tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385946709718073962.post3735130123468603924..comments2023-08-23T11:51:37.481-04:00Comments on Surely You Nest: Plastic SmileJessTrevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000531822628182708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385946709718073962.post-73545291343137234552007-11-20T09:56:00.000-05:002007-11-20T09:56:00.000-05:00Why doesn't the crust contain exactly the same ing...Why doesn't the crust contain exactly the same ingredients as the rest of the bread? Just wondering... Thanks for the link to the waxed paper bags, by the way. I just bought some!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385946709718073962.post-48266144551152018872007-11-19T22:19:00.000-05:002007-11-19T22:19:00.000-05:00Susannah, so cool that you won the auction! We tot...Susannah, so cool that you won the auction! We totally love reusablebags around here. And yes, scary lunches abound...and it's starting to rub off on my Pre-K-er (she came home and asked me to cut the crusts off her sandwich one day -- poor kid has a MamaBird who actually knows for a fact that the most nutritious part of the bread is in those crusts...), argh! Anyways, great idea for a post, maybe we could make it more of a conversation as we could always use more ideas for good lunches.JessTrevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000531822628182708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385946709718073962.post-90378358706653386002007-11-19T22:09:00.000-05:002007-11-19T22:09:00.000-05:00One of my favorite sites is ReusableBags.com! The...One of my favorite sites is ReusableBags.com! They just donated a nice selection of reusable lunch items to our preschool auction -- a Sigg bottle, a sandwich wrap, and a couple of lunch bags to hold all the stuff. Sadly, it seems that not many of my fellow preschool parents are as obsessed as I am with the number of plastic bags used every week by kid lunchers -- I won the item in a single bid. <BR/><BR/>My revelation came when I had to start packing two kids' lunches and found myself using 4-6 snack bags per DAY to hold all the raisins, turkey roll-ups, goldfish, and other (hopefully) tempting items. Can you do a post about what you put in those Bentobox lunches? I need new ideas and I'm disheartened by what I see when I stop by school at lunch time: marshmallow spread sandwiches on white bread, soda, and a large Ziploc of peanut M&Ms... and that was just one kid's lunch!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575172683862762880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385946709718073962.post-7673557155969184822007-11-16T11:11:00.000-05:002007-11-16T11:11:00.000-05:00From DCUM this morning...helpful links and tips re...From DCUM this morning...helpful links and tips re: phthalates.<BR/><BR/>Shop at one of the stores that have pledged to stop selling heavily mouthed baby products with phthalates, including Kmart, Sears, Target, Toys "R" Us, and Wal-Mart. <BR/> <BR/>http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Baby-Bottles-CU21apr99.htm<BR/> <BR/>Here's another helpful article about companies that say they don't use pthalates:<BR/> http://www.ehow.com/how_8956_stay-away-phthalates.html<BR/> <BR/>Original post: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071105/schapiro<BR/><BR/>This article is about "pthalates", a chemical used to make plastic soft (or something like that), that is apparently common in toys sold in the US. It's been banned in Europe since about 2002 because of research that finds a link between reduced testerone levels and exposure to pthalates. The article goes into a fair amount of detail about all this.JessTrevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000531822628182708noreply@blogger.com