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You might find a controversial topic or two around here, but that’s because health often involves challenging beliefs that are widely accepted. (Who would have thought scented cleaning sprays could cause infertility?!?)

We want parents to have as little weight on their shoulders as possible when it comes to raising kids in a healthy environment. If it takes a village to care for little ones, then there’s no reason why parents need to reinvent the wheel. We’re here as the resource you can turn to for guidance and a place to ask questions.

When you follow us at @modernnursery you’ll not only get our insights, but those of a whole community of crunchy parents looking for the truth about what’s best for their kiddos.

For our current followers, comment below- what’s the most helpful content we’ve shared with you? What do you feel makes our special community stand out? ❤️ taken in United States of America by @modernnursery

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👉 First, let me say this is not any sort of guarantee and no one here is saying that babies “should” sleep through the night by a certain point. These are just tips to implement so that IF your child is biologically able to sleep through the night, these tips will better support them in doing so and facilitating that transition.

💤 We don’t do lots of contact naps here- maybe one carrier nap per day at most and the rest are in the bassinet. If she falls asleep in my arms, I just transfer her, about 10 min or so later, into the bassinet so she gets used to sleeping on a surface other than me. If she’s not feeling it, I pick her back up and transfer again later.

💤 Active sleep- This is like the newborn version of talking in your sleep! They can cry, make noise or wiggle around and then go right back to sleep because they never were actually awake! Usually sleep noises last from 10 seconds to a minute. So I usually wait a couple of minutes before going to get the baby.

💤 Sometimes as a baby is transitioning to being ready to sleep through the night, they will wake up and wiggle around but not cry. 🦥 When our babies do this, we leave them alone, sometimes up to 30-60 min, until they start crying and make it clear they need me! If your baby is able to fall back to sleep on their own after being awake, consider it a HUGE win! 🌟

💤 Especially with breastfeeding, if they don’t get enough calories during the day, they will need them at night! 🤱 So make sure they have plenty of feeds during the day.

💤 I will sometimes cap my newborn’s naps at 2 hours during the day so that they don’t get all their daily sleep during daytime instead of during the night! 👶

💤 To help them to get their circadian rhythm established, make sure to use red lights/salt lamps at night and have the shades open during the day to let natural light in. 🌞

💤 Sleep pressure is a thing! We cap evening naps and also encourage longer wake windows in the evening so they are nice and tired by bedtime.🌛

Follow us for more holistic parenting tips! ❤️ Which of these tips have you already done or did we miss anything? 🛌 taken in United States of America by @modernnursery

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Hit the follow button for more content like this!

And for a bigger breakdown of these brands as well as a more detailed explanation of the info that went into our ranking, comment CLEAN DIAPERS and we’ll send you the full blog post! 🌟

Follow @modernnursery for more content like this! Save this for future reference and drop any questions below. ❤️ taken in United States of America by @modernnursery

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IYKYK! 🤪

Follow @modernnursery to hear more of the things that no else says out loud! We like to speak the truth here, even if it makes people squirm a bit. 😘 taken in United States of America by @modernnursery

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Yep, our free nontox baby registry guide is just one of the essential tools you’ll get from following us. I think you’ll find everything on there, from A to Z, that you’re going to need for your baby starting from day 1, but thoroughly vetted and researched to make sure it’s as low in toxins as possible. 🧚

☠️ Microplastics in baby plates? Fire retardants in car seats? High EMFs from baby monitors? We’ll have none of it!

👉 Our primary job as a nontox baby gear company is to educate parents about which brands and models to buy and which ones to avoid in order to give kiddos the cleanest environment possible for their start in life. Our website is a safe place for discerning parents to shop. We won’t sell anything on there that we wouldn’t use for our own kids!

🌟 Follow us as we continually provide the newest updates on which baby products are safe and which are not, so you can decide what to bring in to your home. 🌳

Comment CLEAN LIST and we’ll send you our nontoxic baby registry guide- free! ❤️ taken in United States of America by @modernnursery

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🙌 I wish I had discovered this hack sooner! I went and bought a bunch of nursing shirts when I had our first kiddo, but in the wintertime with wearing layers especially, it felt like an olympic sport to try to get to my boobs through all the different layers, zippers and flaps, plus I was leaking all over the place and trying to not be exposed in public. 😳

🌟 Here’s the solution: nursing camis! It’s so much easier to just pull your shirt up than to try to pull your boobs out through a nursing shirt. But when you pull your shirt up with just a nursing bra underneath, it exposes your entire midriff. If you’re wearing a nursing cami instead of a bra, the cami stays pulled down to cover your body and then all you have to do is unclip the top portion and latch baby!👏 It works throughout summer and winter.

Here are some other benefits:
🤱 Underwire bras are not ideal for breastfeeding and milk production as they can put pressure on the milk ducts. Camis are shelf lined, so no underwire.
🤱 They’re usually at least two layers of fabric up top, so you have more coverage than a bra and they may even absorb a little of the leakage too- much moreso than a typical bra.
🤱 I’ve found they click and unclick much easier than any nursing bra I had, so I fumble less.
🤱 They work during pregnancy too! I was super happy to find something that could support my growing body, while continuing to breastfeed.

👀I searched high and low for an organic cotton version and finally found one! 📣Comment CLICK and I’ll DM a link to my favorite organic cotton cami.

Follow us and we’ll send lots more insights from our nontoxic parenting journey to make your journey easier! ❤️ taken in United States of America by @modernnursery

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🧚 We’ve already gifted a baby monitor, car seat, glider, dresser, high chair, and crib mattress. There’s plenty more to come!

We can only purchase items on your registry that are linked from Modern Nursery and we can’t buy them if there are duplicate copies from another retailer. So, delete any item from another retailer and add the same item from our website using the “add to Babylist” button. 🤸

Also, don’t DM us with your registry. Instead comment GIFTED for the link to upload your registry or see our link in bio! 🎁 As long as we keep receiving new, legitimate registries, we will keep blessing people!

Send this to anyone you know who has a baby registry! Can’t wait to see what you’ve chosen! ❤️ taken in United States of America by @modernnursery

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Oh one other thing: You also keep your cell phone as far from your body as possible! 📱⚡️

You are still welcome here even if you don’t adhere to all of these points! We’d love to hear your comments when we post about these topics even if you don’t fully agree.

Follow @modernnursery to be a part of our amazing community! ❤️ taken in United States of America by @modernnursery

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In what ways have you had to give up “perfection” because life was just too hectic to do things the way you “should”? Let us know!

Follow us to help make life more holistic and balanced! ❤️ taken in United States of America by @modernnursery

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This is such a hard one for me! After almost two years of infertility before conceiving our first child and ultimately surrendering everything to God, the importance of surrender is not lost on me. 🙏 I realize that I was trying so hard to fulfill my own agenda that I forgot to ask God what He wanted for us as a couple and future family.

As soon as I surrendered, everything changed. 🤲

So where does that leave me now? I don’t want to manipulate things and take actions to achieve or prevent a certain outcome. I love that we were able to just be open to life with our children and God spaced them as He saw fit. 🕊️

✝️ The Catholic church does not support any form of hormonal or barrier birth control. Basically, you need to be open to life if you’re going to choose to be intimate. Period. I LOVE that about our faith and truly appreciate the fact that we are giving our entire selves to one another.

So where does that leave us? 🤷🏻‍♀️ The church teaches that it’s absolutely acceptable to be mindful and space kids out for good reason (right now three 3 and under is certainly a good reason) but also I really truly trust in God. I would have told you I was overwhelmed with just two but we were open to life and here is this precious 4 month old who is so special and has a special place on this earth.

👉 Have you faced this yourself? What was the outcome? Let’s have a community discussion and hear from other points of view! ❤️

Don’t forget to follow @modernnursery for more posts about real life as a crunchy mom of 3 three and under, trying to make this world a little less toxic! taken in United States of America by @modernnursery

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If you’re waking between 1 am and 3 am you might have a liver imbalance. In Chinese medicine, the liver meridian is most active during those times.

Castor oil packs have been used for hundreds of years for detoxing the body and are often used on the liver. 🧚

🙄 By the way, we Googled this and A.I. says there’s no “scientific evidence” that castor oil packs are effective- another reason not to believe everything you read on A.I.!

🔥 As a bonus, you can put a heating pad over the castor oil pack to increase the detoxing, but if you find this too cumbersome, your own body heat is enough to get the process going.

Stick around here for more holistic lifestyle tips that have blessed and helped our lives in so many ways and that we’re happy to share! 📣 Comment DETOX for the supplies I use for my nightly castor oil packs. 🫶 taken in United States of America by @modernnursery

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