Traditional Foods Modern Life

Congratulations! Your body has become the growing factory for a human life. Pregnancy is really a beautiful thing, but its not all that glorious. A baby will seek out all the nutrients it needs from its mother's vitamin and mineral stores. Blood volume will increase (working to double itself) and tissues will grow and expand to make room for baby. Organs will be pushed aside, hormones will change to compensate for the needs of mom and baby. Here is the important part: A mother's ability to function will depend heavily on her nutrient intake throughout the day. Because a fetus is designed to seek what it needs, it doesn't care if its leaving enough for mom. Eating enough quality nutrients will ensure that mom feels good while she is growing a baby!

Warning! This is a gloating blog on our family's successful implementation of chores. My husband and I have had a great deal of success upholding ...

How do you measure the danger your child is in? How quickly do you intervene when your child is in danger? I came up with for following informal scale for how quickly I react when my child is in danger.

Baby food should be a transition period for your child toward eating real nutrient and dense foods in bites that they can manage. Homemade baby food is a way to offer nutritious wholesome foods to your baby, but the process and the preparation is not a ritual that I enjoy dragging on longer than necessary.

This recipe is infinitely adaptable to your needs and desires. I included a simple combination and some possible variations. The recipe only makes 12 bites, so make a few batches at once if you don't want to leave any one unhappy!

90% of the noises kids make from 6+ months are whining, not crying
When your child is whining please don't run to theIr every whim and offer your best consoling. Let's all start to teach our children to solve their own problems whenever possible. It might sound like they are crying but they are really just whining loudly with an additional wail for dramatic effect.

My son really enjoys playing youth soccer. He loves practices and games. He is learning to be a part of a team, and to follow the coach’s instructions. Our son is not a standout in the six and under division, but he enjoys participating and I support his participation in youth sports. I loathe the after game snack requirement.

Chinese Swimmer, Fu Yuanhui, made international headlines when she discussed her period following her team’s Olympic performance. Her team placed 4^th in the 4x100 meter medley relay, narrowly missing a medal. (Fu went on to win an individual bronze in back stroke). Fu admitted she was grimacing with abdominal pain following the race because she started her period the day before

When you are blessed with a kid who sleeps through the night other
parents will tell you one of two things. My kids never slept, or the
next one is going to be a nightmare.  As the parent of two good
sleepers, maybe

We don’t eat out very often with two young kids, ages four and 13 months, but when we do, we focus on