We’re excited to share this excellent post with you by Janet Lansbury. Paying attention doesn’t come naturally, so these 7 tips to foster a long attention span are a great daily reminder for every parent. Janet Lansbury is a parenting adviser, writer and teacher. She has served on the board of directors of Resources for [...]
I am 100% at my very worst with my daughter when we are running late and I am scurrying around the house trying to get it together to get out the door. Can you relate? I will never forget the time we were driving down the road and my daughter reminded me so sweetly, “We [...]
I love to exercise, and personally know that without it my life would be a mess. It is sweetly reassuring to hear that ALL ages benefit, immediately AND long term, from movin’ and groovin’ our bodies. I really appreciated the comment in the article below, written by parenting advisor Janet Lansbury, where she mentions that [...]
The following is an article written by SAFbaby Health Expert, Dr. Murray Clarke, regarding the safety of DHA supplementation for babies and children. This information is important because there is a pouring out of synthetic DHA and ARA into baby foods and formulas which have not been proven safe for human consumption, and have made [...]
It breaks my heart that infant formula companies have been trying to persuade women for years that an infant formula is superior to breast milk. It is even more sad to know that their ploy has affected some women’s decision not to breast feed! (I was a formula fed baby, and my mother was lead [...]
Do you know that studies now show numerous serious health risks from added fluoride into our children’s diets? They include: reduction in I.Q., early on set of puberty, brittle bones and fractures, and bone cancer. Fluoride is added to water targeted for infants, it is in baby formula, and it is in some of our [...]
Did you know that this week is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week? And because almost one million children in the USA suffer from some form of lead poisoning, we believe that it is important for parents and caregivers to have some knowledge of the teachings of National Lead Poisoning Week. In this post we will [...]
LEAD IS A FACT OF LIFE. And you need a plan to deal with it. Thanks to Joanna Cerazy and Sandra Cottingham, authors of Lead Babies, our exclusive interview below will give parents more insight on the dangers of lead exposure for our children, and what we can do to reduce exposure. Lead plays a [...]
My son is little over 4 months old and he’s sucking and chewing anything he can get his hands on. I bought him a bunch of wooden rings, cloth toys and safe plastic teethers, but all he wants is his Sophie the Giraffe. He usually drops toys a few seconds after he chews on them [...]
Consuming Kids is an hour message that is incredibly eye-opening and positively influential! This documentary helps us recognize who we are permitting to teach our children about values, where happiness comes from, and on what truly makes them important and worthy individuals. I use to think that since my child didn’t watch cable television, she [...]
The concerns regarding cell phone usage in relation to brain tumors/cancers is an on-going controversy. But when it comes to cell phone health risks for our children, SAFbaby is leaning on the side of extreme caution for many scientific reasons that we will begin talking about here. If you google “Cell Phone Health Risks in [...]
“No need to panic if it’s organic.” A catchy phrase, yeah? Well, we are meant to believe hype such as “we couldn’t feed the world population without pesticides” and more, but we are happy to bring you truth on this topic today! Our exclusive interview with Kristin Schafer, from Pesticide Action Network, really shines the [...]
Elizabeth Pantley, bestseller author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution, does a phenominal job on providing gentle ways to encourage good behavior WITHOUT wining, tantrums and tears in her book The No Cry Discipline Solution. I am so glad we found this book! Especially helpful having a 3 year old! The methods Elizabeth presents are [...]
Have you ever shifted your baby or toddler’s mood simply by getting them outside? Have you ever had a yearning yourself to go for a hike, or to go to the beach? Of course! We all have, and that is because “there is a universal feeling we get when we put ourselves outside, and into [...]
I can’t say that I have ever REALLY enjoyed reading a cookbook like this one! Eating For the Whole Family by Cynthia Lair is positively inspiring! Feeding the Whole Family is the bible of healthful eating! Encouraging breastfeeding, recommending starter solid foods, and then on expanding the diet of an older baby. Even answering the [...]
We have heard that lavender, used repeatedly over long periods of time may alters hormones, especially in a baby boy. Of course this has sparked our concerns here at SAFbaby.com, especially since there are many skin care products and baby massage oils that contain lavender. So we have researched the question until we have found [...]
EcoSMART® is a non-toxic, water based and natural insecticide with active ingredients made from organic plant oils! Sound too good to be truly effective? Well, get ready to be blown away! Because when it comes to getting rid of pesky flying and crawling insects, EcoSMART® brings forth a whole new meaning to the phrase “kill [...]
Did you know that everyday baby and children’s products can contain high amounts of toxic fire retardants? These flame retardants have been shown to cause serious health disorders including endocrine disruption, cancer, birth defects, hormone disruption, reproductive and neurological disorders and learning disabilities such as ADHD, mental retardation, and hyperactivity. Disturbingly enough, chemical fire retardants [...]
A little high fructose corn syrup every now and then won’t kill you, right? Well, that’s what all those new television ads want us to believe. But, a new study reveals that high fructose corn syrup is contaminated with mercury! We are all too aware of mercury dangerously hiding in the fillings of cavities, as [...]
After watching GYMTRIX™, I have been inspired! Life around our house has since been filled with a little more physical activity between my toddler and I. It has been so much fun, and is priceless for my toddler’s development! Some of my favorite GYMTRIX™ activities are quite simple, yet I had not even thought of [...]
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