If you planted a garden with your child earlier this year, she’s probably been eager to sample the results. Now is the season for fresh garden snacks with children. Eat It Fresh and Raw Fresh fruits and vegetables straight from the garden can be such an intense taste experience that they become lifelong memories. I…Read the full article.

For the past month, every store I’ve been in that sells any kind of school supplies has a prominent display of supply lists for every grade. I would just think this is another marketing opportunity for the stores themselves, but my friends tell me that they have surprisingly long school supply lists from their children’s…Read the full article.

Whether your child is just going back to school or going to school for the first time, the sudden departure of an older sibling can be disconcerting to a younger child. Just prepare the child as best you can, and expect a period of transition. Make sure the younger child understands what is going to…Read the full article.

Whether your child has been to school before or not, easing back into a scheduled routine after a summer of fun can be a shocking transition. My goal is to keep mornings smooth so my children head into their day calm and ready to learn. Most children want and need routines, so I focus there.…Read the full article.

If your child is going to school for the first time and has food allergies, you may be wondering how you are going to keep your child safe at a distance. You need allergy-free lunch and snack strategies. Food Allergies Seem to Be on the Rise In 2007, approximately 3 million children under age 18…Read the full article.

Now that you have a waste-free lunch box, what will you put in it? Keep your child interested in a healthy lunch with monster sandwiches and smiling, pink-cheeked rice balls. Happy Faces & Funny Monsters When we see a smiling face, we smile. We see that with babies all of the time. When your child…Read the full article.

If you are preparing to pack a reusable lunch box because your child’s school requires waste-free lunch boxes or just because a litterless lunch is the responsible thing to do, you need to know the range of your options. At the Kids’ division of bynature.ca we’ve stocked up reusable school lunch products for you. Reusable…Read the full article.

Watching children scrap perfectly good food off a tray into a garbage bin is alarming. On Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, the piles of wasted food and half-used packaging—even unopened, packaged food—hauled away after school lunch was the most shocking part of a very shocking series. School lunch waste is preventable, but it requires changing thinking…Read the full article.

Today is a sad day. This is the day that Hotslings closes. Hotslings have been a staple for us for five years. It was one of the first products we opened our doors with. In the early days of Parenting by Nature, the baby slept, watched, and played happily in her Hotslings while Tamara created…Read the full article.

This Friday morning, August 13th, catch us on CHCH News Morning. The show is live from Hamilton with feeds into Toronto, London and the Horseshoe area. We’re scheduled for a short time slot just after 8:00AM. It’s a chance to see some of our favorite back-to-school items. WHEN: Friday, August 13th TIME: Just after 8:00AM…Read the full article.