I homeschool my children. We’ve been talking in the past couple of weeks about what we want to cover this year. We’ve decided to focus on food. My daughter’s big list of questions included requests to learn to make “yummy foods from all over the world,” and my son’s questions included “what is the most…Read the full article.

Continuing our series of baby carrier manufacturer profiles, this week we feature Gabby Caperon, designer of the award-winning Beco Baby Carrier. What inspired you to become a manufacturer of baby carriers? The company got started in March 2005 about a month before Duke (our only son) was born. I have originally started as a diaper…Read the full article.

The most recent issue of Mothering includes a gorgeous, inspiring article about “Beautiful Obento Boxes,” those compartmented Japanese lunch boxes that inspire parents to create amazing food art for children’s lunches. If you are looking for ways to make healthy food irresistibly appealing to your children, make your own obento lunches with Laptop Lunches Obento…Read the full article.

This week, my children and I made green smoothies. We usually mix colors and get sort of muted orange (a lot of carrots) or dull purple, but it has been great to see how bright we could make our smoothies and still taste great. I avoided vegetables that tend to be bitter in smoothies, like…Read the full article.

Summer is going to be over soon. One of my friends lives high in the mountains, and she had 3″ of snow yesterday—weak, slushy snow, but still snow. As the summer draws to a close, a lot of my friends are going off for weekends hiking and camping by lakes. Some of these friends are…Read the full article.

Since I wrote about detergent residues on cloth diapers last month, I’ve been fascinated by how much more there is to say about it and how big a problem it has become. According to Bummis, a Canadian company that has been making cloth diaper covers for nearly 20 years, the problem of residues is actually…Read the full article.

This week, my children and I put together an intense orange smoothie. When shopping we looked specifically for orange foods to add, and we decided not to be obvious and add oranges. We ended up with: 1 medium carrot 1 golden beet 1 cup of golden raspberries 4″ of golden chard (small at their request)…Read the full article.

As we put together our Babywearing 101 guide last year, we loved the personal stories of how each baby carrier was created, usually as one mother looked for a solution that would work for her and her babies. We want to share these great stories of baby carriers with you. This week, we start our…Read the full article.

As you get into your cloth diaper routine, you always look for ways to tweak and improve. One area everyone wants to improve is controlling diaper odors. These five tips are the main ways I cut down on cloth diaper odors. 1. Change diapers just before you go to bed if baby went to sleep…Read the full article.

The Feminist Breeder is asking “Why aren’t more woman breastfeeding?” and her answer, “Because of anti-BFing Radio Host bigots like this one.” Here’s her letter explaining what happened during a Dodger’s game last night. I didn’t think we still lived in a world where people found this type of behaviour funny, but obviously we do.…Read the full article.