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Y water? Because we like it.
Since bringing home a few bottles of Y Water to try out, my kids have been asking for it pretty much hourly.
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The joy of bins
With three kids running circles around me, I've made some concessions when it comes to cleaning up. And one of them is that I'm not going to be doing all of it.
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Good karma's in the bag
Say that sometimes you need a giant-sized tote bag for the beach--or if you're a family of geeks like mine, your library books--and you're just not the preppy major-label canvas tote type.
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A baby wrap so pretty you might steal it for yourself
My younger son has always been a big blanket kid; even now, at six, he sleeps with at least one baby blanket every night. My younger son has always been a big blanket kid; even now, at six, he sleeps with at least one baby blanket every night.
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Sugar mama
Summer's here, and I'm getting ready to bare some skin. Along with sit ups, a quickie pedicure and hedge clippers (you know what I mean), I've added The Spoiled Mama Sugar Scrub to my bag of tricks.
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Swaddling blankets for summer
With a baby born in almost every season, I'd have to say that I had the hardest time swaddling my oldest, a July in Mississippi baby.
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Recession chic tip - Shop factory stores and outlets
I realize that shopping at the outlet mall isn't exactly a new concept, except lately, we're finding that even small, indie brands are opening up their own online "factory stores" as an offshoot to their main boutique
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Organic play clothes of a different stripe
When I first discovered Scout Baby organic children's clothes at the Bubble trade show a few years ago, it was still a big deal to find fair trade organics that were so soft and so vibrantly colored. Now a lot has changed in that world and a lot has changed with Scout too.
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Tea party
I was totally excited by The Republic of Tea's new Little Citizens' Herb Teas for kids when the concept was first whispered in my ear at the International Fancy Food show last year. And now, just in time for summer, the stuff is actually here and ready for brewing, icing, and swapping in for sugary juice drinks.
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Organic baby food that could pass for homemade. We won't tell.
My mother was the queen of homemade baby food. And while I admire her commitment and even bought a micro food processor to follow in her footsteps, more often than not I have to reach for something cooked, pureed, and packaged far from my home.
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Rebel yell
Now that things like environmentally-sound manufacturing, use of post-consumer waste, and organic textiles are fast becoming the standard (which is awesome), it does take a lot to make us go oooooh these days when we get a "green" pitch. But that's what happened when we first clicked over to Rebel Green.
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