Natural Living

Everyday is an opportunity to live more green and natural. From making our own cleaning supplies, to cooking from scratch, to using cloth at home, to avoiding plastic we find creative ways to be eco-friendly and natural.

4 Steps to Prepare for a Natural Birth

May 15, 2012

Planning a natural birth without using medications? Here are some tips on how to plan for a natural birth. 1. Choose Wisely Have you heard of the saying “location, location, location”? Well in this case it’s more like “provider, provider, provider”. Your health care provider during your pregnancy should be someone that is supportive of [...]

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New GroVia Prints Video

May 14, 2012

They are here! Everyone seems to have their favorite GroVia shell (cover) print now that they are finally here at Granola Babies. And truth be told…so do I (watch the video!). For those that can’t make it into the store, you’ll be able to see the prints in this video so you can choose your [...]

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Reading Recommendations

May 12, 2012

Parenting Books What Your Pediatrician Doesn’t Know Can Hurt Your Child, Susan Markel, M.D. The Premature Baby Book, William Sears, M.D. The Attachment Parenting Book, William Sears, M.D. Attached at the Heart, Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker Playful Parenting, Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph. D. Unconditional Parenting, Alfie Kohn Nonviolent Communication, Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. What [...]

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How to close and open the Baby Jogger City Mini

May 5, 2012

The Baby Jogger City Mini is a stroller so quick and easy to close that I literally laughed when I first got it. It’s a patented design that is really just brilliant. We’ve all been there where we need to close the stroller quickly and get going and this one does exactly that. Here’s a [...]

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A terrarium-inspired fairy world

May 1, 2012

For my daughter’s 7th birthday we did a terrarium-inspired craft that the girls really enjoyed. I gathered rocks and twigs, bought moss and flowers from our local florist, and used the flower fairies cupcake decorations. And since we reuse glass jars in our house, I simply grabbed some of our jars to use for the [...]

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On Beauty and Hypocrisy

April 20, 2012

guest blog post by Lindsay of This Woman’s Work Blog. *This isn’t just a letter to myself.  But a letter to every mother. * Dear Lindsay, You are a firm believer in treating others how you would want to be treated.  You stand firm on practicing tolerance, acceptance, and non-judgement.  You try to see the [...]

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Happy 5th Birthday Okhan

March 28, 2012

Happy birthday my handsome sweet boy! I can’t believe you are today 5 years old. So many parents have told me how quickly it goes and they’ve been so right. You were just born in what feels like yesterday. I remember when you were just a little baby, so big and chunky. You always had [...]

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Boys clothes are NOT easy to find

March 18, 2012

What a long long day I had. Let’s start by saying that buying for boy clothing for Granola Babies is not an easy task. It’s a long, selective and treasure-hunt-like task that is very tiring, rewarding (when you find the right ones!), but also a little frustrating. I’ll tell you why – almost everything available [...]

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Our babies are mirrors.

March 6, 2012

Babies mirror their mother’s feelings.

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All about Kangaroo Care

February 22, 2012

Kangaroo care was created by Edgar Rey, a Colombian pediatrician, in 1978 as a solution to caring for babies in his care since in the hospital he worked in there weren’t enough incubators. Plus, even the incubators they had were inadequate. So, he told the mothers to place their babies skin-to-skin for hours at at [...]

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