• Last updated 7/19/10 by Mothering Editorial

I was fortunate enough to have helping hands around for my first, my family allowed me to basically have my child held by myself or them for most of the time. needless to say, we're very close. now that my second is due in august, im wondering how my 20 month old is going to accept mommy wearing a baby all the time. what can i do to help her adjust (i didnt use one with her) and what problems if any should i be prepared for? I can't help but imagine her hiding the sling out of jealousy.. lol thx!Congratulations on the impending arrival of #2! In my experience,... read more

• Last updated 3/13/13 by mamazee

by Jake Aryeh Marcus Find Sustainable Mothering on Facebook and Jake on Twitter. Hands Across the Sand is a movement with a simple message: NO to offshore oil drilling, YES to clean energy. In the literal wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, there seems no better time to join hands at the waters’ edge in solidarity with others who wish to protect the world’s oceans. I am spending a few weeks with my family at the New Jersey shore. Knowing a Hands Across the Sand event was planned for yesterday, my eldest son and protest buddy... read more

• Last updated 3/20/13 by mamazee

by Jake Aryeh Marcus Find Sustainable Mothering on Facebook and Jake on Twitter. Not long after I first started using Twitter, there was a great deal of Tweeting about BlogHer ‘09. It sounded like the place everybody who was a female blogger wanted to be. There was controversy – something about “swag,” excessive freebies that made people look and feel all cheap and whore-y. But I joined BlogHer, saw that I would never be able to get into the advertising network (it is full up for pretty much ever) and hoped I would get to the next BlogHer conference and... read more

• Last updated 3/13/13 by mamazee

Awoke to a forecast of hot and dry. So I washed my new favorite (went Goodwill shopping Saturday) sleeveless white shirt, then hung it on the clothesline to dry, jumped into the shower, and—voilà!—hopped out of the shower and into a clean, dry, cool shirt. # Photo: How can laundry on a line NOT be beautiful with a sky like this one? High altitude, clear skies, sunny weather make for a blue that’s almost impossible to match in CMYK (though, admittedly, much easier in RGB!). I love living in Santa... read more

• Last updated 3/30/13 by mamazee

Outdoor public water fountains . . . that WORK! (It’s not just a quaint throwback to a more civilized time. They do exist!) # Photo of a working public water fountain in Santa Fe’s John Griego Park. Tags: public, water, water fountain This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 11:50 pm and is filed under living. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.     read more

• Last updated 6/26/10 by Mothering Editorial

By Erica EtelsonWeb Exclusive - September 15, 2008 It looked innocent enough—a heart-shaped silver charm bracelet with Reebok engraved on it. But two days after four-year-old Jarnell Brown of Minneapolis accidentally swallowed the heart, he died. The charm wasn't silver—it was lead. Blood tests revealed he had enough lead in his system to kill him twice over. A month later, in March of 2006, Reebok announced the recall of all 300,000 charm bracelets it had given away with the purchase of its shoes. The Reebok bracelet recall was one of 12 recalls of children's products... read more

• Last updated 3/31/13 by mamazee

High Country Gardens' Jumbo Waterwise Garden. A girl can dream. Spring and I did not get off to a good start. The pollen (worst season in years) kicked me in the head every time I inhaled. I am not sure if these things helped: 3-4 packets of Emergen-C daily (Lally’s doctor recommends) 1-2 tbsp. of Barlean’s Lemon Omega Swirl (an anti-inflammatory) Seasonal Freedom herbal pills (lessens reactiveness to pollen) Neti Pot (rinses out pollen gunk) But I did get better within a matter of days. So now, I can enjoy the things I’ve... read more

• Last updated 12/20/11 by Mothering Editorial

By Victoria Smith Web Exclusive Today, we are gathered in one large room at the Athens Mothers' Center. There are about 35 of us moms, some with crawling infants. A few toddlers, who don't want to be separated from mom, are playing nearby. We're clustered in two groups: one to scrapbook and the other to learn new ways to declutter our homes. I'm hoping to come away with a few ideas to help me live more easily in the present. "What are some ways you have found to organize recipes?" our group leader asks above the din. There are laughs and some side-talk as some consider... read more

• Last updated 3/14/13 by mamazee

  Cartoon Courtesy of Andrew Singer On NPR this afternoon a pundit predicted the price of oil would be going up this summer and the price of gas, which is already climbing, will get higher. If the way people use their cars in the small town where we live is any indication, the price of gas this summer won’t be high enough. Our entire town is only three square miles. One of the reasons our family moved here is because it’s small enough that you can easily walk and bike anywhere you want to go. But even on a Sunday afternoon when the... read more

• Last updated 6/20/10 by Mothering Editorial

Dear Naomi - I'm not sure what to do about my 3 children & thier buying habits. We usually only go to our local thrift store or the dollar store, but it seems like all they ever want to do is buy. I tell them that we can't be spending money because we have a very limited income, but they are all under the age of 6, so I'm not sure they comprehend this money issue. We don't have a t.v., so it's not like they are seeing toys they want to buy (or even magazine ads, etc). They just think that whenever they want something that we go & "buy it." Help!  Dear... read more