How did I end up here?

If you looked at my baby registry, you'd see all the usual suspects:
~Pampers
~Johnson & Johnson Baby Wash
~Bodreaux's Butt Paste
~Mylicon
~Infant Tylenol
~Dr. Brown's Bottles

Well, by the time my little one tore her way out into the world (literally~ouch!) all of those items were suddenly on my 'bad' list. I'm an information sponge who reads anything and everything I can find written about the products/methods that apply to my precious baby girl. Some say it's a fault--too much information will make you afraid of everything. I see it as being armed with information. I want to read the statistics and test results, consider advice from both moms and doctors, weigh the dangers and benefits, and make my decisions as an informed parent.

Sure, a girl could go crazy knowing every ingredient in their kids' butt cream, but it's the unknown that scares me--the 'what if's' I'm just not the kind of girl to accept her parenting advice from some doctor with a Sunday morning radio spot and I'm no longer cool with just lifting my baby supply list from those recommended on a store's registry list.

I went from go-with-the-flow hipster to grow-in-the-know hippie in just 10 short months and my new list of baby supplies looked like this:
~Zany Zebra cloth diapers
~Naturally Luxe organic baby wash
~Naturally Luxe Baby Bottom Balm
~Gripe Water
~Homeopathy Kit
~Dr. Brown's Glass Bottles

Why the change? Knowledge.

I'm now armed with the knowledge that many of the products available in stores pose a threat to my sweet little toddler (albeit many of the risks are low, but still...it's there.) The decisions we make for our children aren't as cut and dry as they appear. Some of them pose hefty consequences and need to be carefully considered vs. doing what everyone else is doing.

There's a world of information to weigh and that information is what I'm going to relay to you--my relatively educated opinion based on as much research as this hard-working mama can conduct. You can take my opinion, or leave it. If I were to step outside my body, I too would probably think I'd gone off the deep end. My views are very different than they were just a few years ago. I didn't know any better then. I do now, tho and that's what's important. I'm just a mommy trying to do what's best for her sweet babe. I can only protect her for so long. Now's as good a time as any.

Feel free to join me in my journey through the mainstream--what appears to be the 'norm' in parenting, as I tweak it just a tad to make the world a little safer for my child. You're not going to find me rockin' hairy legs (not all the time, anyway) and Berkenstocks. I'm still toodling around in my flip flops with manicured toes--I've just switched to formaldehyde-free polish and lead-free crystal accents. Same mommy, only better.