The site is pretty darn cool, my favorite two features being the customized registry section which features a green baby registry and a green kid’s birthday (and other gear) registry. I also really like the parent swap feature – a sort of online classifieds for pre-owned children’s items, local events, eco-businesses, and child care that can be swapped, donated or sold at a used price. It’s free to use and it’s a great way to stay green by exchanging goods rather than buying new.

Other website features include:

• An organic shop with natural baby gear, family apparel, toys, furniture, and more…
• Lauren’s Blog – although in my opinion it’s not so much a blog as an article site, but still there are useful topics covered and it’s a fun read.
• Awesome FREE yoga downloads for pregnancy and other stages of life.
• There’s a parenting information section that covers various topics for eco-smart parenting; Nutrition, Toy Safety, Attachment Parenting, Green living, Child Birth, Fitness, Holistic Medicine, Breastfeeding, Conscious Parenting and more.
• Organic Mommy TV which features some various videos both of products you might like and interviews with guest speakers.
• Organic Green Daddy section which features a blog which FYI is not updated hardly so don’t look there for green news, BUT it does cross post with the article section and I think the articles are useful and interesting for both mamas and dads. There’s also a good organic daddy shop.
• And more – the site has lots of little features and tips to check out.

Overall, the site was easy to navigate, pretty on the eyes, there were no major site glitches, and if you’re an organic, green parent, it’s worth a visit.

Check out Organic Green Mommy.

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Here’s the situation: I have been talking/writing/posting so much about environmental factors and toxins and how they relate to fertility, I am loathe to head out to the CVS to purchase any unnatural remedies or quick fixes for this hellacious cold I seem to have acquired. In previous experiments with fertility drugs, I know I had to call my doctor before ingesting any over the counter pills to make sure they didn’t interfere with the stuff they were putting in me. While I am totally not on any fert. meds now, why not just get into the habit of trying to make myself better without investing more dollars into big pharmaceutical companies. Lordessa knows, they already have us over a barrel with the infertility thing.

Symptoms: very stuffed nose. Sometimes totally congested. Other times, running like a faucet. Beginnings of a sore throat – probably due to the amount of time my mouth has been open trying to swallow air. Pressure and pain in all sinus cavities. So, a big, fat headache. Tasty, I know!

Here’s what I’ve tried today so far:

• lots and lots of herbal tea
• homemade lentil soup – the process of chopping 3 onions and 4 cloves of garlic in itself felt pretty mucous-freeing
• snorting hot water
• applying acupressure to these four points
• hot shower
• hot washcloths placed on face
• homemade hot water bottle created by putting near-boiling water in my platypus backpack and sticking it on my head
• a CVS-brand breathe right strip on my nose (so, it’s neither menthol-ly good or adhesive like the real ones. That’ll show me to save a buck)
• Last straw: menthol ointment on my chest and under my nose. My husband says I am now glowing.

So, as you can see, I am willing to experiment. With the exception of the fake breathe right strip, all of these have offered temporary relief. But I’m looking for a long term fix.

I need healed y’all and I need your help. Think back to what your momma and your momma’s momma did for you. And please, if you are feeling generous and kind, please share it with me.

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In Search Of: Natural Remedy for a Bad, Bad Cold