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3/18/2009

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1/05/2009

[Aromatherapy Recipes] - Aches & Pains, Frozen Shoulder

Aches & Pains
To 25mls of Grapeseed carrier oil add:

10 drops of Chamomile Essential Oil
5 drops of Lavender Essential Oil
2 drops of Nutmeg Essential Oil
2 drops of Clove Essential Oil

Frozen Shoulder

20 drops of Ginger Essential Oil
17 drops of Nutmeg Essential Oil
3 drops of Clove Essential Oil

(from Green Valley Aromatherapy)

[Aromatherapy Recipes] - Post Natal Lift

Post Natal Lift (from Green Valley Aromatherapy)
In 30mls of vegetable oil add:

9 drops of Orange Essential Oil
2 drops of Frankincense Essential Oil
7 drops of Nutmeg Essential Oil
6 drops of Rose Absolute Essential Oil

Use as a massage oil or body rub, or add to your diffuser.

[Aromatherapy Recipes] - Children's Insomnia

Children's Insomnia (1-5 years old)(from Green Valley Aromatherapy)

10 drops of Palma Rosa Essential Oil
7 drops of Roman Chamomile Essential Oil
5 drops of Orange Essential Oil

Add 10 drops of the mixture to 30mls of vegetable oil. Massage feet after a warm bath.

Children's Insomnia (5-12 years old)

10 drops of Roman Chamomile Essential Oil
8 drops of Geranium Essential Oil
4 drops of Nutmeg Essential Oil

Add 10 drops of the mixture to 30mls of vegetable oil. Massage feet after a warm bath.

12/09/2008

My Shadow

My Shadow
by Robert Louis Stevenson

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow--
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,
And he sometimes goes so little that there's none of him at all.

He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close behind me, he's a coward you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

11/12/2008

小飯團的紙尿布

雖然早就準備要使用布尿布，但經常還是因為懶、不想洗大便、要帶去姐姐家等等原因而經常使用紙尿布，懶聽起來好像很難自圓其說，但出生的頭幾個月每天餵母奶都餵到頭昏了，真的沒辦法勤勞起來。我想很多媽媽可能都和我一樣，會有些力不從心的感覺。我想把這幾個月以來使用尿布的狀況記錄下來。其實不管是紙尿布或布尿布，bb用得舒服，大人覺得方便順手，我想還是很重要的條件。

小飯團剛出生的時候，因為很小隻，買好的bumgenuis並不能用，準備的Tushies紙尿布更是又大又硬，所以只好使用醫院建議的pampers preemie(幫寶適早產兒紙尿布)，而這也是唯一讓小飯團起了尿布疹的產品。即使在剛出生的時候，小飯團也只偶爾使用紙尿布，大部份時間用的是fitted diaper，因為新生兒尿尿的量不多，所以沒有包尿布套也幾乎不會滲出來。雖然已經將使用紙尿布的機會降到最低，但他還是紅屁屁了一兩次。等小飯團大一點，不需要使用早產兒尿布之後，我們把紙尿布換成Seventh Generation的無漂白劑紙尿布，搭配Bumgenius布尿布，他就不再紅屁屁了。

我想很多環保媽媽都已經寫過布尿布，所以我就先來寫寫紙尿布。常需要跑褓母家的bb，使用布尿布的機率可能也相對減少。

Seventh Generation的尿布還蠻柔軟的，雖然醜醜黃黃，但沒有添加漂白劑也沒有香料，還可以接受，缺點一，它的貼布很寬又有點硬，會刺傷bb的大腿(變肥肥之後就沒有這個問題了)；缺點二，它的尺寸表小一號，所以bb換尺寸換得很快，這一點在他們的官網上也有人開罵；缺點三，它使用的吸水材質是聚丙烯酸鈉SAP(sodium acrylate polymer)，雖然廠商宣稱該材質無毒，但仍然是一個不環保尿布，而且也有一些健康上的爭議。溫哥華可以在Capers買到Seventh Generation的紙尿布(Save on Food有賣它們的清潔用品，卻沒賣尿布)。

Tushies紙尿布對新生兒來說太硬而且太大，但它用的吸水材質是棉，同時它也不使用漂白劑，可以說是環保紙尿布。因為使用棉來做吸水材質，尿布比較容易顯溼，所以會需要更常換尿布。但常換尿布絕對是件好事。它的官網提到現在很多醫院使用他們的紙尿布，因為比較容易監看bb的尿量，不過我有點懷疑，因為對新生兒來說真的是太不舒服了，還會卡到臍帶，他們S號的紙尿布可能比較適合4公斤左右的bb使用吧。此外它的通路太少，溫哥華只能在Capers碰運氣，大部份時候連Capers都買不到。

這次逛Capers的時候，終於狠下心買了gDiapers。我從懷孕時就對gDiapers很有興趣，因為它看來有紙尿布的方便，又號稱可沖到馬桶裡、可分解，但是價格很貴，所以一直沒下手。這次和Seventh Generation比價之後，差了大概兩塊錢，想試試看，而且用bumGenius的尿布做尿布套，就不用買它們的尿布套。經過一番瞭解之後，gDiapers也是使用SAP做為吸水材質，但他們宣稱這是可以沖進馬桶的，而且他們的尿布是可以被生物分解的。然而Seventh Generation卻說SAP不會被生物分解，所以我也非常霧煞煞，只知道Tushies大概是目前看到唯一沒使用SAP的紙尿布了。經過今天試用gDiaper之後，我發現它是一個沒有紙尿布方便(因為尿尿還是滲出來，尿布套還是要洗了)，也沒有布尿布舒適的怪尿布，長得又大又寬平平的一片，像是產婦墊在床上的護墊，質感硬硬的，一點都不舒服，一包32個竟然要$18大洋。我以後不會再買了，論舒服，還是布尿布第一名。

10/08/2008

Disney Go Green

This is an interesting and important campaign called: Disney Go Green.
The main idea is to push Disney use non-toxic cleansers.

Here's what you can help:

Send an e-mail to Disney
Tell your family and friends!
Join in the fun! Download or order materials to hand out at Earth Day or other events and help spread the word.
Write your own letter to Disney, or have children write letters to them. Write to: Jerry Montgomery
Senior Vice President
Conservation & Environmental Sustainability
The Walt Disney Company
PO Box 10000
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-1000

10/07/2008

download guide to saver children's products

download guide to saver children's products

This is a great guide for every parent I found on the soft landing. But I can't remember the page so I just make another download site here.
Happy baby rules!!