Tag: personal health | Apartment Therapy

3 DIY Ice Packs From Household Ingredients

Ice packs aren't something we always have on hand. Don't get us wrong, we all have a bag of frozen peas or corn on standby, but a real icepack is hard to come by. We came across 3 fun ways to make ...

The Lil' Vampire Pacifier

Normally we bring you thoughts on decor—from fabulous chairs to bunk beds, we cover it all. But this morning we had to break away from that mold a little to share with you these Lil' Vampire ...

A Little Dirt is Good For You
The New York Times

It's always a little awkward at the playground as parents near you are pulling their kids out of dirt and puddles while you let yours get wet and dirty. Are they overprotective? Am I too cavalier?...

Entrepreneurial Childhoods

On a recent Southwest Airlines flight, I read in Spirit magazine that 42% of entrepreneurs launched their first venture during childhood. This rang true for me, as a veteran of the lemonade stand, the...

Boogie Wipes: "Snot" Your Average Wipe

Boogers, Boogies, Snot... kids announce their presence with pride, like a badge of honor until they've been removed (usually by mom or dad). Instead of saline sprays or solutions to help control thi...

The SIGG Bottle / BPA Controversy

As many parents may know, SIGG recently went public saying that all of their bottles are completely BPA (Bisphenol A) free. With a new "EcoCare" powder-based, co-polyester coating publicized, the upro...

Found: Animal Toothbrush Holders

One of the best parts about going on vacation when you're younger is all the neat stuff that goes along with it. It could be a new shiny flashlight or sleeping bag, but in this case, it's a toothbr...

What to Do When You Hear "I'm Bored"?

My mom always used to tell me that only boring people got bored. I believed her and definitely didn't want to be boring. It seems I haven't uttered those words since childhood (or maybe I just assign ...

Tissue Box by Josh Owen

We just like the look of this simple tissue box dispenser designed by Josh Owen. It looks like a little factory. But what this tissue box really did was remind us of our frustration with yanking wip...

How Mac N' Cheese Is Like A Cigarette
BusinessWeek.com

Being huge lovers of mac n' cheese in all its delicious forms, we definitely stopped to see what this provocative headline was all about. The article by Cathy Arnst is a review of a new book by Dr....

Square One Organics

The story sounds a little like Diane Keaton in Baby Boom: After having kids, Denise Henderson went from a career in finance to founding a line of frozen organic baby food. The Chicago area based compa...

Mrs. Meyer Talks About Life at Home

It's no surprise that we're all Mrs. Meyer's fans at Apartment Therapy. The all-natural queen of clean and straight talk (Thelma Meyer, grandmother, age 76) recently shared some childhood memories wit...

Family First Aid Kit

At some point we picked up a cheap first aid kit at the drugstore and thought "done," but when we read a list of suggested items for one at Unclutterer we realized ours was woefully inadequate even ...

Hank&Cheef Handkerchiefs

Yesterday we showed you Allyson's strategy for keeping cloth handkerchiefs handy around the house so now our mission is to procure handkerchiefs. We saw a pack at our local discount store the other...

First Aid Kit

One of the essential items in a home is a well-stocked first aid kit. You'll be glad to have all of your supplies in one location in the event of a cut, bruise, splinter or tick. To stay organized, ...

Organic Teething Bonbon

Teething is still a sore spot for us. We shared with you a recipe for homemade teething biscuits and enjoyed some of the tips readers shared. Since we still have a lot more teeth to cut, we're consi...

Tips for Sleep Deprived Parents

Until you go through it, you can't quite understand the sleep-deprived mindset of a new parent. If you're lucky it lasts a few months, if you have a particularly poor sleeper on your hands or seve...

Feng Shui for Babies

When it comes to helping our children get the best sleep possible, we're not necessarily proponents of feng shui. We are, however, proponents of giving anything a shot in the hopes that it might work....

Parenting Blog Roundup 10.07.08

Z Recommends draws attentions to a potential problem with Carter's tagless infant clothes. One reader reports: "as I took off his pajamas, the skin on his upper back came off with it." What else i...

Spacebabies Bed Blocks

When babies are congested, doctors often recommend raising their head while they sleep or letting them sleep semi-upright in a car seat. Baby Bed Blocks raise one side of the crib so that baby sleep...

Nasopure Little Squirt
Slinks: n. (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites

We've adopted the Neti Pot as part of our fight against allergies, but hadn't heard of Nasopure, much less Nasopure Little Squirt for children. Inventor Dr. Hana Solomon claims children as young as...

Blogging NYT: O.K., Avatar, Work With Me

Last summer we shared a story with you about a University of Pennsylvania study showing that "parenthood demonstrably reduces physical activity." (But, hey, you save on gym memberships!). Now the ...

Good Question: Clorox Green Works

Lucy wrote us an e-mail: "I keep hearing about those new green products from Clorox and really want to try them but I'm a bit hesitant because if they're total duds well then that's money (not) well s...

NEWS: Ottawa (and Walmart) to Ban Bisphenol A Baby Bottles

Governments are often behind the consumer curve so we were pleased to see on the news that Ottawa is catching up with the concerns of many parents by being the first government agency anywhere to ba...