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SafeMama Cheat Sheet: Safer Hand Sanitizers

Posted on: Apr 28, 2010

Filed Under cleaning products, Product Safety, Safe Mama Tips | 11 Comments

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For the longest time, we were always getting the question, what about sanitizing? “I want to carry a hand sanitizer!“ “What about sanitizing my toys/baby bottles/pacifiers?“ It seems like these days, it’s so much more prevalent to see some parent slathering Purell or the like on their kid at every turn. They keep giant warehouse [...]

SafeMama Discusses Internet Safety

Posted on: Apr 26, 2010

Filed Under Safe Mama Tips, Take Action | 4 Comments

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Our usual subject matter is safety for babies and younger kids, because that’s what we know right now. I’m sure however, we have readers with older kids and this subject is going to be one that will become near and dear to my heart in the coming years, I’m sure. My husband is an engineer [...]

Eco-Friendly Diaper Bag by Kalencom

Posted on: Apr 25, 2010

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I was recently asked to do a review for a great store that we’ve featured here before, Baby Cribs Plus. Last time they provided some organic jammies and bpa free dishware to giveaway. They are part of a huge network of 200 online stores by CSN Stores. You can get anything from baby gear, cribs, [...]

YoreGanics Review: Soap Nuts (& Giveaway)

Posted on: Apr 21, 2010

Filed Under cleaning products, Eco-Mama, Giveaways Coupons | 80 Comments

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I have a confession. I’ve sinned. I’ve tripped over the green wagon. I haven’t fallen off of it entirely, but I’ve had to use not so eco friendly products in recent months, for various reasons. I don’t like it one bit, but I was having some major skin problems, as was my daughter and I [...]

FAQ: Why Is TruKid Sunny Days Sunscreen Missing From This Years Cheat Sheet?

Posted on: Apr 16, 2010

Filed Under Chemicals, FAQ, Product Safety, Skin Care | 5 Comments

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We’ve been getting this question a lot since I released this years Safer Sunscreen Cheat Sheet so I wanted to clarify my decision to exclude it in this years list. I want to preface this by saying one statement. I do not know everything. See? I’m just like you. But I spend a lot of [...]

EcoStore USA Products a SafeMama Favorite (Giveaway!)

Posted on: Apr 14, 2010

Filed Under cleaning products, Eco-Mama, Giveaways Coupons | 130 Comments

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We reviewed EcoStore’s products ages ago. Well, Statia did and I never got around to trying any of them myself. I meant to though. So when EcoStore reached out to me to do another review along with a great giveaway I was so willing and happy to do it. For review, EcoStore USA sent me [...]

New ThinkBaby Separates (& Giveaway)

Posted on: Apr 13, 2010

Filed Under Food Safety, Giveaways Coupons, Product Reviews | 244 Comments

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I’ve been a fan of the ThinkBaby company for some time and feel like a broken record when it comes to singing their praises. I use their ThinkSport stainless water bottle myself and have been using their ThinkBaby Feeding Set for over a year. I try to eliminate unneeded waste in my day to day [...]

FDA Re-evaluating Triclosan

Posted on: Apr 12, 2010

Filed Under Chemicals, Healthy Home, Product Safety | 1 Comment

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Last Thursday the FDA updated their website regarding Triclosan and whether it should be a safety concern. Since Triclosan was last evaluated by the FDA it had “no harmful effects” on humans and they deemed it safe. However, new research has popped up that suggests that Triclosan can alter hormone regulation as well as make [...]

SafeMama’s 2010 Safer Sunscreen Cheat Sheet

Posted on: Apr 9, 2010

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SafeMama™ Sunscreen Criteria: All sunscreens we approved needed to be free of Parabens, Phthalates, PEG’s, Propylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Benzoate, Dimethicone, SLS and a bevy of other chemicals I won’t bother listing. Brands exhibit a very respectable ingredients list. The sunscreening ingredient we mainly avoid is the synthetic chemical oxybenzone. Oxybenzone is an [...]

Some Quick Friday Green Tips: DIY Carpet Fresh

Posted on: Apr 2, 2010

Filed Under Eco-Mama, Green Mama, Safe Mama Tips | 2 Comments

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Having two kids, and two dogs, and a whole lot of in and out foot traffic, I hate having carpet. It makes me feel grimy and dirty and it holds pet odors, dander and hair like crazy. Unfortunately, when we bought our house, 3,000 square feet of hardwoods were just not affordable. So, [...]