In today’s world, where obesity is becoming the norm instead of the extreme, it’s so important to make sure we are setting the example for our kids by putting a focus on an active, healthy life. This can start really young! In fact, as my husband and I have started a new workout program, all […]
World Water Day 2016
Today is World Water Day 2016. Want to know why #WorldWaterDay matters? Here are a few stats from our new #stateofwater report to get you motivated to make change! We can do better! Make a change. Children need you to do so! Get the full report here.
Lice, lice baby!
She howled out as I tugged, perhaps a little too viciously, on the tiny little lice catching comb. She wriggled and tried to escape me, but I held on tight. Through gritted teeth I muttered some kind of threat on her well being if she did not sit there and take it like a four-year-old. […]
Who would you turn to if your child was born with a rare condition?
When Christy Cook was born, 50 years ago, her esophagus was not connected properly to her stomach. She had to have 22 surgeries to get everything right! She was 4 years old when she was finally able to eat food like other kids her age! The condition she suffered from is called Esophageal Atresia (EA/TEF), […]
9 tips for getting your kids to eat veggies
If you don’t have to play the game of “hide the veggies,” you are lucky. However, many of us struggle with kids who just DO NOT want to even try. I remember being a kid. I remember how much I detested not only the taste, but the texture of squash. I felt like I was […]
Is there a cure for peanut allergies?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) food allergies are on the rise in the United States, having increased by approximately 50% between 1997 and 2011. But there’s good news! There may be a cure for peanut allergies. You may have seen the new peanut allergy study published in the New England […]
Fight Toxins – 10 Toxic Chemicals to Ban from Your Home
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 […]
6 Things My Sister-in-Law Has Taught me about being STRONG – Boston Strong
My sister-in-law became pregnant with her second child while I was pregnant with my second child, Jelly Bean. Jelly Bean was born in December, and my nephew was due in June. When we received the phone call on April 25th that Boston had been born – I was terrified for them. He was six weeks […]
Hand and foot and mouth… oh my!
This week has been miserable. Mostly for the children, because they’ve had the illness. Hand, foot, and mouth disease, that is. But it’s been miserable for mama too. Because when kids are unhappy, no one is happy. And when children don’t sleep, mom and dad don’t sleep. The worst night of it, poor Tiny was […]
Child Abuse Prevention {Momvocate}
I would guess that NO MATTER WHAT your stance on any issue out there – be it breastfeeding, working, guns, school vouchers, and so forth, all of us moms can agree that child abuse sucks. We can also agree that child endangerment, of any level, also sucks. We want our children to be safe from […]
