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Monday Mission: Find and Replace SLS

October 31st, 2011 · 41 Comments · Green Living

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to read your soap and cleaning labels, seek out "sodium lauryl sulfate" and "sodium laureth sulfate," then begin to look for natural alternatives. (Can you see why I just wrote "SLS" in the title?) Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides Since last year’s natural personal products [...]

Monday Mission: Tackle Those ‘Pits

October 24th, 2011 · 18 Comments · Green Living, Monday Missions, Natural Health

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to make sure your deodorant is safe. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides Way back over a year ago when we talked about the dangers of aluminum during Analyzing Aluminum in August, I posted the homemade deodorant recipe I had been using. At that time, however, [...]

Avoiding Chemicals for Baby Bottoms and Baths

October 12th, 2011 · 36 Comments · Green Living

Johnson & Johnson baby soap and Desitin were both among the products I purchased for baby Kimball number one six years ago. I also had a touchy relationship with them, because although I didn’t really question their ingredients at first, I was cautious about using them: Since babies seem to grab the tube of Desitin [...]

10 Childbirth Norms Parents Can Refuse

March 30th, 2011 · 121 Comments · Green Living, Natural Health

I’m over at Simple Organic today dishing out my thoughts on saying NO during prenatal appointments and labor/childbirth. Some of the things I refuse: Some prenatal vitamins Genetic testing Extra internal exams Stripping membranes Click over HERE to read the rest and my whys and wherefores… The post demonstrates how you have to be a [...]

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How do Seventh Generation Products Stack Up?{REVIEW}

November 17th, 2010 · 75 Comments · Cleaning, Green Living, What to Buy

Do I have too much fun with this review stuff? Perhaps I’m becoming addicted to comparing everything in my life. I can hardly buy a new product without wondering how it stacks up against the competition and scheming about how I can get two or three different ones to compare. I guess if I have [...]