published December 3, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo credit: Mark Sebastian I'm not going to be the killjoy who preaches moderation over the holidays. I'm just going to suggest you try these healthy, seasonal recipes BETWEEN holiday excesses. What's a tranquilista ? Meet Kimberly Wilson, the "hip tranquil chick" (and green businesswoman) obsessed with "Paris, potbelly pigs, and all things sparkly." The kids look ... Read ...
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published November 18, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo credit: My Children's Gorilla This small-scale replica of Andrew Geller's iconic teepee-shaped house is a junior modernist's dream. Do your tots' architectural tastes run more Arne Jacobsen ? Here's a doll-size replica of his 1928 villa in Charlottenlund, Denmark. The Modularean Eco House may be the smallest p... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published November 14, 2009 and has No Comments
Credit: Green Babies Green Babies , an online retailer of organic cotton baby clothes, has officially opened their flagship store in Nyack, New York (10 Piermont Avenue). Lynda Fassa , a former Ford model, Author, and Planet Green 's family and baby expert--read the interview, here --grew the business venture out of her New York City apartment in 1994, ...
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published October 28, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo credit: Whatchawant True to its name, the Whatchawant is whatever your child wishes it to be. Can't decide between a rocking chair or a rocking horse? This traditional Baltic rocking chair horse does it all. If you're short on space, the Tori Foldable Rocking Horse can be packed away after your tot has ridden into the sunset--for the ...
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published August 20, 2009 and has No Comments
The answer to the question "at what age is a child ready to be taken cycling" might be "at the age when you are ready for the child to crash if that should happen." This nugget of wisdom is from the US Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute, who say they get many inquires from parents with babies aged about 6 ...
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published August 5, 2009 and has No Comments
Images from Inhabitot Happy birthday Inhabitots, and many more. It hardly seems possible that just one year ago we wrote about the birth of this design and baby oriented blog. It's the progeny of the proud parent who started Inhabitat . We wondered whether they would be able to raise a new baby blog and a new baby at ...
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published July 19, 2009 and has No Comments
Image: Flickr, Joe Shlabotnik Hand-me-downs. The very thought brings terror to any new parent who remembers the taunting children suffered for the sin of not having new possessions. We are uncertain already in the face of the daunting task of raising a tiny life to health, wealth and wisdom, without even the benefit of an owner's manual! How do ...
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published July 10, 2009 and has No Comments
We’ve previously mentioned innovative tent maker, NEMO Equipment,r for their recycled backpacking tent and bamboo tent poles. We also noted how they donated over 150 tents to Kashmiri earthquake victims. Now they are at it again with the donating thing. This time generously forking over $13,000 USD in backpacking and mountaineering tents to youth outdoor programs....
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published July 9, 2009 and has No Comments
A quick, if belated story, from my rather overburdened in-tray. Here we’re catching up on the launch of the Nature Rocks campaign. This national program has as its aim “to inspire and empower families to play and explore in nature.” Why? Well, one reason is because, children who play and learn on a regular basis in the outdoors, are ...
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published July 8, 2009 and has No Comments
Beginnings , a Toddler Program and Nursery School in New York strives, as they say, “to create a nurturing and stimulating environment grounded in respect for children and the ways that they learn.” As part of this premise they work with the Reggio Emilia philosophy that evolved for children’s education in Italy after the Second World War. One of ...
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