Useful Links by Topic

Author’s Note: All links posted here are ones that either have information that I find to be both valuable and informative or offer products that I find to be clean, ‘green’ and safe!

Air Fresheners

Artificial Air Fresheners and Respiratory Problems: http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/08/why-air-fresheners-can-trigger-respiratory-problems/

Alternatives to Modern Medicine

Ear Aches: http://raisingnaturalkids.com/2011/09/18/ear-candles-and-garlic-oil-the-most-simple-effective-and-healthy-way-to-overcome-an-ear-infection/

Global Remedy Network: http://www.earthclinic.com/

Oil Pulling: http://www.jonbarron.org/detox/nl110404/oil-pulling-strong-immunity

Wet Cold Sock Treatment (for sinus infection, upper respiratory infection, cold, flu, fever): http://www.bastyrcenter.org/content/view/197/

Whooping Cough: http://lusaorganics.typepad.com/clean/2011/10/natural-holistic-whooping-cough-treatments.html

Baby Food

Ditch the Infant Cereals: http://www.foodrenegade.com/why-ditch-infant-cereals/

Making Your Own Baby Food: http://raisingnaturalkids.com/2011/06/12/pass-the-peas-please-the-spoonful-on-the-right-that-is-why-i-make-most-of-my-own-baby-food/

Baby Carriers and Wraps

Hip Dysplasia – What Carriers are Good vs. Bad: http://www.hipdysplasia.org/Developmental-Dysplasia-Of-The-Hip/Prevention/Baby-Carriers-Seats-and-Other-Equipment/Default.aspx

(everything) Birth Related

C-Section not the Best Option for Breech Birth: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/c-section-not-best-option-for-breech-birth/article1186104/

Circumcision – The Worst Fraud: http://mama-raw.com/2012/03/02/the-worst-fraud/

Consumer Reposts – Top 10 Procedures to Avoid During Pregnancy: http://consumerreports.org/cro/2012/05/what-to-reject-when-you-re-expecting/index.htm

Know More about Canned/Powdered Formula before Choosing It: http://www.infactcanada.ca/RisksofFormulaFeeding.pdf

Maternal Separation: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111102124955.htm#.TrNbEFJ_I-A.facebook

Placentas, Umbilical Cords and Breast Milk: http://www.beyondconformity.co.nz/_blog/Hilary’s_Desk/post/On_placentas,_stem_cells_and_breastmilk/

Umbilical Cords and their Importance – Let them Pulse Before Cutting!: http://www.nurturingheartsbirthservices.com/blog/?p=1542&cpage

Umbilical Cord Cutting Too Early: http://vimeo.com/21315581

VBAC: http://birthwithoutfearblog.com/2011/11/05/a-10‐year-population‐based-study-of-uterine-rupture-shows-risks-of-vbac-to-mom-and-baby-are-low/

Vernix – The Benefits of Not Washing It Off!: http://birthbliss.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/benefits-of-vernix-its-amazing-stuff/

Vitamin K Shot: http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/skip-that-newborn-vitamin-k-shot/#comment-45825itamin

Why African Babies Don’t Cry: http://www.drmomma.org/2010/09/why-african-babies-dont-cry.html

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Promotes Baby’s Gut and Brain Development: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/08/26/probably-best-way-to-enhance-your-babys-gut-and-brain-development.aspx?e_cid=20110826_DNL_art_3

Breastfeeding Past Infancy: http://kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/ebf-benefits/

Cancer, Arthritis, Diabetes, Even Acne -Is Breast milk the New Wonder Cure? - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1268987/Cancer-arthritis-diabetes-acne–breast-milk-new-wonder-cure.html

57 Uses for Breastmilk!: http://codenamemama.com/2012/02/20/medicinal-cosmetic-alternative-uses-breastmilk/

Bug Repellents 

2012 Bug Repellent Cheat Sheet: http://safemama.com/cheatsheets/bug-repellent/www.rais

The Age Old Battle: The Bugs Versus Us: http://raisingnaturalkids.com/2011/07/25/the-age-old-battle-the-bugs-versus-us-how-and-why-to-safely-protect-your-kids-from-those-darn-mosquitoes/

Chemicals in Baby Products

List of Chemicals in cosmetics and baby products – good to use as a reference: http://truthnaturals.com/learn/toxic-glossary

Formaldehyde in Baby Products: http://raisingnaturalkids.com/2011/11/01/if-formaldehyde-is-used-on-dead-bodies-why-is-it-in-my-baby-products/

Chemical Suspected in Cancer is in Baby Products: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/business/18chemical.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1323277214-%2FXqiJ6gia1ChK0DSw6ylZw

Childhood Illnesses – Help My Child Is Sick!

General Guidelines if Your Child is Sick: http://www.drpalevsky.com/general_guidance.asp

The Importance of Childhood Fever: http://drtenpenny.com/fever.aspx

Chiropractic Care and Children

10 Reasons Parents Take Healthy Children to Chiropractors http://welladjustedbabies.com/why-parents-take-children-to-chiropractors/

Cleaning 

12 Homemade Cleaning Recipes for Around the House: http://applepark.com/blog/2012/12-eco-friendly-household-cleaning-recipes/

All Natural Homemade Cleaners: http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/10/clean-up-your-act-all-natural-homemade-cleaners/

CBC Marketplace: Household Cleaners. If You Can’t Pronounce, it Should You Use it? http://www.health-report.co.uk/toxic_household_chemicals.htm

Dirty Secrets Test Results (what’s in some of our cleaning products): http://www.womensvoices.org/science/fact-sheets/dirty-secrets/

Homemade Cleaning Products: http://www.diylife.com/2010/05/04/home-ec-7-homemade-cleaning-products/

Homemade Cleaning Solutions: http://eartheasy.com/live_nontoxic_solutions.htm

Homemade Stain Remover for clothing: http://wellnessmama.com/3505/homemade-oxyclean-stain-remover-recipe/

How to Clean A Mattress: http://www.make-it-do.com/clean-it/spring-clean-your-mattress/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MakeItDo+%28Make+It+Do%29

Wonder Cleaner – Garbage Enzymes as Cleaner: http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=%2F2009%2F4%2F7%2Flifefocus%2F20090406185815&sec=lifefocus

Co-Sleeping

Why babies should never sleep alone: A review of the co-sleeping controversy in relation to SIDS, bedsharing and breast feeding: http://www.naturalchild.org/james_mckenna/cosleeping.pdf

Crafts

Homemade paints: http://chantelg4.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Make-Natural-Paint

Disciplining Children

Mind Jar (a calming tool): http://www.herewearetogether.com/?p=2054

I Don’t Want to Yell, I Say: http://www.regardingbaby.org/2010/11/20/i-dont-want-to-yell-i-say-guest-post-by-clara/

Plain Talk about Spanking: http://nospank.net/pt2011.htm

Toddler Discipline Without Shame: http://www.janetlansbury.com/2010/04/no-bad-kids-toddler-discipline-without-shame-9-guidelines/

What Your Child Wishes You Knew When He Acts Out: http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/What_Your_Child_Wishes_You_Knew_About_When_He_Acts_Out/

DIY Baby Products

Recipe for Homemade Baby Wipes: http://www.theherbsplace.com/Essential_Oii_Recipes_For_Babies_And_Children_sp_76.html

Eating Utensils/Cookery

Glass sippy cups and water bottles: http://www.amazon.com/Lifefactory-9-Ounce-Glass-Bottle-Ocean/dp/B0052QOKXA/ref=pd_sim_k_12

Green Toys Eats: http://www.greentoys.com/greeneats/index.html

Wooden plates, utensils and bowls made in the U.S.A.: http://www.palumba.com/product/childs_wooden_place_setting/284/

Electromagnetic Fields

Mom’s Exposure to Magnetic Fields Linked to Child’s Asthma: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/magnetic-fields-hair-dryers-asthma-risk_n_916035.html

Food (in general)

Agave Nectar: Good or Bad? http://www.foodrenegade.com/agave-nectar-good-or-bad/

Aspartame: http://www.jobdescriptionmommy.com/job-description-mommy/2010/12/the-dangers-of-aspartame.html

Aspartame – list of links on the topic: http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/

Food Dye Intolerance and Allergy: http://www.allergicchild.com/food_dye_allergies.htm

Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks: http://cspinet.org/new/pdf/food-dyes-rainbow-of-risks.pdf

Effects of Food Dye on Children’s Behavior: http://www.squidoo.com/DieDye

Food Additives to Avoid List: http://www.healthy-eating-politics.com/food-additives.html

Honey – what’s real and what’s not?: http://www.naturalnews.com/034102_honey_consumer_alert.html#ixzz1dBwUnaAB

List of Ingredients to Avoid: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/unacceptable-ingredients.php

MSG and the many things it’s listed under: http://www.truthinlabeling.org/hiddensources.html

Natural Food Dye: http://organic.lovetoknow.com/Natural_Food_Coloring

Natural Food Dye (Maggie’s Naturals) : http://maggiesnaturals.com/

Neotame (new sweetener): http://www.localssupportinglocals.ca/news/neotame-new-neurotoxic-sweetener-fda-says-no-label-needed-not-even-organics

Real Food Tips: 7 Reasons Why I Hate Artificial Food Dyes: http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/2012/03/13/real-food-tips-7-reasons-i-hate-artificial-food-dyes/

TBHQ: http://raisingnaturalkids.com/2011/11/02/this-just-in-i-am-officially-that-mom-saying-no-to-tbhq-and-other-junk-in-foods/

What’s on My Food – look up any Vegetable or Fruit and find out what pesticides are used on it! http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/

Who are those ‘Natural’ Companies really Owned by?: http://www.alternet.org/health/131910?page=1

Garden

Natural Weed Killer: http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/2011/06/got-weeds-use-vinegar-not-roundup/

GMOs

GMO Facts: http://www.nongmoproject.org/learn-more/

GMo search guide: http://www.nongmoproject.org/take-action/search-participating-products/

Lead

Lead found in Christmas Light Cords: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-08/lead-in-most-u-s-tree-lights-poses-hazard-for-kids-group-says.html

Lead Test Kits: http://www.testcountry.org/review-of-common-lead-testing-kits-in-the-market.htm

Hand Sanitizers

The Truth about Purell: http://organic-beauty-recipes.com/2011/07/03/the-truth-about-purell/

Helpful Websites (you plug in the info and search!)

Earth 911 (for finding out where and how to recycle just about anything, wherever you live): Earth911.com

Good Guide (What’s in your food and products): http://www.goodguide.com/about

Label Watch (What’s in your food – compare labels): http://www.labelwatch.com/prod_results.php?pid=122503

Skin Deep (What’s in your cosmetics?): http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/

Home Goods

Light Bulbs (Energy Efficient making us sick): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS5ogZxohZ2Y&feature=share

Bedding

More about Toxins in Crib Mattresses: http://blog.saferchemicals.org/2011/11/yes-indeed-the-mattress-matters.html

Organic Pillows: http://www.heartofvermont.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=148&cat=Organic+Baby%2FTravel+Pillows

Toxins in Crib Mattresses: http://healthychild.org/blog/comments/new_report_on_toxics_in_crib_mattresses/

Modern Medicine

Tylenol: http://www.wellness.com/blogs/DrLauraMarkham/51/what-every-user-of-acetamino

Playing (The Importance of it!)

Kids Lack of Free Play Harmful: http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/kids-lack-of-free-play-harmful-journal/human-behavior/

Politics

The Kids are not Alright: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/opinion/corporate-interests-threaten-childrens-welfare.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=Joel+Bakan&st=cse

Raising Children

A Study On Aspects of Natural/Traditional Parenting: http://www.epjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/ep05102183.pdf

How to Create A Good Relationship Between Siblings: http://www.positive-parents.org/2012/02/solutions-for-siblings.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+positive-parents%2FbahS+%28Positive+Parenting%3A+Toddlers+and+Beyond%29

Sugar

Artificial Sweetener: http://healthfreedoms.org/2010/02/15/aspartame-has-been-renamed-and-is-now-being-marketed-as-a-natural-sweetener/

Sunscreen

Natural Oils that Contain SPF: http://www.ehow.com/list_7557101_natural-oils-contain-spf.html#ixzz1oqehnmO9

Teaching Children

25 Rules for Mothers of Sons: http://studerteam.blogspot.com/2011/11/25-rules-for-mothers-of-sons.html?m=1

Teeth

Effect of Dental Mercury on Unborn Child: http://healthymamahappybaby.blogspot.com/2011/11/joy-who-truely-made-me-get-healthy.html

Fluoride: http://mercola.fileburst.com/PDF/FluorideSpecialReport_ToxicWaters.pdf

Preventing Tooth Decay: http://www.mommypotamus.com/can-a-weston-a-price-diet-reverse-tooth-decay/

Reversing Tooth Decay - http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2009/03/reversing-tooth-decay.html

How I Healed My Child’ s Cavity: http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/how-i-healed-my-childs-cavity/

Health Hazards of Dental Mercury: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/09/07/health-hazards-of-dental-mercury.aspx?e_cid=20110907_DNL_art_1

Sunscreen

All Natural Brand – Poofy Organics: http://www.poofscloset.com/servlet/the-381/*Poofy-Supernaturals*-%3Cbr%3E%22The%22-Sunscreen/Detail

Teething

Amber Teething Necklaces: www.amberslumber.com

Television

Fast Pase Cartoons May Harm Children’s Brains: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/09/07/health-hazards-of-dental-mercury.aspx?e_cid=20110907_DNL_art_1

It’s Official: To protect Baby’s Brain, Turn Off T.V. : http://ht.ly/77AA7

Toys

The Truth and Dangers about a lot of Children’s Toys: http://raisingnaturalkids.com/2011/11/25/tis-the-season-for-clean-toys-green-toys-and-toys-made-close-to-home/

Washington State Requires Companies to Reveal Harmful Chemicals in Toys: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/128212633.html

Vaccines – My Vaccine Page has the best links for helping you to decide whether vaccinations are right for your family. These links are just ones I find interesting and may refer to someday! 

Cancer Increase linked to vaccines in British Study: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/november292011/vaccines-contaminated-se.php

Charts Comparing Dead Babies to Vaccine Timeline: http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/dead-babies-and-stillbirths-reported-to-the-fda-after-vaccination-mothering-magazine/

Discolored Leg Syndrome Following Vaccines: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18546020

Fatal Polio Shots: http://tribune.com.pk/story/293191/vaccine-nation-globally-supported-company-is-funding-fatal-polio-shots/

FDA Warns to Stop Pushing Needle Free Flu Vaccine: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/10/21/fda-warns-pharmacies-to-stop-pushing-needle-free-flu-vaccine/

FluLaval Package Insert: http://us.gsk.com/products/assets/us_flulaval.pdf

Gardasil Vaccine Injuries: http://voices.yahoo.com/gardasil-vaccine-injuries-1345645.html

Inside Vaccines: http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/

Melanie’s Marvelous Measles (A Children’s Book): http://www.ias.org.nz/natural-immunity/912/

Merck Admits to injecting Cancer Virus Into Millions: http://truthspace.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/merck-admits-injecting-cancer-viruses-sv40-and-others-in-millions/

Murdoch Scandal: http://coto2.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/murdoch-and-vaccines-exposure-of-murdochs-crimes-expose-a-much-larger-story/

One Parent’s Story about Losing Her Child to Vaccines: http://www.ias.org.nz/natural-immunity/so-how-does-a-mother-feel-when-her-baby-is-dead-from-vaccines-and-all-she-hears-from-doctors-the-government-and-media-is-that-vaccines-are-safe-and-effective/

Six Times More Measles Vaccine Adverse Reaction Reports than Measles Cases in 2011: http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/6-times-more-measles-vaccine-adverse-reaction-reports-than-measles-cases-in-2011/

Six Reasons to Say No to Vaccinations: http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/six-reasons-to-say-no-to-vaccination/

Social Marketing as a Means to Increase Immunization Rates: http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/163/5/432

Stories of Vaccine Injuries Shared by Parents: http://www.followingvaccinations.com/

Testimony to Congress about Vaccine Dangers: http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=79D460D1487458588C3A8C221F6F1530

Vaccinated Children have more than Twice the Diseases and Disorders than Unvaccinated Children: http://journal.livingfood.us/2011/10/09/new-study-vaccinated-children-have-2-to-5-times-more-diseases-and-disorders-than-unvaccinated-children/