More Locally Made Crafts...

As well as the beautifully made toy oven, our lucky two-year old, received a few other handmade gifts for her birthday. We enjoy supporting our local craftspeople as much as possible and we hope you will be inspired to do the same. Handmade doll in traditional dress - a perfect alternative to plastic, mis-proportioned, mass-manufactured dolls! Available from The Batik Shop, Old Street, Roseau Keeyah with her own Mei...

Locally Made Wooden Toys...

In the search for natural toys for toddlers, I found an adorable looking wooden play oven. Since most young children love to mimic their parents (and I spend a lot of time in the kitchen) I felt this would be the ideal gift for my soon-to-be two year old. My only problem was that I saw it online and it would have cost me a small fortune to ship it to Dominica. After a few enquiries amongst friends I was gratefully directed...

The Baby Guessing Game - Enter to Win!...

I love surprises and I can’t think of a bigger and better surprise in life than at the moment of birth to find out if the baby is a boy or a girl! Even though we have no idea what our current belly bump is going to be, that hasn’t stopped everyone guessing! People in town stop me and tell me with certainty that ‘it’s a boy because I’m carrying all up front’ or ‘it’s a girl because my tummy is round’. With...

Wordless Wednesday - Vegan Breadfruit Pizza...

Yikes! A whole post without words? Oops I’ve messed up already…what can I say I’m a woman of words, but take a look I promise most of this post is just pictures! Breadfruit Pizza Bases. The one on the right was oven cooked whilst the one on the left was mixed with a small amount of wholewheat flour and cooked on top of the stove in a dry cast-iron pan. Breadfruit base topped with tomato, eggplant and...

Beware of the ‘Toxic Tub’: Chemicals Found in ...

Many baby products are marketed with claims of being ‘gentle’, ‘pure’ and ‘safe’ for our fragile young children. However, a recent study by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics has exposed the dangers that lurk in many commonly used baby products. Their report has found that a number of major brand-name baby products contain the dangerous chemicals of Formaldehyde and 1,4-Dioxane which are known to be cancer causing...

BPA Free Please - Avoiding Toxic Plastics...

Can you imagine life before plastic? Love it or loathe it, plastic is now a ubiquitous substance in our lives. And of course, plastic is used for many baby products from bottles, cups and spoons to changing mats, teethers and toys. Yet not all of these items are as harmless as they may seem. Of major concern now is an ingredient in plastics called Bisphenol A also known as BPA. This chemical has been shown to be a...

Choosing and Using Cloth Diapers...

As a self proclaimed Eco-Mama, the choice to use cloth diapers was a no-brainer. I knew that disposables are a landfill disaster, taking about 500 years to breakdown. In addition, with the number of chemical gels and plastic materials in disposables, I wanted to be able use something natural against my baby’s bottom. Cloth diapers are also a whole lot easier on the budget. When faced with the choices of cloth diapering...

How to Make Your Own Natural Baby Wipes...

Changing a baby’s bottom is an integral part of parenting. If you change your baby an average of 10 times in a 24 hour period, that is 3650 changes per year! A common part of the changing regime is the use of  disposable baby wipes but there is a growing awareness that these wipes may have possible negative effects on our little ones. Research has shown that the majority of commercial baby wipes contain unnatural...