After two years of lying down with, and often falling asleep beside, The K Man in his toxin-free latex mattress, I knew we could never go back to “big box” mattresses when selecting one for Miss Q. There’s just too much real evidence that the VOCs and other gross stuff that off-gasses from mattresses (for…
Safe sleep for the whole family
Late last year, I embarked on a multi-part series that focused on safe sleep. After all, we sleep for years of our lives – why wouldn’t you want it to be the healthiest sleep possible? I’m acutely aware as I write that, of course, that safer sleep options come with heftier price tags and that’s simply…
LANA Natural Wear organic loveys #SafeSleep
I’d never heard the term “lovey” before having kids. Enter sleep training with babe No. 1 and introducing a lovey was such a core part of the extra-gentle method (from Good Night, Sleep Tight) that I wore The K Man’s teddy – one of those teddy bear heads with a small blanket for a body…
OM home organic cotton 2-in-1 romper & jumper (guest review)
Shari is a new mommy to a little girl, Mackenzie, who’s 5.5 months old. While she’s living it up on maternity leave, her husband is at teacher’s college (a brave time to go back to school, if you ask me!). Shari asked me to point out that she’s won an organic duvet and cloth diapers from Mommy Gearest,…
Snug Organics’ 100% Organic Cotton Sherpa Sleeper #SafeSleep
We had dinner with my in-laws on Saturday night and Big B’s mom was telling me how she managed to find a pair of Angry Birds pyjamas for The K Man for Christmas. She said, “they aren’t a nice material at all but they were impossible to find here in Canada – I got them…
Skylar Luna organic pyjamas #SafeSleep
I know it’s crazy, but I like my kids to look just as adorable when they’re asleep in bed as they do during the day. There’s just something about seeing them run around our second floor in cute little jammies – trying desperately to extend the bedtime routine by jumping on beds, chasing each other, wrestling…
ergoPouch organic cotton & bamboo sleep sack #SafeSleep
If you read my review on the Grobag line of sleep sacks, you know I’m a big fan of the whole idea. I think sleeping bags help promote an ideal, safe environment in which your baby can get some ZZZs. We used the Grobag brand almost exclusively with The K Man, until the day he…
Fou Furnishings & its organic bedding for kids #SafeSleep
When I decorated my kids’ bedrooms, I took great care to create décor that would last well beyond the baby years. It’s not that I don’t love Winnie the Pooh (and I also think there are very beautiful ways to use Pooh pieces in a nursery), it’s just that I’m kind of lazy. I like…
Dream Designs’ bamboo/rayon all-season duvet #SafeSleep
I’m a duvet kind of girl. My parents gave me my first duvet when I was in university, and I’ve never looked back. I love their versatility, since many duvet weights are multi-season, and I love that lofty look they give your bed nestled into the right duvet cover. When I moved to Europe in…
Motorola MBP33 Video Baby Monitor
Like strollers and swim diapers, I’ve owned more baby monitors than I’d like to admit. I’d heard of video monitors when The K Man was born, but at the time, the quality was spotty and the night vision was poor. So my first monitor was a Safety 1st audio monitor. Crystal clear sound, great range,…