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Iodine Supplements Aid Pregnant Women, Especially Vegans in Avoiding Child Brain Damage By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jun 11 2011 Iodine deficiency could lead to mental retardation in your baby. + READ MORE

Formaldehyde In Your Body Wash? Yep, and 6 Other Surprising Places By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Apr 20 2011 Formaldehyde is a chemical that everyone knows exists, but does not know that they probably come into contact with it on a daily basis, if not several times a day. + READ MORE

Make Your Own Cloth Diapers and Baby Wipes By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Home & Garden Aug 20 2010 Cloth diapers are the perfect option for eco-minded parents. Here are instructions for making two styles of cloth diapers, as well as fabric baby wipes. + READ MORE

Why Aren't We Hearing More About Flame Retardants? By Virginia Sole-Smith IN Food & Health Jun 24 2010 PBDEs tend to be the forgotten toxin, but they're in your furniture, mattresses and baby goods. Here's how to get involved in the campaign for safer chemicals in consumer goods. + READ MORE

How to Go Green: Babies By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 1 2010 Bringing a new baby into your home is exciting, and the perfect time to go green. Find out how with our complete guide. + READ MORE

Sarah Jessica Parker, Halle Berry, Jennifer Garner, and More Have Switched To Cloth Diapers, Why Not You? By Sara Novak IN Home & Garden May 29 2010 Celeb mommies like Sarah Jessica Parker, Halle Berry, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Alba, Gwen Stefani, and many more are jumping on the cloth diaper bandwagon. + READ MORE

With All the Toxins Found in Breast Milk, Is Breastfeeding Still the Healthiest Option? By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden May 12 2010 "Were it regulated like infant formula, the breast milk of many US mothers would not be able to be legally sold on supermarket shelves." + READ MORE

Safe Options for BPA-Free Baby Bottles By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Food & Health Feb 19 2010 If you're bottle-feeding your baby, you already know it's a good idea to avoid plastics that contain BPA's. Here are two great, durable, safe options for baby bottles. + READ MORE

Decorate Baby's Nursery with Vintage Story Book Images By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Home & Garden Feb 10 2010 Frame pages from your favorite childhood books and hang them in your child's nursery. This easy DIY decor makes a nursery inviting and familiar, and brings new life to books that are falling apart. + READ MORE

5 Reuses for: Baby Food Jars By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jan 22 2010 Tired parents may think nothing of tossing empty baby food jars in the recycling bin, but these small jars can be reused in many fantastic ways. Here are five effortless ways to reuse baby food jars. + READ MORE

5 Tips for Planting a Placenta Fruit Tree: Burying the Placenta to Commemorate Birth By Sami Grover IN Home & Garden Oct 27 2009 Planting a placenta fruit tree may be gross to some. But it's really the ultimate form of upcycling. And it's a great traditional way to commemorate birth. + READ MORE

Homemade Cloth Baby Wipes Are Easy and Cheap By Marye Audet IN Home & Garden Oct 23 2009 Baby wipes are convenient but expensive and not very green. Get all the convenience with none of the expense with these easy to make cloth baby wipes and homemade organic solution. + READ MORE

Top 5 Ways to Survive the First Weeks of Green Parenting (with Sanity Intact) By Sami Grover IN Food & Health Oct 19 2009 As a new green parent, I'm rapidly realizing how the best laid plans can fall apart once the baby arrives. Here are a few of my favorite tips for the first few weeks. + READ MORE

Stained Baby Clothes? Cut Them Up and Make a Quilt By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Home & Garden Oct 5 2009 If you don't know what to do with your child's old stained or torn clothing, here's a cute idea that just may become a family heirloom. + READ MORE

Seed Saving Tips: Harvesting Heirloom Garden Seeds for Next Year By Derek Markham IN Home & Garden Sep 16 2009 One way to virtually guarantee that the seeds you sow will be around for you year after year is to harvest and save the seeds from your heirloom vegetables for next year's planting. Seed saving isn't that hard to do, but there are some things to remember when starting out. + READ MORE

Curried Shrimp Lettuce Wraps By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 1 2009 I wrote earlier this week that I took on a 100 percent local week of eating. I found these local shrimp and decided to use them with my beautiful romaine heads. + READ MORE

Having a Green Baby: How to Cut Down on Stuff By Sami Grover IN Home & Garden Aug 28 2009 The modern baby seems to "need" a lot of stuff. Here are a few strategies for cutting back on consumption, even as you await the arrival of a little one. + READ MORE

Early Potty Training: Going Part-Time Diaper Free? By Sami Grover IN Food & Health Aug 21 2009 Potty whispering can help folks aim for a diaper free baby. But it can also help if you want to go part-time diaper free. + READ MORE

5 Free Green Ways to Reverse Summer Skin and Hair Damage By Laurel House IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 20 2009 Seems we?re often attempting to mimic nature when paying big bucks for beautifying treatments. You spend wads of cash trying to get a ?natural? spray tan glow?the more expensive, the more seemingly ?natural.? You dedicate hours out of your day at the local hair salon trying to transform your locks from dull and mousy to sun-kissed and highlighted. Since Mother Nature has proven herself to be the most direct (and least expensive) route to beauty, why do we continue to try and outdo her with chemically concocted copy-cats that pale in comparison? + READ MORE

Organic Wool Diaper Covers: Do They Really Work? By Marye Audet IN Home & Garden Aug 13 2009 After twenty-four years of having babies almost constantly in diapers I find myself in the unique for me position of having an almost diaper-less home. I say almost because I have a four month old granddaughter that visits regularly. In any case we know diapers around here. + READ MORE