What happens to romance in a marriage when a baby arrives on the scene and (often) moves into the couple's bedroom, if not their bed? There's lots of tiptoeing around the subject, but couples are often left to find their own way back to the intimacy they once enjoyed.
Click here for some tips to recapture that spark.
Here are eight great products from ivillage.com, including bottles, diapers and sunscreen.
Two beautifully designed blogs, fabulous baby product reviews and contests...that's what you'll find when you head on over to Organic For Baby (one of our BBA advertisers) or their sister site, Hip & Trendy Baby.
While you're over there, check out Organic For Baby's current contest for two beautiful organic hooded towels.
The author, Tabitha, launched both sites when she realized that in preparing for her new family, she found so many items that were fantastic and "one-of-a-kind", so she she started to make a list. She wanted to always know where to find the products again. And that list eventually became these websites.
Both sites look for the best products in their respective categories. Hip and Trendy Baby looks for items that are, of course, trendy as well as useful and unique. Organic For Baby showcases products that are eco-friendly, sustainable and organic.
When it comes to Green parenting, a San Francisco pediatrician and author on the subject - Dr. Alan Greene, coincidentally - suggests keeping a critical eye on the products you put on your child's skin day-in and day-out, like diaper rash ointment, baby soap and sunscreen.
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NewBornMom.com is an online baby boutique that carries 100% eco-friendly & modern products
We are excited to be giving away the "A Real Ham" Organic Tee (size 6-12 months) by Blirt. The shirt is made of super soft, high 
quality organic cotton. I'm sure your little one will look adorable and feel very comfy in it.
These organic tees put a modern spin on some old-school figures of speech...making them not only eco-hip, but playfully educational. Each tee comes stamped on the front with a caricature corresponding to the offbeat phrase, and on the tag it has a brief explanation of the figure of speech.
Here's how to enter to win your own organic tee:
1. Go to NewBornMom and search through their site for your favorite item.
2. Let us know your favorite in a comment on this post. Make sure we have your contact info (email or blog address) either in your blogger profile or in the comment itself, so we can contact you if you win. Only one entry per person per giveaway.
We'll select a random winner then post it here on BBA next week. This contest runs: Sunday, 9/14 - Sunday, 9/21/08 at 6pm ET.
By Jennifer Jordan
BBA Contributor
With Triplets we've had to cut down on our spending. A LOT. It made no sense for me to return to work after having the babies; what I made would have ONLY paid for daycare for Triplets. Living off of one income is hard. Very hard. Money was always an issue, just not a big one. Two miscarriages, TONS of testing, five months of fertility treatments, triplets and one income later, it matters now more than anything.
The two miscarriages and fertility treatments really racked up our bills. While looking into how to cut our costs, I found out Going Green was the way to go. We chose to cloth diaper our triplets and, luckily, I already had most of our cloth diapers.
I was so overwhelmed when they came home (after 38 LONG days in the NICU) I just couldn't deal with cloth diapers. Then my husband ran to the store at about 8:45 at night (and everything in our small town closes at nine) and spent about $50 on diapers. They lasted less than a week. That was it. I wasn't going to throw away that kind of money. We cloth diapered from then on and are still going strong. With the help of my mother, we spent about $600-800 on diapers and they will last until potty training.
I also found out that cleaning Green cut our costs a lot. Vinegar cleans anything and has many uses. It is cheap at about $.99 a gallon. Add in some baking soda, borax and soap and there you have it! These ingredients can also be used to make your own laundry detergent. I found Clean House, Clean Planet and it goes into detail about why we should cut out commerical cleaners, not only for health reasons, but for money savings. No more harsh chemical smells in my CLEAN house.
To cut costs even more, we hang dry everything and made the switch to energy efficent lightbulbs. By simply not using our dryer, the power bill dropped almost $50 a month. Going Green does not have to mean spending a lot, but it sure means saving a lot!
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We are giving away a Seventh Generation Natural Baby Starter Kit from Wee Generation to one lucky BBA reader!
The Natural Baby Starter Kit is an ideal gift for new parents or parents-to-be who want to create a natural, healthy lifestyle for their child. All products are free of chlorine and gentle on a baby’s soft skin. Many of these Seventh Generation items are included in the first 500 Wee Generation eco-diaper bags that are now available.
The kit is valued at $49.99 and includes:
Here's how to enter:
1. Just go to Wee Generation and click on Buy the Bag to check out their three designs. Which is your favorite?
2. Let us know your favorite in a comment on this post. Just make sure we have your contact info (email or blog address) either in your blogger profile or in the comment itself, so we can contact you. Only one entry per person per giveaway.
3. We'll then run the number of comments in a random integer generator and come up with the winner then post it here on BBA on Wednesday.
This contest runs: Tuesday, 7/29 at 8am ET - Wednesday, 7/30 at 8am ET.
Don't miss our new Quad Q&As below.
Wee Generation has given us a Natural Baby Starter Kit to give away, so here's a little more about their company.
Wee Generation is a collaborative partnership between Seventh Generation, Healthy Child Healthy World, and Rickshaw Bagworks, a San Francisco -based company specializing in the design and manufacturing of everyday bags and accessories designed for commuting and urban living.
Wee Generation has created a new eco-friendly baby bag that is gender-neutral, practical and good for the world! 100% of the profits from the sale of the bags will be donated directly to Healthy Child Healthy World, the nation's leading children's environmental health and eco-advocacy not-for-profit.
The bag is made from 100% PVC-free materials and recycled plastic bottles. It is also practical featuring removable totes for feeding and changing your baby, a separate changing pad, detachable bottle "coozy" and accessory pouch.
It sells for $200, but the first 500 bags will be fully loaded with $100 worth of Seventh Generation and Healthy Child Healthy World goodies to get you even further down the road toward a living, healthy home.
Enter our giveaway above for a Seventh Generation Natural Baby Starter Kit from Wee Generation!
Several Baby Blog Addicts have told us they use cloth diapers. We wonder if they've ever sat down and added up the money they're saving. No? Well, a guy in Spain did. He says he saved $1,923.89 during the first two years of his child's life. Not bad.
I was looking for some fun Earth Day activities for kids and came across these simple ways to foster a love of the great outdoors.
The suggestions range from something as easy as making the most of walks (playing "I spy" on a walk) to planting a mini garden with your children. Check out the short list here.
Toys 'R' Us announced today that it will phase out bottles and other "baby feeding products" containing BPA by the end of the year. Wal-Mart last week said that it will stop selling baby bottles made with BPA by early next year.
Stanford University pediatrician Alan Greene, author of Raising Baby Green, encourages parents to reduce their children's exposure to BPA. "I wouldn't use it for my children," says Greene, a father of four.
Greene says parents can avoid BPA by choosing glass bottles or shunning plastics labeled with a number 7 recycling code. Some bottles, such as BornFree, Medela and Adiri, are now marketed as BPA-free. Greene notes that BPA is found in a number of products, including the linings of formula cans. Because BPA may be less likely to leach into dry products, powdered formula could be a safer choice than liquid, he says.
Earth Day 2008 is Tuesday. What better time to discuss the "green" side of parenting?! On The Early Show Saturday, Jeanie Pyun, editor of the new environmental website Sprig.com, offered advice to parents on bringing up kids in an eco-sensitive way, and one that would have them become eco-friendly themselves.
Is going green really better, healthier, for your baby or young child? Find out more from The Early Show's report.
Toys "R" Us has introduced a line of new natural toys. They are crafted from natural, replenishable materials and are forest-friendly, eco-friendly and safer for your children's world, according to Toys "R" Us.
These remind me of the toys we played with as kids. It looks like there is no need to worry about lead paint either, since they aren't even painted. At $9.99 - $24.99 each, they are reasonable too.
When it comes to infant care, choosing disposable or cloth diapers can be a loaded decision, no pun intended. Online parenting chat rooms are filled with heated debate over the merits and drawbacks of both choices...
Do you have experience with cloth diapers? If so, do you have a favorite brand? Let us know in the comments section here and/or send us an email. We'd love to share your opinions on BBA with other parents considering cloth diapers.
Check out Nature Moms Blog where Tiffany blogs about random thoughts and experiences of a mom trying to live a more natural family life, for health and for the planet. She offers great tips for all of us to put into practice including her Top 5 Green New Years Resolutions.
