Pull up a chair; it`s time to serve up some eco-friendly imagination! The 17-piece Green Toys Tea Set includes a tea pot with lid, a sugar bowl with lid, a creamer, four cups, four saucers and four teaspoons. It is made from curbside collected milk...
Create your own sandy, dusty desert scene with the DuneCraft Desert Hothouse. This kit comes complete with a variety of cacti and succulents including the Giant Saguaro, Joshua Tree and many more. Little ones will have a blast designing a desert...
Now little ones can learn all about the basics of recycling. Made in the USA from 100% recycled milk containers, the Green Toys Recycling Truck sorts bottles, cans and paper. It also has a movable recycling bed and open/shut rear door. It is safe,...
You probably know that Alan recently published a new book, Feeding Baby Green. I wanted to give him a special gift to celebrate his accomplishment. A pen for a writer seemed like the perfect fit, but I had no idea how cool this pen would be. It...
I love this game. Really. Match colors, shapes, quantity of objects pictured, or degree of shading to create sets. If you look for only one (or two) possibilities, you'll miss out on winning options that your opponent might see. The pace is fast, so...
When we finally got a Wii my mental image of kids in front of the TV zoned out to the world around them shattered. Playing the Wii has my kids interacting with each other, and not just through the TV. Working out schedules and cheering...
All natural AND anti-bacterial? Is it possible? I don't know how they do it, but the good people at CleanWell have created a product that I love and trust. It's made with Ingeniium -- a patented formulation of essential plant oils proven to kill 99....
As both a parent and an expert on eco-friendly toys, I had a great opportunity - to help judge the Goddard Schools/EcoChildsPlay.com Best Green Toy Contest. And boy was it fun!
I love taking pictures, but find it difficult to share them with family and friends -- especially those who aren't particularly computer savvy. Plus, it's fun to have something tangible to give. That's why I began creating full color, hard bound...
When I had breast cancer, I was told I had months to live. I had a decision to make -- If the doctors were right, how I could I invest my life in the best way possible? That was in 1996 and DrGreene.com had just launched. The world didn't know yet...
In the adventure, that is bath time, it’s always great to find something to entertain my 2 year old daughter. And of course what 2 year old isn’t in love with bubbles! Natures Baby put my mind at ease when putting capfuls of bubbles in...
Cash Flow is an exciting family board game that packs a big lesson on how financial life really works. Players draw for occupations and earn money based on their station in life. Each turn players are given the opportunity (via role of the dice) to...
I try and give my kids organic foods and avoid processed convenience foods when ever possible, but the problem is sometimes we do need convenience or at least a little help. Snacks for outings or lunch boxes are handy and we can all make them, but...
This year, one in three babies will be born by cesarean section. The cesarean rate in the United States has hit a historic high every year for nearly a decade, and shows no signs of abating. Research from the World Health Organization suggests that...
Homeopathic medicines are wonderfully effective for hyperactive children (and hyperactive adults), though this doesn't necessarily mean that a remedy will "cure" them. Sometimes, the remedy will simply slow them down and help them...
Homeopathy is magnificent for the treatment for childhood ear infections. It is often as simply as ABC + P: Aconitum, Belladonna, Chamomilla, & Pulsatilla...with less common use of Mercurius, Mercurius iodatus.flavus., Merc iodatus....
Antibiotics may have a place in treating ear infections but not necessarily as a treatment of first choice. The American Academy of Pediatrics' guidelines for the use of antibiotics in acute ear infections in children is actually that they should be...
Children respond extremely well to homeopathic remedies, even when the perfect medicine is not always prescribed. It is as though the intelligence in their body is so high that their internal radar is scanning for any energetic medicine that...
"First, do no harm" was Hippocrates' most famous words, and they are particularly important in the care and treatment of infants and children. Most people don't know it, but most conventional drugs are tested on adults, and then,...
Phthalates are yet another set of hormone-mimicking chemicals that are used in many household products including: shampoo, makeup, perfumes, air fresheners, bibs, teethers, inflatable toys, vinyl flooring, IV tubing, insect repellant and much more....
I don't get to go to births much anymore. My midwifery practice closed in July. Our consulting doctors merged with another group and in the merger were forced to stop accepting our referrals and collaborating on VBACs. As a result of that we had to...
Blogs, Facebook, and Twitter were bustling last week with back-to-back stories of doctors putting the kibosh on women's right to self-determination in their birth. First, The Unnecesarean reported on a doctor who preemptively gives his own (awful)...
One of the questions I'm asked repeatedly on my Feeding Baby Green book tour is, "What is the best timing for starting solids." My take on the best timing to start solid foods is different than what I've seen elsewhere. It depends on what...
Ever try to make a picky kid taste a tomato? In this short, entertaining video from The Doctor’s Channel, I explain how getting children involved with growing and preparing tomatoes will help them learn to love them, just as helping patients...
