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Kids’ products

We have nothing to fear but endocrine disrupting chemicals

September 18, 2009

I’m not a hysteric about making my house an organic haven, or making sure my kid can speak Tibetan by age 4, or worrying about the effects of Dora the Explorer’s shrill voice on my son’s eardrums. But lately, I have taken to trying to eradicate certain ingredients from our food, like high fructose corn syryp, [...]

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Bad Halloween costumes for kids, 1st edition

September 12, 2009

I have a problem with fall holiday promotion starting in August, but like her, I conform as well. I start looking for my son’s Halloween costumes just as soon as I feel a cool August night hit. Or when those damn catalogs start to arrive and I worry that I’ll be left roaming the aisles of [...]

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HFCS in our food: an update

August 23, 2009

I rarely use my blog to wax poetic about various causes as you all probably know. I’m just not that deep. But there are a few causes that I will advocate for: BPA in bottles and other household products.  And shame on you Sigg! Excessive swag Trying to be frugal (Which is impossible to be, by the [...]

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The annual it’s my kid’s birthday what was I thinking? post

March 31, 2009

Every year I kvetch about the preparations for my son’s birthday and how I’m not going to go crazy with it all and EVERY YEAR I IGNORE MY OWN ADVICE. (Warning: overuse of the CAPS LOCK button ahead.) It’s like I get amnesia every March when I start thinking about the birthday planning. Or maybe it’s [...]

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Yes, occasionally I’ll pimp my blog for a giveaway, or two

March 23, 2009

[Begin blog pimping] I don’t usually take freebies given to me through this blog, but in this crap economy, if something passes my way, and I know my son will absolutely enjoy it, I’ll try it out. We love to read in our house, and when Nick Katsoris contacted me about his newest book in the [...]

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The birds. The bees. And one very disturbing plastic horse.

February 2, 2009

I knew the day would sneak up on me fast.  The day that body parts would be discovered and questions would have to be answered. The day I wouldn’t be able to escape the very simple inquiry from my son, “Mommy, do you have a penis?” It would be easy to avoid the topic of [...]

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Miracle on Ice

February 1, 2009

I always thought Disney on Ice was just for girls.  Twinkling lights, skating princesses, fairy dust.  Please.  But when I was offered tickets to the troupe’s show in Chicago from the lovely folks at Feld Entertainment, I just couldn’t say no.  Princesses and all. So we invited a little girl friend of my son’s and checked [...]

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Finding Tupperware and Thomas’ Special Delivery

September 20, 2008

I have a problem.  I can never find matching lids to go with my Tupperware bottoms.  No matter how hard I try to organize, sort, and eventually replace them, I can never quite figure out how to get my Tupperware collection to fit together.   Even Thomas can’t fix this disaster. This is kind of [...]

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Those BPA-free bottles are weighing down my diaper bag

April 24, 2008

Edited to add: for the best list on the web of what sippy cups/ bottles are completely BPA-free go to Z Recommends. —————————————————————————————- I finally did it. I caved in and got rid of my plastic sippy cups.  I’d been avoiding the inevitable for quite some time now, trying to believe that all the ruckus around [...]

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