Tag Archives: green baby

Plastic wrapped plastic crap

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

I went into the store the other day intending to by one plastic item (ice cube trays) and somehow left with two additional items. The ice cube trays were a necessary evil.  I freeze my pumped breast milk in the … Continue reading →

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Green baby — an oxymoron?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Before we had our own little one, my husband always accused me of being baby-crazy.  Despite the reality of the planet’s limited carrying capacity, I never really considered not having children, and I scaled back my plans from 3 kids … Continue reading →

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Twelve weeks

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

To say the past twelve weeks have been a blur would be putting it VERY mildly.  We naively expected that we would accomplish any number of tasks during our maternity/paternity leaves. I planned to give some serious attention to blogging, … Continue reading →

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Blowing in the wind

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

Confession: Gabriel spent his first week-and-a-half or so in disposable diapers.  The idea of bringing our cloth diapers into the hospital crossed my mind briefly  while we were there, but there was too much going on for it to be … Continue reading →

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A basket for baby

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

In this age of rampant consumerism, what’s the best way to prepare for a major life event, like having a baby?  BUY things, of course! Excessive consumption of resources and accumulation of “things” wreaks havoc on the planet and on … Continue reading →

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