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Protecting Your Baby from SIDS

by Dawn Lorenz 3 Comments

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The American Academy of Pediatrics just announced new sleep recommendations in efforts to save babies from dying of SIDS, yet the real dangers still haven’t been addressed. Skin to Skin and Co-Sleeping  I applaud the AAP for including new evidence that supports skin-to-skin care for newborn infants. The addition of suggesting that a baby should sleep…

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Filed Under: Flame Retardants, SIDS, the environment around us, Toxic Chemicals Around Children, Vaccines, Vaccines Tagged With: Organic Mattress, SIDS

Simple Words of Appreciation

by Dawn Lorenz 3 Comments

It’s not the link to the article that caught my eye when this post showed up on my newsfeed. I had seen it before and I have been aware for most of my life that main brand shampoos, cosmetics, and such, contain chemicals that I don’t want anywhere near my family. In fact, I started this blog…

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Filed Under: Mindful Parenting, the environment around us, Toxic Chemicals Around Children Tagged With: Natural Kids, Organic Living

DIY Organic Garden Fertilizer

by Dawn Lorenz 8 Comments

It’s true – you don’t have to pay extra money for the best fertilizer around. Here’s why and how to make some from common leftover scraps that most people throw away. EGGSHELLS  Why: Eggshells nourish the soil by providing a steady source of calcium. Half a teaspoon of dry, powdered eggshell contains approximately 400 mg of calcium….

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Filed Under: garden and grass chemicals, Gardening, Pesticides, the environment around us

Natural Alternatives to Pesky Problems

by Dawn Lorenz 5 Comments

Tackling Sugar Ants, Silverfish, Dirty Ovens and Clogged Drains Cheaply and Naturally ANTS: Each year, as the snow melts and the flowers bloom, I enjoy watching my children as they watch, in awe, at the ants that build their mounds and carry food from wherever they were fortunate to find it, and back to their…

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Filed Under: Pesticides, the environment around us, Toxic Chemicals Around Children, Toxins in and around the Home Tagged With: Ants, Clogged Drain, Natural Solutions, oven

Garden Hoses – A Potential Health Risk

by Dawn Lorenz 38 Comments

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Every summer, we use the garden hoses to fill up the water tables and kiddie pools, turn on the toy sprinkler and let the kids have some water fun out in the backyard, while my husband and I tend to our organic garden. What we didn’t know, until recently, was that we were exposing both…

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Filed Under: garden and grass chemicals, the environment around us, Toxic Chemicals Around Children Tagged With: children, Family, garden, health

The Nose Knows to Avoid Artificial Air Fresheners

by Dawn Lorenz 19 Comments

Think Twice Before Using Artificially Scented Candles and Air Fresheners Somewhere along the way, as humans learned to make their way on this earth, they (we) became more and more conscious of the smells coming from our bodies and our immediate environment and decided that it was best if some of these scents were masked….

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Filed Under: Artificial Scents like Glade, the environment around us, Toxic Chemicals Around Children

What Have You Stepped on Today?

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(A POEM OF SORTS) Someone’s Aim was sure to be off in the bathrooms you used at work and at the train station today, AND we believe in the 5 second rule at home. The puddles that have sat for a few hours collecting oil (which isn’t organic by the way), saw the likes of…

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Filed Under: shoes, the environment around us Tagged With: children, Family, love, shoes

The Age Old Battle: The Bugs Versus Us (How and Why to Safely Protect Your Kids From those Darn Mosquitoes)

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The New York Times did a piece last week on mosquitoes, and as one of their suggestions for bug repellent, the author recommended products with DEET. Knowing that DEET has actually been linked to causing damage to brain cells, I was surprised.  “The insect-repelling chemical DEET actually functions in the same way as deadly nerve gases and dangerous…

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Filed Under: DEET, Pesticides, the environment around us, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bug Spray, DEET, Mosquitoes

In the Market for a Dishwasher? Why I have been without one for over a Month

by Dawn Lorenz 48 Comments

How I Found Out about PVC in dishwashers and the dangers it poses to our kids! After having been used for 11 years, my dishwasher died.  I wasn’t too sad, as I knew it meant getting one that matched the kitchen a bit better!  Because I was preoccupied with the kids, Bill went out to…

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Filed Under: Dishwashers, PVC, the environment around us Tagged With: Family, kitchen, PVC

New Study Finds that BPA free plastics are still Releasing Harmful Chemicals

by Dawn Lorenz 5 Comments

A new study finds that even those plastic products labeled BPA free are still leeching harmful chemicals.  The findings of this study can be found in the links below, but for a quick recap, most plastic products, BPA free or not, are releasing chemicals that have EA, which stands for estrogenic activity, “In other words,…

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Filed Under: BPA, Chemicals in Toys, the environment around us

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