July P&K Picks

Method - Detox Your Home
Method - the leader in people and planet-friendly home care products - wants to change the way people clean. Their heaven-scented all surface spray ($4) cleans the heck out of dirt without having to hire hit men. If want an easy, honest intro to cleaning your house, you have to read the company's first book "Squeaky Green," ($16.95) - a room by room guide on creating a healthy home. Available at Babies R Us, Target, Whole Foods and Home Depot.


Win Method's omop(tm) floor care kit - a reusable microfiber mop pad that works in micro-time to lift and trap dirt. Non-toxic, no-wax floor cleaners that leave floors so shiny-and-clean you could eat off them! (retail $30) Send e-mail to parentsandkids@cnc.com with the subject (omop) by July 18. Winner will be notified by e-mail.

Get in the Groove!
Here's a groovy, fun, educational CD for children that parents will want to jive to too! Produced by Sara Wheeler (of Boston), she has recorded over 100 children's songs in the past two years, 22 of those songs are on Little's Groove's Building Blocks. You can catch this three-women band on Monday, July 28 at Isis Maternity in Brookline. ($14, www.littlegroove.com)
 

Mothers need time-outs, too
Art: timeout
By Susan Callahan, Anne Nolen & Katrin Schumann
These local moms have collaborated their individual talents and parenting styles to bring us a refreshing look at motherhood. With 10 kids between them, they want to encourage moms to live a more deliberate and purposeful life, say goodbye to the constant guilt of not measuring up and enjoy family life more. ($16.95, www.momstimeouts.com)
 

Web Site Pick
Green Living
DisneyFamily.com, just launched a "Green Living" feature on the site, www.family.com/greenliving, which includes survey findings as well as tips and ideas aimed at helping families go green at home, work and in their community.

 

A Pillow that Does it All
The Bumpil(tm) On the Way Pillow is a multifunction pillow with a unique design that gives special attention and support to the mother's changing body during pregnancy and beyond. It can be used as an infant feeding support, a baby positioning aid, a tummy-time pillow, and easily converts to an infant area-making a safe cozy place for baby at home or away. ($69.99, www.bumpil.com)