Birth month candles make for good maternity fantasies
One of the most common questions we get is from people looking for gifts to celebrate a second or third-time mom. She doesn’t necessarily need all new blankets and clutch toys, but still a little something to acknowledge the happy occasion is called for.
I was just turned onto the elegant soy wax Birth Month Candles from mom-run Pour Deux, and they fit the bill rather nicely. All twelve double-wick soy candles have the nice light scent of baby powder mixed with jasmine and citrus – gently sweet and definitely feminine, but not entirely cloying either. Each one is labeled by month, and describes in a horoscope sort of way what you can expect from your May or June or September baby, so you can daydream about the perfection that is to come.
In other words, not one of them says Babies born this month like to pinch their sisters and scream when you turn off the television during dinner. Ignorance really is bliss when you’re pregnant, eh? –Liz
Find the Birth Month Candles from Pour Deux online at eco-friendly boutique Jillybean Green
where you can save 15% on all purchases with code COOLMOM
I never thought twice about diapering my son with the eco-not-so-conscious disposable diaper. I have to admit, I thought that cloth diapers were still big cotton towels that required safety pins, manual dexterity, and a whole lot of free time.
Don’t get any sick ideas, dear readers. We’ve all seen our share of those softies and we certainly don’t need a stuffed one of THOSE laying around the house. 
When my 3 year old was a newborn we planned a trip to Europe and before I could say auf viedersehn, my brain pictured all the filthy traveling potties we would encounter while changing her diaper.