April 2010

North America can do processed foods better

April 30, 2010




In the North American context, there always seems to be a battle between processed foods and whole foods. Processed foods are convenient, but full of sodium, sugar, preservatives, unhealthy fats, food colouring, and all sorts of crap you can’t pronounce. On top of that, there is the packaging that kills the environment and also harms [...]

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A simple(r) life

April 29, 2010




Since we arrived here in Berlin, our lives have changed in many ways. We’ve moved from the country to the city, from English/French to German/Turkish, from a large home to a small apartment. One consequence of this change is that we are leading a much simpler life in many ways. We don’t have a car, [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: This is our Berlin

April 27, 2010




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Two babies, two good decisions, around $4000 saved

April 22, 2010




My babies are growing up. Both of them are out of diapers during the day and both of them are pretty much done with nursing (Emma still comfort nurses a bit in bed). This is a time of mixed emotions. Happy to be done with some of the baby stuff (good riddance diapers!), but also [...]

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Make it about what goes in, not what comes out

April 20, 2010




With Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution and Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign happening along side ongoing promotion of incredibly unhealthy food as reasonable meal options (french fries passing as vegetables, “Lunchables” passing as lunch, Kraft Dinner passing as a reasonable donation to food insecure families, toddler meals laden with sodium passing as specially made for toddlers, [...]

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Are you protecting your social capital?

April 18, 2010




No analogies today. I’m just going to tell it like it is. The number of brand ambassadors, twitter parties and blogger trips is growing exponentially. As it does, I’m starting to pull my hair out. I hate seeing people that I like, whose company I enjoy, whose judgment I usually respect, put their ethics and [...]

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Family Vacation Traditions: Collioure over the years

April 18, 2010




Whether close to home or far away, I think there is a lot of value in family vacation traditions. When I was a kid, we often vacationed in Maine and we have memories and photographs of our family there spanning decades. We have taken Julian there and hope to take Emma there one day too. [...]

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The McDilemma

April 13, 2010




Welcome to the April Carnival of Natural Parenting: Parenting advice! This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month we’re writing letters to ask our readers for help with a current parenting issue. Please read to the end to find a [...]

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It’s not about picking on moms, it’s about breaking down societal barriers

April 12, 2010




I’m getting tired of hearing the same old thing over and over again. Every time a study comes out that talks about the benefits of breastfeeding, whether it is the benefits to the child, the benefits to the mom, or the benefits to society in general, people get their noses out of joint. They say [...]

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Carnival of Gentle Discipline

April 11, 2010




This is a guest post by Paige from Baby Dust Diaries who is trying to get the word out about an upcoming blog carnival she is hosting. Only a third (33%) of parents think it’s a realistic possibility to raise well-behaved children by relying solely on positive reinforcement and teaching by example. Far more – [...]

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