Healthy Child Healthy World

When my husband and I toured schools to find the one we wanted to enroll our daughter in, I’m sure I was silently voted one of the strangest parents ever. Why do I feel I was secretly endowed with this title? Because every room and hallway we were taken through, I sniffed. A lot. And, accordin... Read More

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It’s summertime and the weeds are growing like, um, weeds. Instead of reaching for a toxic chemical that could be harmful to your family or pets, try one of these easy natural ways to kill weeds quick. 1. Use mulch to smother weeds. Covering garden soil with a mulch blocks weeds. Use two o... Read More

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  Processed and packaged foods are a convenient choice for today’s busy families, but they’re loaded with strange additives to control color, flavor, smell, nutrition, texture, and shelf life. (Thus, the impossible to pronounce ingredients lists!) Some are okay, and some should be av... Read More

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Like most parents, when it came time to start my daughters on solids, I headed to the baby food aisle of the store and loaded up on little jars of pureed produce and boxes of rice cereal. ... Read More

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I was recently speaking to a pediatrician about the risks of toxics in everyday products and what we do at Healthy Child. One of the things I mentioned we recommend to parents is making their own... Read More

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One of the top recommendations that we give people at Healthy Child is to eat organic foods. Still, I can’t count how many times I’ve heard people say, “I’d love to buy organic food, but I just can’t afford it.” I get it. I get it. We can’t afford an all organic diet at my house either... Read More

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As much as we promise ourselves we won’t over-indulge during the holidays (cue inner voice: “this time I really, really mean it!”), most of us are guilty of a bit of seasonal gluttony. Instead of berating yourself for succumbing again, take a more positive approach. Be thankful for what you ar... Read More

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