Safe Alternatives for Baby

A friend of mine used to be a nanny for a couple of children with autism. She would tell me that she could tell a profound difference in the children’s behavior according to their diets. I always thought this was so interesting. Now-a-days, more and more studies are being done with diet and autism.

Many of you have heard Jenny McCarthy’s story. She has been in magazines and on CNN with Larry King Live giving her heartfelt testimonial on how diet has made a major impact on helping her boy and their fight with autism. Read the rest of this entry »

I was going to school at the Aloha Ayurveda Academy while I was pregnant. It was a 200 hour course on bringing balance and optimal health to our entire being. One of the principles that Ayurveda teaches, is that the quality of our digestion is in direct proportion to the quality of our overall health and well-being.

To prevent colic in my baby, my teacher and Ayurveda doctor recommended a strict diet for me to follow for the first 10 days after she was born. Barely anything that the hospital offered me for each meal that was in guidelines to this diet, which is for the benefit of the baby and her developing digestive system. My diet’s restrictions followed much of what is offered here in our article by Dr. Linda Folden Palmer, D.C. Author of Baby Matters: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Caring for Your Baby. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are not use to eating and cooking without using colic-causing foods, this cook book is sure to be a life savor!

If you don’t know what foods are triggers for colic, this book is a must!

85 recipes, in this beautifully illustrated book, has been written with the intention of keeping a baby calm and content by changing a breastfeeding Mommy’s diet.T

he Calm Baby Book by Dr. Melanie Beingessner not only offer tasty recipes, she also brings her expertise as a breastfeeding counselor into play by offering additional tips. Read the rest of this entry »

by Linda Folden Palmer, D.C.
Author of Baby Matters: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Caring for Your Baby

Breastfeeding isn’t only about providing mother’s milk. While seldom recognized in literature, doctors’ advice or common conversation, there’s a whole lot more to breastfeeding than nutrition and immunity, and some of this can be achieved during bottlefeeding as well.

Breastfeeding has taken quite a bashing over the last century. In order to rebuild acceptance of breastfeeding, breastfeeding advocates have focused on the importance its nutritive and immune support roles. But breastfeeding is designed to be much more than just providing food — it is a time for nursing, a time for comfort and nurturing. This is a time for studying and memorizing each other’s faces, for speaking or singing to your baby and developing her trust and nonverbal communication.

Babies clearly seek nursing in order to ease the pain of a bump or illness, to relieve stress or to regain security after being frightened. Read the rest of this entry »

Published with permission of Enviroblog.org

For more detailed information about bottle-feeding your baby, and to find out what action is being taken to make formula safer, visit ewg.org/babysafe.

It is absolutely wonderful to be part of a movement that is truly looking out for the best interest of babies everywhere! SafBaby.com is honored to work with organizations such as Environmental Working Group (EWG) to bring you the latest news and research on pertinent information for the safety of our children.

A little while back we wrote an article that came from the research of EWG, giving the facts about the newest findings of BPA in ALL infant formulas. (You can read more about the dangers of BPA in our article “What’s Lurking In Your Baby’s Sippy Cup“, and the connection with BPA and infant formula in our article “Toxic Infant Formula, and What You Can Do Now.“) Read the rest of this entry »

Traditional Medicinals Organic Mother’s Milk Tea was a tea that I used when I was still nursing my baby. I highly recommend this tea to all nursing mamas, especially if you are needing more milk to come in.

This fennel, anise and coriander herbal tea also combines other yummy leaves and roots to bring you a sweet, spicy and slightly bitter cup of goodness. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, around the holidays my baby girl caught a cold two different times. We traveled on an airplane, were in a completely different climate than we are acclimated to, and (as I know some of you can relate), we didn’t really eat the way we normally do when we are home.

It is the season though. Bugs and viruses are all so common, that at any given week we are all sure to know of at least one friend that is feeling a little under the weather. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve heard about lead in dinnerware but was never concerned about it before we had our daughter.

I bought our dinnerware at least 10 years ago and just recently decided to research this topic after all the latest toy recalls due to lead. After all, we put hot food on our plates at least twice a day and our kids come into contact with possible lead more likely this way than through toys.

Lead and cadmium is still commonly used in dinnerware today. Unless it is stated to be lead and cadmium free, they most likely contain both. Read the rest of this entry »

We participated in a live conference call this morning with Sonja, a senior analyst from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), about the toxic levels of BPA researchers and scientists are finding in baby formula! Along with EWG’s amazing detailed report on their findings, CNN has also launched a special report, addressing this concern just today. Read the rest of this entry »

When I was looking for a high chair for my baby, I knew that I wanted a wooden one. I looked all over before we finally found one we liked. I thought I was very happy with it, that is until the day I saw Sandra’s baby’s high chair! Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, how adorable are these little lead-free cloth meal time bags?! Your toddler will just love the fun of lunch time packed in these fun eco-friendly lunch bags.

A few more great features of these adorable Mimi the Sardine bags are Read the rest of this entry »

Do you remember those drug prevention commercials? An egg, and an egg frying in a pan…”This is your brain… this is your brain on drugs”. It was a very effective image to imprint what drugs can do.

Well, after diving into my study on certified organic and non-organic foods, I can’t but help to recall this commercial, and thinking of the frying egg I think to myself, “this could be your baby’s brain, and nervous system, on pesticides”.

We have all heard the phrase, “don’t panic it’s organic“. Quite a catchy phrase really. Read the rest of this entry »

My baby girl’s favorite “binky” had a nipple of latex rubber, the purple rocketship! It was just so fitting because she loves to jump and bounce, always has. Her cousins even nicknamed her “rocket” last Thanksgiving due to her bouncing infatuation. Read the rest of this entry »

I have known that drinking out of plastic bottles isn’t the healthiest choice. But, more recently now, after having my baby, I have looked into the issue a little deeper, and I have become concerned by what I am learning.

“Of 115 published animal studies, 81% found significant effects from even low-levels of exposure to BPA. While none of the 11 industry-funded studies found significant effects, over 90% of government-funded studies did so. Read the rest of this entry »