Bronzer I love bronzer. It warms up any face, winter or summer, and can be used to lightly contour the face. I’ve always preferred pressed powders as they’re less messy, but in my quest to find natural and healthy beauty products I found Root. Their bronze powder has only four ingredients. FOUR! I couldn’t help but to try it out. About Root Root is a company born and raised in Iowa. The…
Whether you’re dealing with a picky baby or toddler and want to pack healthy food into them, or dealing with food allergies, homemade pouches are the way to go!! They’re easy to travel with, fast to defrost, and customizable. I use them for traveling with my smoothies too! In this post I’ll share the tools you need to make these pouches. Also, a recipe! You can find Part One of the Homemade…
Babyled weaning is the ideal way to transition your kiddo to solids, but that didn’t work out in our house.. for many reasons. So, after many test rounds, I have a system perfected for making homemade pouches. In this three part series, I’ll share my prep work, storage of ingredients, full process, and a few recipes. Plus, all of the tools I use to make this easier. I’ve found, for…
Hand Soap The single most used product in our house is foaming hand soap. It’s 9:00 AM here and I’ve washed my hands 5 times already. My husband and son hate gel hand soaps and for years we used a product full of toxic chemicals. One of the first things we changed was our hand soap. So, what’s in your hand soap? Read my list of things to avoid in personal…
It’s been two and a half years of survival for us. I haven’t spent more than two hours apart from Jett. Feeding him has always been my priority. When you have a child with a feeding disorder, your life centers around meal times. Add FPIES to the list and there seems to be no down time at all. Our schedule has been so rigid with only a few short breaks…
These brownies are delicious, and it’s not just me who thinks that. Sometimes I think that my tastebuds have evolved and I wouldn’t know what tasted conventional and what didn’t. BUT- these brownies have been taste tested by my dad who’s the biggest chocolate and dessert connoisseur and by my husband who’s a sweets fanatic. My paleo pumpkin brownies easily replace the fudgey, thick, rich boxed rivals. They’re probably better! Dietary…
I had a request to share my recommendations on a clean eye shadow and blush palette, my favorite hand soap review will have to wait! Here is the 100 Percent Pure Pretty Naked Palette review! About 100 Percent Pure 100 Percent Pure is a makeup company located in Silicon Valley in California. Their products are manufactured in the United States of America. They offer an assortment of organic beauty products…
The Dirt on Our Personal Care Products Our skin is our largest organ and first line of defense. It absorbs everything we put on it. Only 11 ingredients are banned in the US vs. about 1200 ingredients banned in cosmetics in the EU. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) states “Personal care products are manufactured with 10,500 unique chemical ingredients, some of which are known or suspected carcinogens, toxic to the…
So, potatoes aren’t the healthiest food, but they are cheap, filling, and high calorie. They’re not paleo, but they are Whole 30 compliant. Since our son (and I) can’t eat any grains at all, and feeding him is a (nearly) all day deal, gaining potatoes as a safe for him was a huge win. Our grocery budget rejoiced. My high calorie needs and extremely clean and limited diet needed a…
What is it? FPIES is a rare, non IgE mediated food allergy. It’s a T-cell mediated allergy that transpires in the GI tract and is often misdiagnosed or left undiagnosed for a significant period of time because it’s not widely known. I hope that by spreading the word on signs and symptoms, these rare children can get an answer more quickly and on the path to recovery! Symptoms Some babies with FPIES…