Empty formula cans either end up in the trash, or start stack up in the kitchen. Can you recycle formula cans? The steel cans are recyclable, with other steel food cans.
Most other cans, the kind made of cardboard, are actually made of composites of different materials, and usually can’t be recycled. So what [...]
Tags: creativity, formula, formula cans, green living, recycling
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Here are the highlights on this study done by the Center for Disease Control, and called attention to by the Environmental Workgroup:
Trace amounts of perchlorate contamination was found in samples of formula being tested
No names of brands were released, but most of the contamination came from formula derived from cow’s milk
Perchlorate is a chemical mostly [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, center for disease control, contamination, cpc, EPA, formula, perchlorate
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I didn’t want to do it. I really wanted to hold out until 6 months to introduce solid foods. Breast milk has all the nutrients she needs right now, and she’s growing up fast enough as it is. Why rush things?
But after sleeping five to seven hour stretches for weeks, Ashley woke up hungry every [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, breastmilk, Food, food allergies, formula, high chair, milestones, Oatmeal, rice cereal, sleeping through the night, solid
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The formula backlash continues. Starting from January, a British hospital will charge mothers of newborns for formula. They will also refuse to permit moms to bring formula from home. Babies who require formula for medical reasons will continue to receive it for free. The hospital says that it will sell infant formula for their cost [...]
Tags: birth, Breastfeeding, formula, hospital
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