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CALAFANT Treehouse – Play Green

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Before you start building a tree house in your backyard, you might want to try the adorable CALAFANT Treehouse for indoors. CALAFANT offers creative, fun & unique and eco-friendly cardboard kits to construct your very own toy. The Treehouse is easy to build and fun to decorate. Part of the creative fun is to figure [...]

Breastfeeding Mothers Less Likely to Develop Heart Attacks or Strokes

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The longer that mothers breastfeed, the less risk they have for heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular disease, according to a study published in the May issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. University of Pittsburgh researchers noted that the benefits from breastfeeding were long-term, and that women who breastfed for more than a month were 10% less [...]

Zumbox Paperless Mail is Easy and Free

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Finally, a way to send and receive mail to your home address, completely paperless! If you haven’t heard of Zumbox yet, it’s a great big idea whose time has come. You can use Zumbox for sending just about anything, virtually free (up to 50 times per month). Send postcards, letters, invitations, announcements, any file that [...]

Mother’s Personality Affects Eating Habits of Children

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A study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) and University of Oslo found that mothers with negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their children unhealthy food to eat. Sounds obvious, but this was the first study to compare a child’s diet with psychological and sociodemographic factors in the mother, and [...]

Recycle Those Rechargeable Batteries, CDs, DVDs, and Hard Drives – For Free!

photo credit: kennymatic In our modern technology-centered culture, we’ve got a serious waste problem. Some products that we use are easily recycled (curb pick up or at a recycle center), but others are not so easily disposed of. Rechargeable batteries, CDs, DVDs, and hard drives are bit more difficult to recycle in most municipalities, but [...]

Atlantic Article Calls Breastfeeding “An Instrument of Misery”

photo credit: Raphael Goetter Hanna Rosin’s article “The Case Against Breast-Feeding” in the April 2009 issue of The Atlantic, has really brought out some strong feelings from both mothers and breastfeeding organizations. Here’s the lead-in to the article: “In certain overachieving circles, breast-feeding is no longer a choice—it’s a no-exceptions requirement, the ultimate badge of [...]

5 Must-Watch Food Videos

Sometimes, a video is worth a thousand words. I’d like to share five of my favorite food videos with you, and if you already agree with their messages, I hope you feel like sharing them with your friends and family. Grocery Store Wars: May the Farm be with you… Backwards Hamburger: Imagine if you will, [...]