Archive for the 'Baby Stuff' Category



Uggh. More plastic problems.

Published on July 9, 2008

 
Just when you thought it was safe to serve your kids food on picnic plates this summer… along comes this news….. melamine may not be safe either!! The Green Guide has more information but here’s a tasty (?!) snippet:
Aside from sippy cups, most kidware isn’t made of polycarbonate but of durable, colorful melamine. Melamine is a questionable [...]


SIGG bottles.. are they BPA free?

Published on May 2, 2008

Do SIGG bottles contain BPA? Treehugger.com asked the question…. SIGG responded.
“Very thorough migration testing in laboratories around the world is conducted regularly and has consistently shown SIGG aluminum bottles to have no presence of lead, phthalates, Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), Bysphenol A (BPA), Bysphenol B (BPB) or any other chemicals which scientists have deemed as potentially [...]


What is safe?

Published on May 1, 2008

Parenting has always been hard. It seems harder lately because all of the rules seem to have changed!
Stuff that was considered essential just a year ago is now known to be unsafe and is being pulled from shelves. Further, what is safe and what isn’t safe isn’t clear at all! Is plastic safe? What [...]


Diapering Advice?

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I just discovered this site - diaperbeagle.com. It appears to be a great resource for the various cloth diapering options, and also has a price comparison feature for finding the best prices at online retailers.
Also interesting is the Real Diaper Association:
The Real Diaper Association, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, provides support and [...]


Diapering options

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Before we had our baby, we attended a cloth diapering workshop. This workshop was put on by a local cloth diaper supply shop and covered the various cloth diaper options available to new parents. There are a lot of options for do it yourself washers as well as the option of using a diaper service [...]