Category: Alternative Medicines and Remedies

Five Recipes For A Naturally Clean House – Chemical-Free Cleaning Made Easy

April 7, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Non-Food Recipes
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Following on from Tuesday’s post, Chemical-Free Cleaning Made Easy, Delena from The Modern Aboriginal Mama shares five recipes for a naturally clean house. Please ask her any questions in the comment section below!

Chemical-Free Cleaning Made Easy | The 3 Basic Natural Cleaning Ingredients

April 5, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Non-Food Recipes
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Last January, one of my ‘resolutions’ for the new year was to eradicated chemical cleaners from our home. I was first going to ‘use up’ what we already had, and then make the switch. That took almost ten months and then we moved. Now that we’re returning to our own place, I’ve been revisiting that…

Sometimes I Don’t Answer You – Or Why I Trust Nature Over Medicine

January 7, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting
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I write for work on a website called PlayPennies. I often do a commentary on things that have been in the news, and sometimes this incites quite a bit of criticism and chagrin towards me, as my views are not always what most would call mainstream.

How To Turn A Back-To-Back, Transverse or Breech Baby

November 16, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Gentle and Positive Childbirth, Pregnancy, Reading and Resources
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OP, or back labour, is when the baby’s back faces the mother’s back, rather than the preferred back to belly (OA) position. The problem with back labour is that it can be longer than an OA labour, with pain focussed in the back. For first time mothers, this can add to the length of labour…

News Of The Week: Everyday Chemicals May Be Harming Kids

November 13, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Child Health, Child Safety, Current Events
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If I had a £1 for every time I had said to people ‘just because there’s a smiling baby on the cover doesn’t mean it’s good for your baby’, well, I’d have a lot more money in my wallet. So I was absolutely thrilled this week to find a CNN article confirming what I have…

10 Uses For Lavender Around The Home

September 18, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Sponsored
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I love lavender and lavender oil. It is one of my favourite scents, smelling of summer and the country side. It is fresh and uplifting and makes me feel better whenever I smell it. It is also a natural antiseptic and antibiotic, which contains roughly 150 compounds. Lavender essential oil is easily and quickly absorbed…

Meducation for Mums Talks Nurofen

September 10, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Child Safety
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I was recently invited to a seminar on child health sponsored by Nurofen, Bonjela and Karvol. The two speakers were Sarah Jarvis, a GP, and Dawn Kelly, a health visitor.

Definitely Maybe – Is Safe Really Safe?

July 20, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Child Health, Current Events
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I have had a lot to say in recent months about baby products and their contents. I have told my readers about Sodium Laurel Sulphate and its numerous sisters. I have told you about the sodium polyacrolate in nappies. I have urged you to consider what you give your children, to read labels, to look…

Natural Recipes – Breast Milk Enhancement Tea

June 27, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Food
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It always saddens me so much when someone says that they had to quit breastfeeding at six weeks because their milk dried up. It also maddens me, because I think health care professionals should explain to people how it all works.  For the first six weeks your milk reservoirs, so that you  have a constant…

Just Have to Share – Lactation Biscuits & Breastmilk Smoothie

June 20, 2010 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Food
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I have to admit right off the bat that I have not tried these yet, but since it is National Breastfeeding Week and I adore breastfeeding, I thought I’d see how I could combine a foody post with breastfeeding. What better excuse for eating biscuits though – with these you can really say ‘but it’s…


I have to admit right off the bat that I have not tried these yet, but since it is National Breastfeeding Week and I adore breastfeeding, I thought I’d see how I could combine a foody post with breastfeeding. What better excuse for eating biscuits though – with these you can really say ‘but it’s for the baby’ and mean it! (I’ve borrowed this recipe from Yummy Mummy Cookies and adapted it slightly) (more…)