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Vicks VapoRub May Pose Risks to Children’s Health Try This Natural Option Instead

What former child doesn't associate being stuffed up and sick as a kid with the smell of Vicks VapoRub? I remember running away from my mom and when she finally caught me, turning my head away as she painted my upper lip with the eye burning, stinging goop. Did it help? I don't know. Maybe the stinging and burning distracted me from my ailment...

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Help Your Baby Help Haiti- RiNGLEY Natural Teether Heart

Help your little one give back by getting them a heart-shaped, natural teether from RiNGLEY. Made in Canada, $1 of the sale of each of these goes toward Free the Children, an organization whose efforts are...

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Pediatric Chiropractic Care

There is nothing more exciting to a parent than watching their child grow and achieve milestone after milestone. As a new mom myself, I eagerly anticipate my son’s first smile, first word, first step. To help him be as healthy as possible, he has his spine checked regularly. There are many reasons why he and other children visit their chiropractor from tumbles off bikes to chronic ear infections. As families are becoming more proactive and preventative about their health care, children are benefiting from the number one form of alternative medicine in North America.

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Mum Does Rhyme With Plumb…

And now for a glimpse into my glamorous life... Bless him for trying but the other day as my three-year-old son was “taking care of business” his curiosity got the better of him. Iʼm still trying to get the facts straight but hereʼs how I think it went down... In the process of his “clean-up” he must have finished the previously half-full toilet paper roll and then added the cardboard tube as well. And since it didnʼt completely flush the first time, perhaps letʼs try flushing again. And again. And again.

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Back to Cloth for the Rest of “Diaper-hood” Thanks to Sweet Pea

When I had the twins, I used cloth diapers a lot of the time from when they were around 3 months until they were around 9 months. My diaper of choice at that time was Sckoon Organic Cloth. I still have much love for these diapers, but I found that they fit really small. Their small fit lent themselves well to my girls who were preemies (3 pounds and change each at birth) but as they grew, even their petite figures were too much for the largest size. Given the nature of our business, we are lucky enough to be able to test out a wide variety of products. Only those that we love pass the test and make it onto our site. One such brand is Sweet Pea Cloth Diapers.

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