For Felix’s tenth birthday, we surprised him with 4-day trip to Disney World with his cousins (who are his favorite people on this planet—he was actually more excited to see them than he was to be at Disney World, if that’s possible!).My husband and I are not theme-park people, but we can appreciate the magic of Disney, and decided that we had one trip in us before the kids were too old to
Sleep for Babies & Toddlers
Choosing a Humidifier for Winter Survival
`This time of year, I get a lot of questions about humidifiers. As temperatures drop outside, we turn up our thermostats for relief. But that warm air is dry, leaving our skin, hair and mucus membranes parched.Add in a cold or flu, especially a sick baby, and you’ll be temped to run out and buy the first humidifier you can get your (very dry) hands on—but wait!The humidifier market is
Safe Mattress Guide
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure page.UPDATED: November 2019Written by Maia & JohnFinding a non-toxic mattress is super important but also super confusing to work through. If your head hurts just looking at the length of this page, please feel free to reach out to our Home Health Director, John, or his administrative assistant, Tracy, for
How to Choose a Non-toxic Mattress or Futon (and What’s the Difference)
Happy New Year! Did you resolve to purge toxins from your home in 2016? If so, you will find our e-book, Detox Your Home in 4 Weeks, an easy guide. I hope it brings you improved indoor air quality, health, and peace of mind.You've probably noticed that at Gimme the Good Stuff we talk a lot about the importance of sleeping on a non-toxic mattress. I'm also aware that all of the mattresses I
Aromatherapy for Better Sleep
Gimme the Good Stuff's guest blogger Valerie Bennis is a certified aromatherapist and the founder of Essence of Vali aromatherapy products. Her most popular blend is one that promotes better sleep. Obviously, having young kids pretty much puts getting enough sleep out of the question, but ideally the sleep we do get is of the highest quality. We asked Vali to share some of her tips to prevent all
Sleep Training for Attachment Parents
The following is an adaptation of an article that I recently wrote for Five Seasons Healing AcupunctureWhy is it that pediatricians advise parents to sleep train their babies when they are 12 weeks old? Probably because it wouldn’t work before that—the baby wouldn’t learn to “self soothe” and the screaming process would repeat every night. Until they are around three months old, babies have no
My 2.5-Year-Old Is Sleeping Through the Night (Sorta)
As I've mentioned before, Felix still wasn't sleeping through the night after his second birthday, and it seemed like it wasn't going to happen any time soon. I love co-sleeping, and most nights, despite Felix's continued desire to nurse frequently, it has been a pleasant experience--although in truth there have been many nights that were miserable exceptions. Sleeping Without Nursing: An
My Two-Year-Old Doesn’t Sleep Through the Night
Felix is 25 months old and isn't sleeping through the night. And guess what? He never has. In fact, he’s never slept more than four hours without waking up to nurse. Most people don’t know this, because I’ve been in the closet about it for a long time. Here’s how it went:Felix Is 2 Weeks Old: People start asking me if my new baby is sleeping through the night. At this point, nighttime
