Category: Health and Safety
Our favorite active toys
| March 9, 2012 | Posted by eryn under Health and Safety, Kids, Product Reviews |
My son has been on the go for as long as I can remember. As an infant, he’d squiggle and wiggle. He started crawling commando-style at six months and by 10 months he was walking around. Once he figured out how to walk, there was no stopping him. And now that he’s a 2-year-old, he…
A Montessori-style toddler bedroom
| March 5, 2012 | Posted by eryn under Family Life, Health and Safety, Kids, Montessori |
Our son is now 27 months old. I wanted to write a little something today about some of the things we have done in our house to incorporate the philosophy of Maria Montessori into our everyday lives, and I thought the best way to do that was to give you a little glimpse into our…
We don’t own a television
| March 4, 2012 | Posted by eryn under Family Life, Health and Safety |
Only 3.3% of homes in the United States are without a television, according to the Nielsen Co. That’s actually up from 1.1% previously (see this New York Times article for the reasons why). We’re one of those TV-less homes, and that puts us in a very small but growing minority. We didn’t actually set out…
If your baby’s diaper isn’t cloth, it’s trash
| March 1, 2012 | Posted by eryn under Family Life, Frugal Living, Health and Safety, Kids, Natural Living |
One of the easiest ways to give your child a healthy and eco-friendly start in life is to use cloth diapers instead of disposables. And improvements in the way cloth diapers are made means you no longer have to endure pin pricks while wrestling with a squiggly baby during diaper changes or dunk dirty…
We may not parent better, but we try to do it safer
| February 29, 2012 | Posted by eryn under Family Life, Health and Safety, Organic |
I had a hard time deciding how to categorize these posts on my blog. I knew I wanted to write something about child safety issues because they’re very important to us, but I didn’t want to imply that I think other parents aren’t making safe choices. I think we all have to decide individually what…
