenge to bloggers who want to get serious. Our task: blog every day between May 1 and May 31. As part of the challenge we were invited to do a “swap” with another like-minded blogger. I was lucky enough that T.A. [...]
Posted in Education, Emotional development, School and education on May 18th, 2010
This morning I came across two new studies that should matter to every parent. The first, out of the Society for Research in Child Development, looks at how early childcare affects someone as a teen, linking childcare settings with academic achievement and behavioral issues. The second — out of the National Institute of Mental Health [...]
Posted in Emotional development, exercise on May 17th, 2010
I was so excited when I saw the sign go up: a hot yoga place open only a mile or so from my house. I kept meaning to try it out, but I kept putting it off until I could take full advantage of the 10 days for $20 deal they were offering. I was [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Food, Reduce, Shopping on May 16th, 2010
Quick aside on this beautiful Sunday afternoon. Yesterday I went to Trader Joe’s for salad fixings. I stopped in front of really pretty red Roma tomatoes. Three of them sitting under plastic. On top of what I thought was a plastic tray. I hated doing it, but I had both kids and my mother-in-law with [...]
Posted in Emotional development on May 15th, 2010
We spent the morning planting. We belong to a beach club and there was a grounds party today. People — mostly dads — took down the beach barriers, painted stuff, and opened the bathroom among other tasks. Other people focused on beautification of the club and the attached marina. I took Big Girl and Little [...]
Posted in Cool sites, Favorite Things Friday on May 14th, 2010
Yawn. I am exhausted today. I was up late last night because we started looking at old videos and didn’t turn the camera off until the week hours of the night. There was a lot to go through. (We got our first video camera in August of 2003. We stopped using it early 2009 when [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Environment, Going Green, Health, Illness, Toxins on May 13th, 2010
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics this week released a report about perfumes and — yes I know this is cliché — it definitely stinks. The organization assessed 17 different perfumes, which listed “fragrance” on their labels. On average, there were 14 different unlisted ingredients in each of the perfumes. The reason: manufacturers are not required [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Going Green, Health, toddlers on May 12th, 2010
Little Girl had her 21-month well visit a few weeks ago. The nurse came in to take height and weight. She put her on the scale. “She didn’t gain an ounce since her last check up,” explained the nurse. Then she got measured. She only grew 1/2 inch since her last visit, which was three [...]