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The Evolution of a Birth Plan, Three Kids Later

October 4th, 2011 · 71 Comments · Green Living, Natural Health

I was the mom in Bradley birth classes furrowing her brow at the stories of nursing toddlers, saying, "When my child is old enough to ask for mama’s milk, that’s when it’s been long enough." Eighteen months later, I was the mama with the screaming child: "I want milllllllllllllk!!!!" He didn’t wean until two-and-a-half. So [...]

Monday Mission: Stock Your Natural Remedies Medicine Cabinet

September 12th, 2011 · 70 Comments · Monday Missions, Natural Health

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to get ready for sick season by stocking a few ingredients for fighting infection. Impact Ratings: ? Level of Commitment: Making Strides Last spring I came home from a doctor’s appointment with my child carrying two bags: one with a super-strength prescription antibiotics from the pharmacy, and [...]

Fighting Illness Naturally is Scary (Especially When You’re Blind)

April 7th, 2011 · 80 Comments · KS lifestyle, Mary and Martha Moments, Natural Health

We had a near miss with antibiotics this week. Two bottles of super-strength antibiotics stared me down from the refrigerator for 24 hours, threatening a head-on collision after which I’d have to deal with the consequences. They also promised to make my son feel better and get our family life back to normal, fast. What’s [...]

Garlic to make the sick bugs go away

October 28th, 2010 · 23 Comments · Natural Health

We’ve been talking natural remedies this week, and you may want to revisit the Monday Mission HERE to read the good ideas for fighting the sick bugs that readers shared in the comments section. One thing that always stops all my progress with fighting germs naturally is the massive amount of ingredients I don’t have [...]

The Biology of Antibiotic Resistance (Or “Mommy, Where do Superbugs Come From?”)

March 26th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Cleaning, Food for Thought

This is a guest post by SnoWhite of Finding Joy in My Kitchen. This week there has been a focus on getting the antibacterial soaps out of our homes. As a biologist, I am excited by this because our overuse of these soaps actually contributes to bacteria no longer being killed by antibiotics. How does [...]

Kids’ Ear Infections: A Home Remedy?

January 18th, 2010 · 60 Comments · Do It Yourself

I didn’t think I’d ever fit this neatly into the “nuts” or “off the grid” category. I’ve always been a rebel, but never like this. My 4-year-old son woke up Friday morning around 5 a.m. with pain, that by 7:00 he could articulate as being in his ear after coming to our room three times. [...]