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My sister is famous! June 19, 2009

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My sister, Janis, lives in NYC and is transitioning out of her fashion life into a new career as a STOTT Pilates Instructor & Health Counselor.  One of her friends recently blogged about her and I just had to share!

http://jessivore.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/get-shredded/

If you, or anybody you know, wants to transform their life and how they feel, I can put you in touch with Janis!  I’ve been doing her program for about 6 weeks now and have changed a number of things already!  In fact, this blog is proof.  I never blogged or was on Twitter until I was shown that I feel inadequate in my creativity.  Blogging (and Twittering) will help fill that gap in a low-risk way.   I’ve also made changes in my career path, eating and ingredients for food, among other things.  Which is great given I have a one year old and am currently staying at home with my child.

Anyways, Janis’ program is transformative and I’m not even 1/2 way through it!   I’m looking forward to more.  And yes, I might be just slightly biased because Janis is my sister, but it’s not like she can come to my house and bust my chops for not doing things.  After all, I live in Calgary and she lives in NYC!

Now, off to do my homework….

 

Diapers I love!

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Motherease one size diapers are the ones we’ve used since our little peanut was a week old.  We love them!  No leaks, no mess.  They have a separate cover over the cloth part of the diaper, which keeps leaks in.  The diapers we have are designed with snaps so that you can fit a tiny baby all the way up to a roaming toddler.  Yes, they are bulky for the tiny baby, but it looks so darn cute!  They clean great, with a washer.  You can hang them to dry or throw them in the washing machine.  You don’t even have to touch the diapers after taking them off your kid!  Just throw them into a wetbag or diaper pail and then put them into the wash.  The next time you touch them, they will be fresh and clean.  You can also purchase toilet paper like liners for the diaper to prevent the dreaded swish or spray of the diaper for solids.  We do that and this creates far less stains on the diapers and easily puts those solids down the toilet where they belong .  I can’ say enough good things about these diapers.  No leaks, easy to put on and environmentally friendly!  Oh, and no running to the store in the middle of the night for refills….

www.mother-ease.com

We recently tried G-diapers for travel (and potentially night too) because I was feeling oh-so-guilty about disposables for both travelling and night.  We’ve only used them so far in the daytime, but they seem to work well!  The diaper liner is flushable, disposable or; for the really hardcore; compostable.  The liners fit into a plastic ‘sling’ inside the cloth outer layer.  We did get some leakage onto this plastic sling portion when a dirty diaper made it’s appearance, but the G-Diaper folks must know this happens, as they put extra plastic slings into the starter kit.  The diaper cover and plastic slings are easily washable.  The covers come in some very cute colours and styles, but you have to buy extras to get anything past beige (which the company calls vanilla) and orange.  You can collect your UPC codes to get products from the company, which seems like a good deal!  These diapers seem like a great middle-ground for those not wanting to have disposable products and those who don’t think they can deal with more laundry.

http://www.gdiapers.com/

These are just two of the many, many choices of diapers you can use for your child, beyond the disposables you can buy.  I actually experience diaper envy sometimes when I look at all the cute cloth diapers out there and see that there’s alot of designs on them beyond what I’m using.  Most of them are oh-so-cute and would really make you want to not put pants or bottoms on your child just to show them off!

The hard part is wading through the hundreds of different companies who make diapers to figure out what will work for you.

 

Baby Formula Secrets

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Small wonder…. companies that make formula have some secrets that they aren’t willingly divulging.  It’s such big business that a small drop in sales means millions of lost sales.

Despite the WHO (World Health Organization) putting restrictions on what formula companies can and can’t do, it seems these directives are somewhat arbitrary for the big businesses.

This link provides a long explanation of formula, what’s in it (including some nasties that NOBODY wants!), history of birth in the past 100 years and how that all ties together.

http://www.bellybelly.com.au/articles/pregnancy/baby-formula

It’s good to know this stuff to be truly informed.  I mean, we are just the small guy and gal who are the people being marketed to.  I feel fortunate to live in a City where breastfeeding is pushed extensively by the health professionals.  Mind you, this pressure puts a lot of stress on new moms who don’t think they can get it done right or don’t have success the first days.  That being said, I know of very few kids who have never been fed formula in their life.  Somewhere, a giant corporation is smiling.

Moms and Dads do the best they can, but I think more medical support could help rates of breastfeeding.  And less guilt about if you can do it 100% perfectly within the first number of days.

 

 
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