Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Environment, Health, Illness, Pop Culture, Toxins, parenting on Aug 10th, 2010
A Facebook friend posted a link today. It was from The Today Show — a segment about early puberty. It was pretty shocking. The segment was based on a new Pediatrics study — Pubertal Assessment Method and Baseline Characteristics in a Mixed Longitudinal Study of Girls — looked at girls ages 6 to 8 who [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Favorite Things Friday, Food, Health on Jul 30th, 2010
I’ve been complaining about the quality of kids’ snacks for a while now. Many traditional manufacturers seem to put little if any thought into the ingredients. High fructose corn syrup. Preservatives. Artificial colors. Artificial flavors. Hydrogenated oils. The more unpronounceable the ingredient, the better. Case in point: traditional General Mills Fruit Roll-Ups. Check out the [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Health on Jul 28th, 2010
Dear Self, Hey, I know you work at night. Working full-time at home WITH kids means you have to do a little creative scheduling. However, your lack of planning shouldn’t mean your kids suffer. For example, when you don’t get out of bed until 8:30 and you’ve got to get Big Girl to camp by [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Environment, Going Green, Health, Safety, Toxins on Jul 27th, 2010
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) isn’t going to take it anymore. The environmental action group today filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for, “failing to issue a final rule regulating the chemicals triclosan and triclocarban, which are commonly found in antibacterial soaps.” I’ve written about the topic many times before, [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Health, Illness, Safety, Shopping, Toxins on Jul 13th, 2010
You have, no doubt, heard about the 28 million box Kellogg’s cereal recall. The company recalled select boxes of Kellogg’s Corn Pops, Honey Smacks, Froot Loops and Apple Jacks cereals. Consumers said there was an “off” taste and smell. Oh, and that they were giving some people nausea and diarrhea. Kellogg’s said the packages were [...]
Two women in my life have ovarian cancer. One is my sister’s sister-in-law. She’s in her 30s. She found her cancer by accident; she thought she had a hernia. The other woman is one of my closest friend’s mothers. Her cancer is pretty advanced. She found out thanks to a routine abdominal sonogram. They have [...]
This past Friday I was all ready to take a half-day. We were supposed to go to my beach club’s big post-school pool party. We even invited a friend to come along, paying a $20 guest fee. In the morning we hit Trader Joe’s to get some snacks and stuff we needed for the weekend. [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Health, Organic on Jun 23rd, 2010
Ask my sister and brother if I can cook. As my husband. They are probably going to tell you no, she can’t. My mother, too. I usually concede the point. I am the person who, one time, made cupcakes and forgot to add eggs. The one who, two days ago, almost burned down the house [...]
Posted in Birth, Health, Meditation, Pregnancy, parenting on Jun 21st, 2010
Two years ago today I was a week overdue with my second child. I had 48 hours left before they would have to induce me, my midwife told me. The high risk doctor had already blasted me the day prior saying he would have induced me at 37 weeks. Two years ago today I woke [...]
Posted in Environment, Health, Preventative medicine, Safety, parenting on Jun 7th, 2010
Sunday was overcast and windy. Still, we made plans to celebrate a good friend’s birthday so we were all sitting on the beach. I was covered head to toe. Spinster hat (a phrase coined by my friend because he says it makes me look like a spinster) on head. Towel over legs. Umbrella attached to [...]
