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The Normal Transition When a baby is born, his/her gut isn’t colonized with bacteria. Bacteria are required to digest food. So, the first few stools are sticky, tar-like, and black. As an infant eats breast milk or formula, the gut will get colonized and the stool will “transition.” The stool will change from tar-like and black to greenish/brown and finally end at yellow and seedy. How quick this happens depends on each individual infants gut and the amount of food (breas... More...

For those of you in Ontario and B.C. this effects you. For Canadians this effects all of us. Again big business has rulled and, Canadian's and our planet has lost. March 2010 Harmonized Sales Tax for Ontario and British Columbia – Point-of-Sale Rebate on Children's Goods The Government of Ontario and the Government of British Columbia have each proposed a harmonized sales tax (HST) which would come into effect on July 1, 2010. The HST rate in Ontario will be 1... More...

I am just a little concerned with what I was reading, so I thought I would share it with you and get your feedback. An ad caught my eye and it read "NOW available in Size 6!" It went on to say that it was great news for moms and described how absorbant they were. The ad was very proud of the fact that they have changed the packaging to make it easier for "moms" to identify the size of diapers they need to purchase. I compared this to the old packageing and guess what? Ye... More...

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From: Green Babies, Sage Moms - The Ultimate Guide to Raising Your Organic Baby by Lynda Fassa Life with a New Born: The Green Stork Delivers - Page 119 "The Dirt on Convential Disposables 60% of babies in the U.S. under twelve months get diaper rash the rate of diaper rash increased from 7.1% of babies to 61% with the increased use of convential disposable diapers Sodium Polyacrylate is the chemical that makes disposables superabsorbent - it can absorb up to 100x its ... More...

 And you're using plastic diapers why? America consumes 31.2 billion water bottles a year taking 17.6 million barrels of oil to create them. Enough to fuel 1.5 million cars for a year. America consumes 100 billion plastic bags a year taking 12 million barrels of oil. World figures? 154.3 billion water bottles and 500 billion - 1 trillion bags=147.4 - 207.4 million barrels of oil a year. Have you ever really thought about how much plastic we are using in disposable diapers? A one time u... More...

 GOD BLESS COLICKY BABIES.     Recently I started going to a chiropractor in the city and was curious about all the babies in his office.  Naturally nosy I started talking to the Mom’s and Dad’s in the office and learned that the majority of the babies were being treated for colic. WOW! Where was I fours years ago when I really needed help with our now 4 year old Noah? I remember… I was pulling my hair out, half dead from exhaustion walking the floo... More...