The Sunscreen Smokescreen

(via Swiss Miss)

See the Environmental Working Group’s assessment for health sunscreens:http://breakingnews.ewg.org/2011sunscreen/

All our data, calculations and references here:
http://www.bit.ly/sunscreensmoke

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RESEARCH & DESIGN: DAVID MCCANDLESS
RESEARCH: MIRIAM QUICK
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH: JAMES KEY, PEARL DOUGHTY-WHITE
ADDITIONAL DESIGN: PIERO ZAGAMI, DEREK GUO, JOE SWAINSON
SOURCES: THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, CANCER RESEARCH UK, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, PUBMED, NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH, HEALTH CANADA, SKIN CANCER FOUNDATION, NATURE, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH & WELFARE, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP, NEW YORK TIMES, WIKIPEDIA.
DATA & RESEARCH: SEE IT ALL HERE: HTTP://WWW.BIT.LY/SUNSCREENSMOKE

Affiliate Program Beta

Are you looking to earn a little extra money?

Little Stinker would like to support those that love our products by rolling out our Affiliate Program. Right now we are Beta testing the concept and would love to have your feedback.

What kinds of affiliate programs have you used?
What do you like about those programs?
What would make it totally rock?

A Little Stinker Affiliate can offer free shipping to their readers and simply place a button on their blog. This button will have a unique use code that is tied to your account. For every product that someone else buys you can earn between $1.00-$1.50. You might not be able to retire off this but a little extra cash to pay for gas or something fun at Target is always nice!

Email me if you're interested: kathy (at) littlestinkerUSA (dot) com

American Baby Magazine

Have you seen the July issue of American Baby Magazine? Little Stinker's Cooling Breast Cream is featured on page 15 :)

I love getting the mail, especially when there is a nice surprise like this:

The Cooling Breast Cream was developed to help relieve the discomfort associated with sore and tender breasts.

Perhaps the least talked about topic is how uncomfortable nursing can actually be. Often when your milk first comes in or when trying to ween, engorgement can be a real issue. The heat and and discomfort can sometimes make you feel like you're going to burst. Our naturally-inspired Cooling Breast Cream is formulated with a high concentration of cabbage and just a touch of spearmint oil to help quench that fire.

1 fl oz. / 29 ml
Price: $14.95

Awesome Uses
• Massage cream onto each breast as needed in circular motions.

• Store in the refridgerator between uses for an extra cooling sensation with each use.

Ingredients Water, Brassica Oleracea Capitata (Cabbage) Leaf Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Water, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter*, Vegetable Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polysorbate 60, Vegetable Stearic Acid, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Mentha Viridis (Spearmint) Leaf Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Gluconolactone, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate. *Certified Organic

Breastfeeding 101: Starting solids

(via Cafe Mom )

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization, to name a couple, all suggest breastfeeding exclusively for at least the first six months of a baby's life. That means no water, formula, or anything else that could mess with the internal flora of baby's sensitive gut.

Eventually, they will start eating solid food called "complementary foods," which aren't there to provide too much for the baby yet, as breast milk is still their MAIN source of nutrition. The WHO says the transition period from breast milk to solids takes place between 6-24 months, meaning this isn't an overnight or quick process -- foods are meant to just be introduced slowly.

But when introducing solids to a breastfed baby, you have tofind a good balance between the solids and breastfeeding, or your supply can take a hit.

Wait until your baby is ready to start solids: some will be ready at 6 months, others aren't yet.Some people think their babies are ready before, but often it's growth spurts or natural curiosity about Mommy's things they're seeing. Babies like to mimic mom and dad, but that doesn't mean their body's ready for food.

If your baby is under 6 months but wants to grab your plate, offer an empty bowl and baby spoon for them to play with (invisible dinner!), or even consider some frozen breast milk in a mesh feeder (great for teething!). Since we can't see into the intestines of every infant to see if the cell lining of the gut has closed up, we have to go by external guidelines.Your baby is ready to start solids if:

• They're 6 months old or more.
• They can sit up unassisted for a period of time.
• They can pick up food and maneuver it into their own mouth.
• They no longer have the tongue-thrust reflex where things put in the front of their mouth are pushed out instantly (putting spoons deeper into their mouth can bypass the tongue thrust, but doesn't mean they're ready).
• You've accounted for growth spurts (common at 6 months) and baby still shows some signs of hunger.

If you've met all that, then go ahead and NURSE YOUR BABY FIRST (always nurse before offering solids) and then try a simple first food like sweet potatoes or avocado. Rice cereal really isn't necessary. If you're going the baby food route, consider making it yourself so you can find textures your baby likes best, or go the baby-led solids route and let baby start out feeding themselves whole, soft pieces with their hands.

Just like with breastfeeding, respect your baby's signals. If they turn their head away, don't open their mouth, or spit food out, just stop. Don't try to play games to get them to open their mouth so you can push food in. They don't NEED foods yet anyway. All food in the first year is really for learning, so the nutrition still is coming from you. Some babies don't want to start solids until they're closer to their birthday, and that's okay.

More than anything, keep up your nursing, always nurse before offering food, and if baby is eating solids well but nursing less, cut back on solids. The breast milk is much more important to their nutrition at this point, and even into the second year, it provides at least half of the nutrition they need, so you've got plenty of time to allow your baby to go at their own pace. Slow down and enjoy it.

How did you introduce solids to your EBF baby?

Little Stinker natural skin care for baby and mom

Little Stinker's natural skin care product for baby and mom relieve the pains of smells of parenthood.



Little Stinker™ Baby Butt Spray

The Baby Butt Spray was developed to de-stinkify your little ones while gently moisturizing their little bums.

In fact, your baby will smell so fresh and clean, you’ll probably want to eat them . . . but you know . . . don’t do that! Let Little Stinker be the perfect answer for your poopy prancer.




Little Stinker™ Natural Nursing Balm

Little Stinker Natural Nursing Balm
Modern science continues to discover amazing health benefits associated with breastfeeding. It is considered to be an intuitive and even spiritual connection between mother and child. That being said,why do your “girls” feel like they have been through a scorching meat grinder after feeding your baby? Stop torturing yourself and enjoy breastfeeding again with our all-natural Nursing Balm.

Little Stinker™ Natural Nursing Balm is a safe and effective solution to cracked, dry skin associated with breastfeeding.



Little Stinker™ Cooling Breast Cream
The Cooling Breast Cream was developed to help relieve the discomfort associated with sore and tender breasts.

Perhaps the least talked about topic is how uncomfortable nursing can actually be. Often when your milk first comes in or when trying to ween, engorgement can be a real issue. The heat and and discomfort can sometimes make you feel like you're going to burst. Our naturally-inspired Cooling Breast Cream is formulated with a high concentration of cabbage and just a touch of spearmint oil to help quench that fire.

Diapering Tip

Do you have a diapering tip or parent advice? Share it with us, we'd love to hear from you!

Here is my little stinker demonstrating how to avoid getting poop in her hair:

Don't be without your Little Stinker

Thanks Jennifer from Little Buns for posting this video!

We met Jennifer in Las Vegas at the ABC Show and she is super sweet in real life, too!

Get Kathy's Slow Cooker Reciepe over at IS THIS REALLY MY LIFE blog

Need a quick meal? Check out Kathy's slow cooker tortilla soup recipe over at IS THIS REALLY MY LIFE blog

http://www.isthisreallymylife.com/2011/03/slow-cooker-anyday-chicken-tortilla-soup/

Zion's Bank features Little Stinker on blog

Little Stinker is featured on the Zion's Bank Blog. You can read the article here:

http://blog.zionsbank.com/community/community-business-spotlight-little-stinker/