Episencial News Round Up 3/12/12
It all comes down to choices when you’re a parent. Do you want to co-sleep or cry it out? Breast-feed or bottle feed? Strict rules or gentle encouragement? There’s no “right” way to parent and although we may start out feeling one way, our opinions may change in the moment. I know my convictions about [...]
Monday News 2/27/12
The past few weeks I’ve heard a lot of parenting stories that have resonated with me. From the insane to heart-wrenching, sometimes it’s hard to believe some of the things you read on the news . Below are some of the most recently talked about parenting stories that have evoked strong opinions in the Blogosphere: [...]
Survival Guide 2012: Skin Immunity & Eczema Risks
Did you know that about 70% of what goes on the skin can go into the body and enter the blood stream very quickly? When you look at a stat like that, it hard to understand why we take our skin for granted…but we do (even I – a skin care professional – do sometimes). But [...]
Holiday News Round Up – Part 2
Between November and the end of the year, most families find at least one opportunity to come together and celebrate a holiday. In our house, we’ve really taken advantage of living so close to so many family members and we try and get together with them as often as we can for just about any [...]
Holiday News Round Up
It’s that time of year when we gather with friends and family, eat too much and make great memories. I married into a large, close-knit family and the holidays mean not only do we see many of the relatives we don’t get to see during the year, but in addition to Thanksgiving, we also celebrate [...]
Are Your Baby’s Products Free From the Bad Stuff?
As a parent, today’s news was a little disturbing. But the Associated Press story earlier today about chemicals in baby care products just reaffirms why I created Episencial skincare. The reason we, Episencial, are here is because we firmly believe the products we use on our children and ourselves should be “Free From the Bad [...]
Episencial News Round Up: Halloween
October 31st is a free pass in my house to pig out on junk. It’s the one day of the year I let the kids eat the stuff I normally wouldn’t dream of allowing. I am “that” mom who not only limits the amount of sugar I give them but try to turn even sweet [...]
Episencial News Round Up
I’m Robin Saks Frankel and I’m an Episencial mom. I have two toddler boys-2 and 3.5 and they are always in motion. Both my kids are notorious early risers, which by default means I am too. And when one of them gets sick, it’s a dreaded house of cards where we each fall prey to [...]
“Ask Alex” – Eczema & Skin Immunity
Our trusted customer service expert, answers your questions about eczema! As an Episencial mom, and an advocate for Episencial products, I receive hundreds of calls and emails each week from other moms who share their skin care challenges with me. The dry winter season is upon us and with it is a rise in the [...]
Skin Immunity: Your Baby’s Immune System Depends on Healthy Skin
Last week, vaccinations were, again, a hot topic. Whether you are pro or con, the thing I love about the fact that this is in the news again is that it draws our attention to immunity in general and it promotes education about it. Even more interesting is that a growing number of parents are [...]