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Winter survival, family style

One lesson I have to learn over and over is that despite our best attempts at being healthy and living a well balanced lifestyle I’m not in complete control of everything all the time.  Having children helped me learn that lesson once more last week.  My oldest daughter, who rarely gets sick and when she does recovers quickly, got sick and didn’t bounce back so quickly.  It stopped us in our... [Read more]

Princess Detox: The Princess Jewelry Recall

First it was lead paint, BPA in plastic, microwave ovens, cell phones, mercury, home cleaning supplies, pesticides, melamine in formula, and now cadmium “which can hinder brain development in young children, according to recent research, and is known to cause cancer”  in princess jewelry.   With the latest recall and warnings of toxic levels of cadmium in princess adornments and jewelry... [Read more]

Get Out of that Box! (of cereal that is)

One thing I know is that if we have cereal in the house, my kids want it for breakfast, a snack and even dinner if they think about it.  You may remember how they can negotiate for packaged snacks, and you should see what they do for boxed cereal.  Here is my dilemma, though: I know that breakfast is my first and best opportunity to set them up nutritionally for the day ahead.  It will set the... [Read more]

A Healthy Mom`s Snack Binge

Several weeks ago I took a break from my normal response to my darling daughters when they come to me and say, “I’m huuuungry.” I’m not sure what interrupted my usual mantra: “Would you like a fruit or a vegetable?” Maybe it was the five year old asking for everything she saw, or that I am tired of swimming upstream, wanting more convenience or variety, or I was just in the mood for a change. It... [Read more]

Packing Healthy Lunches – A Mom’s Guilt

School is back in full swing which means there is one more thing (that’s an understatement) on the top of my “to do” list. Packing a healthy lunch for my children is high on my priority list each day. And yet, today my children are buying school lunch because that task just didn’t get done. This is where the mommy guilt enters because honestly I have a very hard time with the quality (or lack... [Read more]