Eco Pregnancy and Baby

When you’re pregnant, your sunscreen doesn’t just have to protect your skin from UV rays, it should be free of toxic chemicals that can affect your growing fetus. Do you know which ones are double safe? A study of about 1,000 brand-name sunscreen products discovered that 4 out of 5 contain toxic chemicals that may [...]

When you’re pregnant or caring for a newborn, you need all the sleep you can get. Thinking about toxic chemicals in your bed linens won’t keep you up nights-if you go organic. To minimize toxins: “Sheets shouldn’t be permanent-press or made with nylon or synthetic materials,” say Deirdre Dolan and Alexandra Zissu, co-authors of The Complete [...]

So now that you’re pregnant and steering clear of environmental dangers, you may be wondering what the buzz was all about a few years ago about lead in lipstick. And did they fix the problem and get the lead out of lipstick once and for all? Yes, it’s true, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found lead [...]

The gentlest, most natural body-care products and cosmetics benefit not only new moms but also Mother Earth, by lowering the amount of toxic chemicals that end up in the air, soil and groundwater. But more than 99 percent of all personal care products contain one or more ingredients that have never been safety tested or [...]

Mother’s Day is almost here! So make plans now to pamper yourself. I know you’re busy, but who deserves it more than a mama to be? And remember, you’re pampering for two, now. So here are a few suggestions. Eat something umami. Not because it’s good for you. Do it because the word sounds like [...]

“Replace household and nursery items with more natural alternatives” When Paige Goldberg Tolmach’s 8-week-old son Jackson came down with a oozy, painful rash, she took him to 14 different doctors. “I had a team of specialists standing over my beautiful baby saying, ‘It’s eczema. There’s nothing you can do; just put him on steroids,’” Goldberg [...]

“Detoxify bathtime by learning which ingredients to avoid” Cozy Friedman opened her first of three children’s hair salons, Cozy’s Cuts For Kids (cozyscuts.com), in 1994 with the idea of taking something potentially unfriendly or scary for children and making it fun. She provides colorful car-shaped styling chairs, entertaining videos, toys, balloons and bubbles. She also [...]