SavvyMom
SavvyMom brings moms across Canada solutions to their everyday dilemmas, from green living to home organization, finding the best baby and mom products, planning birthday parties and entertaining the kids.
Go With the Flo
Evasive manoeuvers, dives, fakes – no, we’re not talking about the defensive highlights of your little soccer star’s summer season. Instead we’re referring to those slippery bathtime moves that same little angel makes when you get out the shampoo and announce it’s time to wash and rinse. We have the solution in three letters: F-L-O.
Lunch Critics
Our friends from Canadian Family are back this month with a great deal for you (hang on, we’ll get there in a second…) and they brought results from their team of real critics – kids who will share with you what lunch boxes are hot on the market now.
Here are a few of our faves from their tried and tested list:
Your New Breast Friend
Hollywood these days. Everyone running around looking glam and having babies all at the same time.
How is it possible to have a baby and feel sexy like them (you know who we mean) if you can’t even find a decent bra?
We Vote For Joe
Back to school, back to shmool. What about Mom?
We don’t need recess to justify our own back to school retail therapy with clothes from Joe Fresh Style.
Flashback
The 80’s apparently are enjoying a bit of a comeback. Who knew? Black leggings, baggy shirts, even leg warmers have been spotted around town.
Don’t laugh – hold those thoughts of your youth. We’ve found the perfect blend of 80’s style with the millennium mom-preneur sensibility for babes.
So Many Tomatoes, So Little Time
Mmmmmmm. Note big juicy, plump and perfectly ripened local fresh tomatoes. Must buy, cook and freeze for winter months.
Looks like a lot of tomatoes though. Not so organized this week. Maybe just a few for salad, hate to waste…
Do have time for frozen dessert section though.
Basic Training
“Thanks Mom. I love you.”
The words we yearn for before baby learns to speak – only to be met with ‘Dada’, ‘No’ or ‘I want’ when the time comes.
Not a ‘Please’ to be heard.
Out Darned Spot
Life as a Tide commercial…we all live it. Ketchup, cranberry juice, red wine, pureed anything. Way more than Lady Macbeth could ever handle.
I Scream for Ice Cream
Chocolate chip, vanilla, strawberry frozen yogourt, Bovinity Divinity, Makin’ Whoopee Pie, the list goes on (and on).
A good old fashioned trip to the ice cream store with the kids will never go out of style – no matter how outrageous the flavours get.
Not the Fashion
There’s a growing and alarming trend out there (and no, we’re not talking about the skinny stovepipe jean).
According to the Allergy Asthma Information Association, 2 – 4 % of Canadian children are affected by food allergies, with the same number being at risk for anaphylaxis due to allergies, and it’s an increasing public health issue.