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Category: green

Dear SafeMama Weekend Edition: New Use For Old Fabric

Posted on: Apr 4, 2009

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I’m searching for a way to dispose of my old pieces of fabric that are not good anymore. I can’t find any place that takes old piece of fabric except for wearable used clothes. I have already reused them the maximum I could in making old clothes into rags but what do I do with [...]

Only Treats, Please: A Safer Halloween

Posted on: Oct 21, 2008

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My little guy is still too young to really “get” Halloween and fortunately is also too young to be aware of candy. But next year, I probably won’t be as lucky, leaving me with the worry about how to handle Halloween with a kid who has food allergies. I found some good advice here from the [...]

Introducing LovelyMama! One-stop safe beauty!

Posted on: Sep 26, 2008

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For a long time now we’ve gotten email after email from readers saying “Ok, we’ve got the kids covered, now what about US??” We heard you. We want to welcome our readers to visit our new sister site LovelyMama! Since the birth of SafeMama.com, both Statia and I have been making big changes to the [...]

SafeMama Review: Stainless Steel Lunch Box

Posted on: Sep 11, 2008

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While most kids are back in school, mine isn’t (and the day he climbs the bus to head to kindergarten, I will cry a lot and then I’ll promptly proceed to my nearest sofa, because HELLO free time!) but I didn’t want to be left out. We currently use the Foogo stainless steel container when [...]

SafeMama Review: Greenbaby Gifts

Posted on: Aug 22, 2008

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One of the things that was indispensable to me when I was pregnant was the things that were given to me by my parent friends. Not typical shower items, but things that were thoughtful, practical and most of all, tried and true favorites of theirs. Being a new parent is overwhelming and there are so [...]

Dear SafeMama: Toothpaste, Going Green & Proper Bottle/Cup Care

Posted on: Jun 26, 2008

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Welcome to the first installment of Dear SafeMama! We received quite a few questions and they were all really good. So good in fact, that while we’re not going to be able to answer every single one of them, we’re going to answer a few more than three for the first edition, and file the [...]

Toys R Us Introduces Natural Toys

Posted on: Apr 13, 2008

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We just got word that Toys R Us is now carrying some natural wood toys. They claim that these toys are forest-friendly and bear the Forest Stewardship Council’s seal of certification. While they only carry about a half dozen of these toys, they’ll probably add more as time goes on (and if they’re popular enough). [...]

Zoë b Organic Discount on BPA Free Bottles

Posted on: Feb 13, 2008

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Just wanted to tip some people off to Zoë b Organic Weekly. They have a nice discount running on Adiri and Green to Grow bottle orders until February 29th. Check out her post here: Get 10% off Adiri and Green to Grow baby bottles at Zoë b Organic, click on the following link BPA Free [...]

Green Mama Baby Steps with Envirosax

Posted on: Jan 28, 2008

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Part of being a “SafeMama” for me means improving my family’s quality of life as well as making more efforts to protect our environment with a few small changes. I’m not fully green by any stretch… I’m more of a turquoise or mint green at this point but I am trying to make small changes [...]

Fox News Article: Greening Your Baby from Head to Toe

Posted on: Dec 4, 2007

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I ran across this report from FOX News called Greening Your Baby from Head to Toe. Dr. Benjamin Kligler, a board certified family practitioner and director of research at the Continuum Center for Health and Healing in New York City and Pediatrician and author Alan Greene share their thoughts on what’s the most important steps [...]