About
GreenMomHappyMom.com is a blog (weblog) website dedicated to new moms and dads seeking information and support for natural pregnancy, natural birth, natural parenting and green living.
Inside GreenMomHappyMom.com you will find:
- A large collection of articles covering not only the primary topics of natural pregnancy, natural birth, natural parenting and green living but also, many sub topics such as home birth, hypnobirthing, cloth diapers, breastfeeding, sleep solutions and baby wearing.
- Real life, hands on pregnancy, birth and parenting experience shared with honesty, integrity and at times a bit of humor.
- Reviews of various books, products and websites that will help you make the best choices for you and your new family.
Who is Jess Ray?
Jess Ray, founder and author of GreenMomHappyMom.com, is a down to earth mom living in Upstate NY, just outside of the Adirondack Park with her husband Matt, daughter Evalee and two German Shepherds, Django and Asta.
*Update: We are now expecting a second child in Dec of 2009!
Jess grew up with what you could say was a green lifestyle, long before “green” was such a new topic in our culture. Originally from the Philadelphia, PA area, her parents moved to Upstate NY when Jess was in 1st grade to an old farm house on 60 acres.
They had a huge garden, raised their own beef, chicken and pigs and bought milk from the dairy farmer around the corner.
Fast forward about twenty five years and here we are.
In October of 2005, Matt and Jess opened Livingood’s Restaurant. Matt had always wanted to own his own restaurant (ideally a brew pub but that is another whole story) and Jess had the business savvy to make that happen. So, they put their talents together and made Matt’s dream a reality.
Shortly after opening day, about 6 weeks, they found out they were expecting! Not in the plans exactly, but good news just the same. It was immediately understood that Jess would move the business aspects of the restaurant to a home office and be a work from home, full time mom.
It was this pregnancy that opened Jess’s eyes to the vast world of natural parenting, in fact, it birthed a passion within Jess that she didn’t even know existed. Honestly, before becoming pregnant, Jess wasn’t really sure if she wanted to have children. She thought life could be just fine with a bunch of dogs for “kids”.
But, life has as funny way of showing you a path you had no idea was there, waiting for you to explore.
Jess knew that her life would never be the same and wanted to prepare her body and mind as much as possible for this new addition to their life. She immersed herself in research about everything to do with pregnancy, birth and parenting. It was through this process that she got the idea to start GreenMomHappyMom.com.
Granted, a lot of the information on this blog can be found on other website,s but you need to look in several places to find it all. Plus, unless you are “in the know” many of the alternative sites are not the ones you may come across right away.
There is also a lot of information in books and videos that can’t be found on the web.
Jess wanted to create a one stop resource and guide for moms interested in empowering themselves with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions about their style of birth, parenting and overall lifestyle.
So, if you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to GreenMomHappyMom.com via RSS or sign up for the monthly newsletter to stay up to date on the latest in Jess’s world.
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Hi Jess-
I was just reading your post on the 3 day sleep solution – but not all of it is still posted. Will you please email the entire article?
Thank you so much!
Lisa
Hello,
I am trying to earn some publicity for the Nature Conservancy’s mission to plant 1 billion trees. I would like to discuss advertising options with you. If you wouldn’t mind emailing me back that would be great.
Thanks,
Carly
Hi Jess!
I am writing a blog entry for Ecover on how to wash cloth diapers and would love some “tips” from moms like you! If you would like to be a part of this upcoming blog post, just drop me an email at listening@ecoverusblog.com. Thanks so much!
-Deb for Ecover
Hi
I am the editor for the Organic Living page at Allthingshealing.com.
I found your articles on Ezine. Love them. I’d love to post them, starting with Organic Vs. Natural, What’s the Difference. Then, I’d like to stop back and post more at a later date.
Thanks for writing them and making the information available!
Susan Lutz
Hi Jess,
Glad you are embracing the country lifestyle and hope you are enjoying it. I couldn’t find a specific email address for you so hope you will get this message.
Today I posted an article titled Diapers, Diapers, Diapers that I thought you and your readers may be interested in. Cloth diapers make sense for so many reasons: health, cost effective, and the right choice for the environment. I am the author of a book titled In The Trenches – Financial Survival During Times of Hardship and a companion blog. One of the options I promote is the use of cloth diapers.
I hope you will visit the site and leave your comments on the post and share it with your readers as a link. I plan to do follow-up articles on the subject and am considering doing a round up of sites that support the cloth diaper choice. I would be happy to share your story as a guest post.
As you can see I am open to options and ideas and would like to hear from you. So please visit http://inthetrenches2009.blogspot.com and let me know what you think.
Carol
Hi Jess,
Holly Kostas over here in LP turned me on to your great website and said I could drop her name in contacting you as I am currently studying to be a post-partum doula up here in the Adirondacks. My family and I (hubby and 2 girls 6 &
currently live in Paul Smiths (at the college) and are moving to LP permanently next year. So when I was telling Holly about my doula interest she sent me your way! I was interested what you thought about the need and/or desire for doulas in the north country recognizing the communities are rural and very spread out. While I personally think doula are amazing, I’m hesitant to commit to the work not knowing if there is a market. Any thoughts on this? Thanks for all your great work – can’t wait to read more. I’ve just found your site this morning. Take care, Jenn
Hi Bob,
I can’t promise that you will make any money with the information I have for you BUT at the very least you will know the ins and outs of this screwy industry. Best of luck to you,
Jess
I feel you’ve already “made” me $157. Angel’s sales are lacking because the price is going down!I’m not looking to “get rich”.I’m a husband and father to two wonderful children ,looking for a legitamite way to earn extra income.You seem very REAL to me and I’m looking forward to review your information.
P.S. I’m a HVAC technician and if your information does make me money, you’ll get your instant hot water for free.LOL
Hi Jean,
Yea, this area is beautiful and you can’t beat the summers here. If I can help at all with your biz, let me know.
Jess
I came across your youtube video while researching ‘angel’ scams—and thought you might be scamming as well! Anyway, was very pleased to see that you are ligit and a fellow Potsdam alum—I, too, attended for only a year. (I was spending waaay too much $ at the local pizzeria and pubs—so transferred back to my hometown of Buffalo.
Glad you aren’t scamming—and look forward to getting more of your emails and learning about internet marketing. Some friends and I are starting a business and need any and all advice.(we’re all older moms of highschool age kids)
PS-we camp every summer up in Blue Mt. Lake–love the ADK