Zero-waste living is not without compromise. If it were possible to avoid single-use items and over-packaged products and choose 100% reusable 100% of the time—all without spending extra time or money—well … a lot of the world’s current problems would be solved. But don’t be discouraged. The most sustainable changes are the easiest changes, … [Read More...]
Changeroo: Changing the World With Your Kids’ Wardrobe
In my dreamworld of ethical and environmentally friendly consumerism, I would be filling my children’s wardrobes with Canadian-made apparel constructed from only the finest in sustainable, North American milled textiles. Sadly, the only dreamworld I inhabit is the one in which I cannot remember my locker combination and am late for a final exam … [Read More...]
What’s the Deal with Winter Jackets and Car Seats?
I still remember my feeling of complete and utter confusion when I first learned that children should not be strapped into their car seats in their winter jackets, snowsuits or thick bunting bags. I had so many questions. This was long before becoming a car seat tech and long before discovering that I was doing a lot more things … [Read More...]
Baby Jogger City View All-in-One Car Seat Review
It seems that “birth to booster” car seats are all the rage right now! I get it: consumers love the idea of buying one car seat that will take their child from the hospital through primary school. The new Baby Jogger City View can theoretically do that, but I think it shines as a rear-facing seat for children ready to move out of their infant … [Read More...]
5 Gifts of Knowledge for New Parents
This blog post is sponsored by Philips Avent. The opinions expressed are my own. There are so many things I did NOT know when I had my first child. And that’s okay: you don’t have to know absolutely everything about babies before you have one. It’s important to know that you can trust your own instincts. But what I wish I’d known most before … [Read More...]
Out of the Bottle and Into the Bar: Shampoo in a Bar is a Thing.
It’s been about eight years since I started re-evaluating the products I use in my bathroom. It all started with a concern about the ingredients in my body care products. I started reading ingredient labels and realized that I wanted to choose products with fewer synthetic ingredients; I wanted to use products that would be practically edible, … [Read More...]
Made in Canada Baby 2019 ~ $1500 in Prizes ~ Open to CA/US
We're back! Welcome to the 8th Annual Made in Canada Baby Event! Originally established by Celeste from Thinking About Cloth Diapers in 2011, Lindsay at Maman Loup’s Den and Olivia at This West Coast Mommy have been your fabulous hosts since 2015 for the year’s largest online event in the Canadian eco-friendly baby, natural parenting, babywearing, … [Read More...]
5 Myths About Infant Feeding Education
By Randi van Wiltenburg, Owner of Butterfly Baby Doula Services and Infant Feeding Educator 1- I’m bottle feeding—I don’t need any help! Did you know there is a preferred method of bottle feeding that helps prevent overfeeding your infant? Did you know that oral issues can impact how well a baby feeds at the bottle? These are … [Read More...]
6 Tips for Breastfed Baby’s First Babysitter
This blog post is sponsored by Philips Avent. The opinions expressed are my own. When was the first time you left your nursling with a babysitter? Even leaving my first two children with my husband (decidedly NOT a babysitter) and his non-milk-producing nipples was stressful for me in those first six months of all mama milk, all the … [Read More...]
Printable Spring Tree Treasure Hunt & Learning Activities
Spring arrives late in Calgary, but it arrives FAST. One day we’re in snow boots and the next day it’s flip flops. (To be fair, Calgarians are busting out flip flops any time it’s above 5°C.) Because it seems to happen so fast, I’ve promised my son that next year we’ll take a picture of the same tree branch every day for a month to watch the … [Read More...]
Best Straw Cups for Baby
Having never had babies that took bottles before, I turned to fellow moms of multiples to give me some tips on what to do for the Cub Twins when they were done with bottles. I have sincerely and truly (perhaps annoyingly to some) loved breastfeeding, but pumping milk and mixing formula in bottles was really not my favourite thing. On the one … [Read More...]
Top 10 Reasons One Twin is Crying
You know what? I can’t complain: my twins are pretty chill. Fed, well rested, bums clean … they’re usually in good spirits. That said, every day is an exhausting battle to keep them fed, well rested and clean. (Not to mention their older siblings—but at least the big kids don’t have such insatiable appetites!) One of the highlights of my days … [Read More...]