My son came home the other day and asked why I didn’t take him to get a flu shot. “We don’t get flu shots,” I answered. “We drink Good Belly instead.” Yes, I was being flippant, but still. While the vitamins and probiotics in Good Belly won’t kill any flu germs we might pick up, [...]
After 9 years in her house, a crop of squash plants mysteriously appeared in my stepmother’s front yard this summer. My brother very kindly brought over 3 large ones to my house recently, and left me wondering what to do with them. A quick internet search found an interesting recipe for a sweet and spicy [...]
A question posed on my neighborhood list serve about feeding toddlers caught my eye. Hello moms, I am looking for a book that discusses eating, behavior, learning (everything) on raising a 12 m growing boy. This is the fourth time I had heard this question in as many weeks, so I thought that my reply [...]
My kids are already back in school and it’s only August 22nd. Our short summer break (wasn’t it longer when we were kids?) was crammed full of camps, sports, pool, and travel, pushing the scale down on the side of mom-time and leaving sorrowfully few hours on the side of work-time for me. While I [...]
When I opened my second-grader’s backpack to insert his lunchbox on Monday morning, I noticed a flyer requesting home-baked goods for the bake sale Thursday night. A-ha! An opportunity to try out one of Elana Amsterdam’s recipes from her brand new cookbook, Gluten-Free Cupcakes: 50 Irresistable Recipes Made with Almond and Coconut Flour! I spied [...]
Today we have a guest post from Brian Jenkins at BrainTrack.com. He offers some good tips for getting kids to eat more fruit and veggies. It’s difficult to get kids to eat healthy. With all the tasty junk food options out there, eating “gross” vegetables can seem like punishment! What can parents do? Let’s take [...]
New data shows children survive car crashes in better shape if they remain in rear-facing car seats until they are 2, and in booster seats until they reach 4’9″. I believe the best cures work by preventing the problem in the first place, whether you’re talking about migraines, multiple sclerosis, or physical injuries from car [...]
“The average American eats about 20 pounds dry weight of additives each YEAR. This is ten times the amount used 40 years ago. Those who eat a lot of packaged, processed, or take-out foods may eat twice the average amount or more. Children in particular have a very high intake because many of the manufactured [...]
