There’s a lot of debate these days on what your baby’s first food should be. Infant cereal? Meat? Avocado?? With my first child, I started with a brown rice cereal. With my second, I chose bison as her first food! I still think the infant cereals are useful, as they are a good source of [...]
Just because you are on-the-go, doesn’t mean you have to buy pre-packaged snacks. Packaged snacks are more expensive, and often contain refined flour, lots of sugar, colors and preservatives. Here are some easy and healthy snacks that you can pack in your Wean Green cubes and throw in your purse or diaper bag: raisins, dried [...]
I thought I might be fun to share some tips with you today for feeding your baby or toddler. These are tips I often share on Twitter, in workshops and in consultations. Some of them you may have heard before, some may be new. My hope is that one or two might make meal time [...]
Make sure what you’re washing gets truly clean. It doesn’t make sense to toss your personals in the wash with conventional detergent where they will bathe in chemicals. Stop overdosing on the bad stuff and start washing with natural soap in cold water (except use some warm or hot when you are sick to get [...]
You know the drawer in your kitchen filled with utensils that serve one single purpose and typically aggravate you more than serve you? If you want to cut the crusts off a sandwich, use a knife – you don’t need a separate gadget to accomplish it, right?! If you simplify, it’ll be easier to find [...]
Is your child “small”? Do they eat much less than your friend’s kid? Did the health nurse tell you feed them more food?! I see so many parents stressed out and worried their baby or child is not eating enough food, or is too thin. Yes, you are the parent, and it’s your job to [...]
The name says it all…“junk”mail! Of course you need to get rid of it. The industry standard for a successful unaddressed advertising campaign is a 2% response rate, which means 98% of the resources making junk mail are wasted! You can put a stop to it right now – no cost to you, big savings [...]
We’re busy people, and always in a rush, I am too, so I get it. But how much time does it really take to turn off the engine, and turn it back on? Idling for more than 10 seconds burns gas TWICE as fast as driving for that same amount of time! It also produces [...]
“Mom, I’m hungry!” Is this a common refrain in your household? It is true that young children have small tummies, and need to eat snacks every few hours during the day. A healthy snack consists of a grain, fruit or vegetable, along with a protein source: apple with cheese, a boiled egg with raisins, carrots [...]
We all have WAY too much stuff. Where do we put it? When are we going to use it again? Where does it go when we no longer need it? Take a look to your left, and another to your right and check out how much stuff surrounds us, most of which we probably could [...]
