Conscious Mom

The Better World Shopping Guide by Ellis Jones This is a handy little reference for anyone wanting to spend their dollars wisely. It is divided into purchasing categories, everything from airlines to gum and mints to wine, and grades the brands according to how environmentally and socially responsible they are. It also names a corporate hero and corporate villain for each category. Because the book is written mainly in chart form it would be very easy to take this along to the store to use while shopping. The reasons for each rating are explained and referenced. Especially useful are the overall 10 best and 10 worst company lists. In case you are wondering, the top three on the best list are Seventh ...

by Dr. Harvey Karp. Before I read this book I thought I'd have little use for it. Karp wrote this book for parents of seemingly inconsolable babies in the first three months of life - those tiny infants who have hours-long crying jags for no discernible reason. If Maia ever had those long crying spells, she had outgrown them by the time we met her. Curiosity, not desperation led me to read this book. I had heard so many people refer to this book as a lifesaver that I had to find out what the fuss was about. Karp divides the book into two parts: theory and practice. The theory comes first. Karp terms the first three months of a baby's life ...

By William, Robert, James, and Martha Sears. This is the the most recent addition to the Sears Parenting Library. The Sears are a family of three doctors and one nurse who are advocates of attachment parenting. The Baby Sleep Book is not a sleep training manual; it does not promote a system to be followed, nor does it promise that teaching a baby how to sleep will be quick or easy in every case. Instead, it recognizes that every family is different, every child is different, and no single method will suit every child or family. The Sears consider parents to be the experts on their own children and affirm their instincts, intuition, and experience. To help parents devise their own ...