When we last left New Green Mom, she was terrorizing her cleaning woman with non-toxic scrubbers and natural sponge-y cleaning products and lamenting her use and overuse of traditional, chemical-laden makeup and bath products. So did the cleaning lady ever abandon her trusted bleach in favor of the citrus-oil based bathroom cleaners? Will New Green […]
Category: Healthy Living
Healthy Living is where you can find more about how to live a healthy and sustainable lifestyle as well as how to better your emotional health. There are so many factors in our daily lives that all contribute to our overall health – nutrition, environment, products, stress, relationships, etc. – it is important for us to take a holistic look at how we can better our health in all we do.
Each week we will invite healthy living pros to come share tips and tricks we can all use to create a better environment for ourselves, our families and largely our world. Moms move the world: let’s make it a healthier one!
The Mommybites’ Healthy Living section is co-hosted by Mott’s and Mommybites. This partnership does not influence the content, topics or posts made on this blog. We always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on all topics, products, and services.
Green Parenting: Toxic School Supplies
It’s that time of year again where we gear up for school by shopping for and purchasing school supplies. If you are anything like me, it’s one of my favorite activities ever. Give me a Staples and I’m in heaven! But there are some choices to be made – now more than ever – about […]
3 Common Aches and Pains of Pregnancy and How to Address Them
Many women encounter some sort of discomfort during their pregnancy. Here are a few examples of common issues and how to find relief.
Growing Up in the Garden
As we’ve moved from an agrarian society to an urban, industrial/post-industrial one, we have lost contact with nature. And with that we have lost our understanding of where our food comes from, how plants and animals live and grow, our role in nature, and how our actions impact the natural world.
Green Parenting: Of Love and Fear- Toxic Baby
The work clearly begins with those with the most at stake–parents. It is not be the politicians nor the corporations nor the laboratories that are spearheading change.
Back-To-School Groove 4 Tips & 4 Recipes for Healthy Living
Feeding the children in a healthful way takes time and intention, which I know can seem scarce in the throws of busy child rearing years.
Green Parenting: Most Good and Least Harm
How can each of us make choices in our lives to make the most good and the least harm to ourselves, other people, animals and to the environment?
Diary of a New Green Mom: Natural Cleaners & Panic at the Store
At one time, before I was married, before the kids, I would have spent hours dissecting every ingredient listed on every product–and then checked its safety on various scary websites. I had rather bad obsessive compulsive disorder, and I was focused on germs and chemicals.