Why I’m Over This Rainbow: Our Food Coloring Sensitivity Story

Just One Mom – Guest Post by Jenn G.

Jenn and her husband live in Northern Kentucky, and have two young kids: a 3-year-old son and 6-month-old daughter. Last summer they began noticing behavioral changes in their son and started looking for answers. They are now dye-free and their son is back to his energetic, fun loving, curious ways. Her story is so similar [...]

Demand better children's healthcare products!

After Kraft’s April Fool’s Day decision to continue use of synthetic dyes in its macaroni and cheese meals marketed to American children, I started thinking about other products specifically made for children that could use a dye-free overhaul. This is National Public Health Week, when we think on all the progress that has been made [...]

This Spring kicks off our family’s second Easter celebration sans “PAAS” egg dyes (“Petroleum Augmented Allurement System”, as I call it). I wanted to open this post with a skippy sounding “Happy Spring!” but I just could not bring myself to do it, as I’m currently in pollen hell. (Yes, I just typed that word [...]

Toxic St. Paddys Day. Photo Credit: Dmitry Sumin

Here we are just weeks after Valentine’s Day and winter holidays, and food coloring is yet again filling store “seasonal” aisles the world over. If it’s not an opportunity to be Irish for a day, then it’s Easter. Any excuse to eat candy, really (just ask Eddie Izzard). It is with a heavy heart, a [...]

Party on…and on…and on… Happy dye-free Valentine’s Day! I’m taking a peek out of my hidey hole of overwhelm to chime in on “Red 40 Day”, as I lovingly call it. Things have been rough for us since the accident, but I can’t let this holiday go by without at least a touch of commentary. [...]

DFD shirt design final. Copyright Sheila Aldridge. All rights reserved.

Hi guys, I hope you all are doing alright. It’s been a painful weekend around here, with lots of tears, prayers, and difficult discussions. The horrifying events of last week in Connecticut really shook me up and made me even more thankful for what I still have. I would like to thank you for all [...]

It’s December already?! Noooooooo, surely not. It’s early days yet, and I’m already stressed to my limit. Probably from lack of sleep and stress from recent events. Bah Freaking Humbug. I won’t even google that to see if I spelled it right. As if we parents weren’t stretched thin enough all year, here comes [...]