Medela is and always has been BPA-free. To help calm mom's fears, they are offering one free BPA-free breastmilk bottle. All you need to do is join the Medela Community. The community offers you a free place to get to know other expectant and nursing moms! You can...
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Review: Blue House Soaps
Blue House Soaps produces my absolute favorite soaps. This work at home mom has made a product that I come back to over and over again. Many of their soaps are 100% natural. Each bar of soap is made from scratch, hand cut and wrapped nicely. The ingredients are listed...
Back To School Sandwiches
As many of you get ready to head back to school, I want to toss a product out there -- reusable sandwich bags. Stop buying those ziplocs that get tossed into the landfill. Get or make something you can reuse over and over again. For the uncrafty, there are...
Oompa.com Sale
I love Oompa.com. While shopping, you can check up on the country of origin before posting. They put a lot of thought and care into the products they stock. Get started on that holiday shopping and save a little at the same time! Use coupon code BTS2008 to save $5 on...
House (now Senate!) Passes Ban on Lead in Toys
Yay!! (The bill was passed 424-1) Now onto the Senate it goes, where it could possibly pass before the end of this week and the August recess. The president opposes the bill, but has not threatened a veto. Would he really veto it? These are our CHILDREN we're talking...
Recipe: Grilled Corn with Chili Lime Butter
Compliments of Whole Foods Market Chili lime butter adds a delicious finishing touch to grilled corn on the cob. Perfect to accompany any barbecue gathering, large or small. The butter can be flavored one day ahead and then brought to room temperature before serving....
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Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
What the heck is this and why should I avoid it? We keep hearing SLS and that it's bad, avoid it. But why? Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, and it's relative Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES), is the chemical that causing the foaming action in soaps, shampoos and anywhere else you...
The Many Uses of Vinegar, part VI
Substitute for Ketchup. Be like the British and try cider or malt white distilled vinegar on fish and other fried foods. Give Birds a Cleaner Bath. Scrub bird baths with diluted white distilled vinegar and rinse well. Cloudy Glassware. Soak a cloth in white distilled...