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I recently read an article in a Swiss Newspaper where doctors are increasingly alarmed at how many vegan & vegetarian babies and children get seriously ill due to a Vitamin B12 deficiency. Doctors in this article say that parents often replace cow’s milk with soy or almond milk and steak with tofu but forget the [...]
The return to school marks the major shift in every child’s life-year. New friends, new learning, new teachers, a host of changes and new experiences. It is also a time of changes in season, climate and daily schedule. Perhaps due to all of these reasons – and the major one of increased contact with lots [...]
The suggestion that a parent first look at their child’s stool to find signs of food allergies seems completely rational. In the article below, submitted to us by Rebecca Wood, she tells more about the root cause of some types of skin rash, foul smelling stool and food allergies. We additionally like the way that [...]
Does it ever seem like the only foods your child will eat are foods that are white, or foods that are colored with artificial colors? This article offers simple tips you can implement NOW to bring a full spectrum of a healthy and colorful diet to your child’s plate. Not only that, but some creative [...]
Watching our children grow into confident little beings is so touching and it brings so much of our joy to parenting. Bringing my daughter to kindergarten has become one of those milestones for our family recently. My daughter just started kindergarten! Oh my goodness, what a transition. She’s doing so great and I am really [...]
Did you know that food companies can NOT claim to be “lead-free?” In other words, there has been such an increase in contamination of our environment that lead is now in our water and food supply to some degree. “Eat as clean as possible, at all times” says Dr. Murray Clarke, SAFbaby’s Health Expert. Dr. [...]
We are bringing back the GIVE AWAY! But don’t worry, we won’t be filling SAFbaby with nothing but Give Aways and product review posts. That is just not who we are. You will continue to find weekly articles that truly pertain to the well being and health of your children and babies! However, we have [...]
NurturMe is truly a revolutionary offering for our babies! This new concept in baby food is space-saving, light-weight, minimal eco-friendly packaging, tasty and nutritious – ALL IN ONE! Wow, what a great idea! Oh, but it gets even better. ALL of the ingredients found in the NurturMe line of premium baby food are farmed organically [...]
Plum™ Organics JUST Fruits is an organic fruit puree, packaged in a BPA-free pouch that “Smells as if you have the actual fruit in hand,” on mama raved. These nutritious first time foods for babies, or snacks for small children, were recently put to the test by conscious moms and young picky eaters. The fruit purees [...]
Revolution Foods Organic Fruit Mashups is an all natural and organic fruit snack for babies and children packaged in BPA free pouches. Revolution Foods Mashups™ was loved by moms because it is a convenient snack, easy to travel with, and made of all natural and healthy, organic fruits. One mama remarked, “”It doesn’t get better [...]
Vaccine safety became a concern for me again recently when a friend of mine’s 1 year old son received his first vaccine and later that day (after being a perfectly healthy boy) had his first, of many to follow, seizure. My friend fully believes it was related to the vaccine he had received earlier that [...]
We recently posted and article from Dr. Janet Hull’s Alternative Health and Nutrition’s website regarding the concerns of Neotame legally being able to hide in our foods. We are bringing you Part 2 today to answer a question from one of our readers. If you have not read Part 1, please read With Neotame Unlabeled, [...]
We found this article so interesting, and concerned us so, that we are bringing it to you all today with the permissions to repost by Dr. Janet Hull, Alternative Heath And Nutrition. Diet sodas, chewing gum, Tylenol, and other foods that you may not even be aware of often contain Aspartame, a chemical sweetener. One [...]
(An updated post with questions answered regarding Salba) We have put HappyBaby™ puffs and baby food pouches to the test by numerous mom/baby testers in the past and the results were always the same: Love to the last mouthful! So, when we were asked to put Happy Tot, Stage 4 baby food pouches through our [...]
Will genetically modified (GM) salmon become the first genetically modified animal manufactured for human consumption? We sure as heck hope that no such thing as a genetically modified animal be available to us as a food source! And on top of that craziness, if it does hit the markets and it does NOT have to [...]
I was searching for a book that offers a holistic approach with zero side effects to most common health problems and was glad to stumble onto Dr. Randall Neustaedter’s book “The Holistic Baby Guide: Alternative Care for Common Health Problems”. Randall Neustaedter is a licensed acupuncturist and doctor of Chinese medicine who has practiced and [...]
When I read this article written for us by Deanna Minich, PhD, CN , a nutritionist and author of “An A to Z Guide to Food Additives: Never Eat What You Can’t Pronounce”, I thought about how grateful I am that my 4 year old daughter and I garden together. Just another reminder of the [...]
What we parents ultimately desire for when we purchase packaged baby food is a chemical-free, hormone free, hormone disruptor-free, wholesome, nutritious meal to conveniently offer our babies. All that, and of course we want our babies to eat the food too. HappyBaby™ has a line of premium organic baby foods, meals and finger foods (such [...]
Agave Nectar has been marketed to us as a sweetener that is natural and safe. More and more moms are cooking with it, which was evident to me at a mom’s playdate during the holidays where we exchanged baked goods. A few moms used agave nectar in replacement to sugar. Cool I thought at the [...]
Which do you think has the most chemicals in it: your garage or your child’s Easter basket? The answer may surprise you, because brightly colored Easter candies are often full of synthetic food dyes and artificial flavorings. Although these foods are colorful and fun, “parents and teachers alike attribute excessive motor activity and other disruptive [...]