No Holding Back

When Breast is Best

February 26, 2015 by katbiggie 4 Comments

I have never taken too much of an interest in the debate over breast feeding vs. formula. I was breastfed, and I intended to at least try with my own children (although I never realized how difficult it could be!) but I knew plenty of people my age who were exclusively formula fed babies and […]

Fight Toxins – 10 Toxic Chemicals to Ban from Your Home

February 25, 2015 by katbiggie 3 Comments

I am inviting you to join me in an effort to fight toxins. Not only is food making us sick, the toxins we are exposed to on a daily basis are playing their more than fair share. If you have children in your house, I beg you to consider eliminating these toxins from your […]

Healing the Gut + Amazing #Whole30 #Paleo Breakfast scramble

February 24, 2015 by katbiggie 6 Comments

Healing the Gut As I mentioned in my post about my shower head and my thyroid, I have been taking advantage of some really amazing web conferences on health that have been happening over the last couple months. I just finished the Healthy Gut Summit, preceded by the Auto Immune Summit, preceded by a summit […]

St. Patrick’s Day No Sew Tshirt

February 23, 2015 by katbiggie 1 Comment

I have really tried to make an effort as a mother to do cutesie things for my girls. Trust me when I say it is way outside of my comfort zone, but I still want to try. Over the years I have really struggled with my role as a stay at home mom in the […]

1000 Voices for Compassion #1000Speak

February 19, 2015 by katbiggie 5 Comments

When the phone rang the other day, I didn’t expect the news I received. It was my younger sister calling to tell me that she had bad news. Her dog had undergone a little procedure to pull a tooth and did not make it out of surgery. Not only was she sad about losing her […]

Thyroid Disease and your Shower Head

February 17, 2015 by katbiggie 13 Comments

Okay, so that may seem like a strange pairing. One that I certainly would not have made, had it not been for all of the research I have been conducting on auto immune diseases lately. I suffer from both Lupus and Hashimotos Thyroiditis. Over the past year, my symptoms have continued to worsen, and I […]

Gluten Free Cookies by #Glutino at Walmart

February 13, 2015 by katbiggie 11 Comments

Remember a couple of weeks ago when I told you all about Walmart’s Gluten Free selection? Let me give you a quick recap. Walmart a really great Gluten free section in select Walmart stores. And the prices are definitely cheaper than other places. Last night I bought another bag of Glutino cookies at another store, […]

Healthy Gut Summit – FREE

February 7, 2015 by katbiggie 2 Comments

I haven’t written a whole bunch about my auto immune diseases and my personal struggles with trying to get healthy, beyond a few posts here and there, but it’s something I have been researching a LOT lately, and a topic I plan to write about much more regularly. You see, the last few months I […]

National Wear Red for Healthy Hearts Day 2015

February 6, 2015 by katbiggie Leave a Comment

If you’ve been following this blog, or if you’re involved with ANY of the TTTS Facebook groups, you know Marcel and his adorable girls, Kiera and Charlie. If you’ve been following their story, you know that Kiera had to recently have open heart surgery to fix her heart from Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). Today is […]

Measles vaccine is confirmed safe after 12-year study

February 5, 2015 by katbiggie 2 Comments

Did you know that there is a Vaccine Study Center that dedicates itself to studying and ensuring vaccines are safe? I didn’t either until I started doing some research. The Kaiser Permanent Vaccine Study Center has recently confirmed the safety of the HPV4 vaccine for adolescents, but more important to the current measles outbreak, they […]

Those bright, colorful, potentially DEADLY detergent pods

February 4, 2015 by katbiggie 1 Comment

After I recovered from the initial shock of the Nationwide #MakeSafeHappen commercial, I have decided I am glad that they sparked the debate on accidental injuries and deaths in the home. This is a topic that I’m so passionate about, so why wouldn’t I want this to happen? I write about children’s health topics on […]

#LikeAGirl Superbowl commercial

February 2, 2015 by katbiggie 13 Comments

Normally I don’t blog about things like Superbowl commercials. But the 2015 Superbowl commercials were awfully “special” weren’t they? This year, they seemed to be focusing on making everyone cry rather than laugh. (Except the one with the screaming and the goat. That was hilarious!) There are three in particular that I really want to […]

Walmart’s Got More Gluten Free Choices!

January 30, 2015 by katbiggie 8 Comments

This is exciting news! I’ve told you all about how my dad was diagnosed with Celiac disease and about how when we first began to learn about gluten and going gluten free, there weren’t many options for us in the grocery store. Not only was the gluten free section barely existent, but the products tasted […]

Ways to Help a Grieving Mother

January 28, 2015 by katbiggie 4 Comments

Just as it’s hard to know what to say and do for someone who has lost a baby (what do you say to someone who has lost a baby?) it’s also often very difficult to ask for help. So here’s a little checklist that can be used by both parties – those who are trying […]