Hello, I’m Elizabeth and I used to be a Johnson’s Baby Oil junkie. All through my teens I slathered my freshly showered skin with mineral oil before toweling off every day, and each summer I covered myself in the oil to bake in the sun on a lawn chair in the yard. I cringe now […]
Category: Kids
The Safest Sunscreen
Every year the Environmental Working Group publishes its list of the safest sunscreens on the market. Why is this important to know? Because the majority of sunscreen products in the country actually contain cancer-causing ingredients. It’s insidious that products claiming to prevent skin cancer contain known carcinogens, but the onus is on us, the consumers, […]
Playing In the Grass Makes Me Itchy: Natural Relief for Itching, Rashes
Last night, after an hour or so of rolling around and playing games in the park across the street from our house, my daughter came into dinner and began complaining that her arms, legs, and face were itching. I could see her skin was looking irritated. I sent her directly into the shower and held […]
Natural Homeopathic Remedy for Sunburn
In Arizona a few days ago I was negligent about re-applying sunscreen when the kids and I were hanging out by the pool. We came home sporting varying shades of pink and red burned skin. As a mom, this was not one of my prouder parenting moments. As happens with sunburns, we didn’t feel the […]
Are Probiotics Helpful for Kids?
In a word: Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Probiotics can help with many, many issues for kids as well as adults, and should be de rigueur for everyone after completing a round of antibiotics, for starters. Probiotics, in case you don’t know, are the “good” bacteria that live in our guts and help us digest our […]
