Episode # 011 - Keeping Your Family Fiscally Fit

In this episode, the Barefoot Moms (actually Nadine & James) discuss the importance of ensuring your family's financial well-being. Includes some tips for getting out of debt, saving money and investing.

Green and Clean

section D: Life, page D3, titled "Home 101: Green and Clean"


Thanks to Theresa aka dirtdartwife for forwarding this article!

Wipe Out Household Hazards

things that make you go hmmmmm......

Pushed Birth

Wow. Awesome site. Click the title.

Find Current Breastfeeding Legislation in Your State

Click the title to find your state laws and legislation.

Breastfeeding Best for Mothers as Well as Infants

Click title for story!

Shame on us!

Well, so....

yeah, sorry about no podcast. Vacation got the best of us! We'll have a new episode up tomorrow night and a bonus show! Stay tuned...you won't want to miss them. We're so EXCITED!!!!!

Kentucky!

So James and I will be recording a new podcast here in Beautiful Kentucky. I'm sorry it didn't get taken care of on Wednesday. It's kinda crazy with tons of grandparents etc.

We did meet an ultra cool owner of the Green Apple Natural Food store here in Elizabethtown. What a great store and wonderful asset to this community!

Podcast coming soon!!!

Barefoot Moms Vacation

We'll post an episode soon, we're just settling in to being out of town. Thx. :)

Identical Quadruplets Naturally!

Episode # 010 - Happy Late Breastfeeding Week

In this episode, the Barefoot Moms (actually Barefoot Parents since James sits in for Molly) discuss the following breastfeeding issues: formula, nursing in public, difficulties to overcome and more.

PVC: The Poison Plastic

Check out this video (Just in case you were wondering most of the titles to posts are links! So just click on the title!)

How to Green Your Kids Toys

Thanks for the link Amanda!

Mom of the Week: Amanda

Get to know our MOTW this week; Amanda:

I'm a wife to my dearest and best friend Matthew and am a stay-at-home mom to my wonderful children Allysha and Jonathan. As I ponder my life I see that I have been so blessed. We have a wonderful family and a great home. We are a bible believing family and try to be what the Lord would have us to be.

I try to be as natural as possible while staying without our budget which at times can be somewhat daunting. My journey into this started in 2001 when I got so sick, even the meds wouldn't help. The only thing the doctor's could prescribe me was over $100 and being a single mom at the time, I simply could not afford it. I approached a fellow co-worker whom everyone knew to be a "natural nut". She introduced me to Echinacea and Myrrh and thank the Lord my fever broke and my infection passed. Next we moved on to ear candles. I was hooked. Ever since then I try to find natural remedies for me and my family, while still using some western medicine, although now not nearly as much. We firmly believe in prevention.

I have journeyed on to study aromatherapy briefly and hope to one day have more education in not only that, but in herbalism. I'm currently thinking of writing books to teach children about herbs while making the reading material fun and easy to understand.

Someday we hope to homestead "out in the middle of nowhere" but for now we're doing our best where we are now to plant as many herbs and medicinal plants as possible while teaching our children about living off the land and nature itself.

A BIG thanks needs to go out to Barefoot Moms for doing the segment on cleaning with vinegar and baking soda. We were using other natural products and while they were good products, they are currently going up in price which made this was a GREAT alternative. Not only is it super cheap but it makes everything sparkle.

As far as the crunchy factor, we're in there somewhere. LOL! We use our own cloth shopping bags, cloth napkins and towels and try to eat organic. We believe in using midwifery care for pregnancy over anything else. We co-sleep, use slings, use Natural Family Planning, and do not vaccinate. We're also a homeschooling family and have been officially doing this for 4 full years and we're moving into our 5th year. It's one of the most wonderful things in the world.

If you'd like to visit my homepage it can be found at mandikaake.com I also have a natural site at naturalliving.mandikaake.com and my business website can be found at BabyKaakes.com

Thanks for listening Amanda!!!

Everything Tastes Better from McDonald's?

Warning: WalMart Flip Flops

all we can say is WOW!

Yay Doulas!

Any of you listeners had a doula present at your birth? Tell us about it!

**REVISED** Keep it Simpler

Hi. Nadine here! I just wanted to make sure that listening to our podcast was simple for all of you. You can either use the icons on the left side of the blog to subscribe and listen...RSS feed or iTunes , you can simply scroll down to the desired episode, place your cursor over the title and click...or click on the episodes icon on the left side and it will take you to a listing of just podcast episodes. Voila! you will be listening!

Happy World Breastfeeding Week!

What are your plans?

NYC bans formula

What do you think about this initiative?

http://wcbstv.com/local/local_story_212165519.html