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Amber Teething Necklace: What is it? And Does it Really Work?!?

Amber Teething Necklace: What is it?
And Does it Really Work?!?

This post and giveaway is sponsored by Spark of Amber. What is an amber teething necklace anyway?  I see them all over my Instagram feed.  It seems like every crunchy mama I know has a Baltic amber necklace around their baby’s neck, but what is it??? Baltic Amber contains a naturally occurring anti-inflammatory, which can be absorbed…

Is Your Rice Toxic?

Is Your Rice Toxic?

Did you hear the news about arsenic being found in rice? Arsenic!?!? Obviously, this is not good.  Recently I read the article Arsenic in Your Food by Consumer Reports and it helped explain how my rice could be toxic. What is arsenic? Arsenic is a naturally occurring mineral, but it isn’t a safe one!  “It’s a carcinogen known…