I remember with clarity the day I found out I was pregnant with my first child. I jumped around our studio apartment like a crazy woman. I’m sure the occupants below wondered what was going on! I was so excited and there was no containing it.
The pregnancy and subsequent birth were not [...]
My inbox is full of messages urging me to buy something for my mother. NO! If I am to take seriously an opportunity to celebrate my mother, it certainly won’t be through consumption. Mothers deserve genuine recognition for what they do and what they have done.
It may just be that [...]
Today, I want to talk to a select group of Eco Baby Steps readers. I want to talk to new mothers, those who are about to experience your first mother’s day.
When I became a mother, I knew I was different. I knew I had changed. The first time I said “my son” [...]
Handmade seems so unpretentious and unassuming in the hands of babies and children. Teething babies chew on sweet little organic dolls with knotted feet and hands. Happy toddlers joyfully shake the wooden rings of natural wood rattles.
Those gorgeous handmade toys your baby plays with are supported by small business people who [...]
My son has pockets full of garbage. He keeps important broken pieces of electronics, pieces of paper, rocks, sticks, string, and so on—along with whistle, golf pencil, compass, play person, ball, and wallet chained to his belt. At least a couple of times a day, he empties his pockets and examines his stuff. [...]
Every Saturday night, my family fills our living room with every couch cushion in the house, wall to wall, and we camp out. We always fall asleep watching a movie we intend to see to the end, though we always fall asleep, and we always wake up and have breakfast back on the big [...]
Why Eggs in Spring?
Before commercial egg laying, Spring was the time for a chicken to lay the most eggs. They need a certain amount of sunlight per day, and they would anticipate enough time in the year to raise chicks to survive the next winter. The presence of eggs from birds of all [...]
The early morning hours find our king-sized bed full of children. Sometimes they are snoozing. Sometimes I awake to the chatter of tiny voices. Quite often I am reminded of the elementary school song, “Ten bears in the bed, and the little one said…roll over…I’m crowded.”
Yes, it is crowded, but I wouldn’t [...]
“Just a minute.”
How many times a day do I put my children off? I’ve become more aware lately as I push and drag myself into parenting consciousness.
I adore my children. I want to know all about them. As I saw them acting out my failings on me, I realized that love [...]
My friend has multiple chemical sensitivities. Neither her ex-husband nor her parents seem able to grasp how the environments they create effect her. When someone tells her she is imagining health issues, I see her give up a little every time.
My friend blogs about environmental impact. Despite his ability to grasp environmental [...]