We definitely don’t want to be getting the flu this year, especially since babies have to be 6 months before they can be vaccinated, so we’re all getting flu shots! Well, Elliot actually got the “Flumist” vaccination, which was waaay better than a shot.
It’s relatively new and my pediatrician says it lasts longer than the [...]
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Like I’ve said before, we’ve had the stomach flu at our house this week, and I have a few tips that will hopefully help the stomach flu pass with a little less trauma for your family.
First, our pediatrician recommended Culturelle for the diarrhea (English’s most difficult word to spell), which has afflicted everyone in our [...]
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Yesterday I talked about putting milled flax seed in yogurt, and I thought I should talk a little bit more about it, since flax seed comes in different forms.
You can buy flax as seeds (pictured left) or milled, which is ground up seeds (pictured right). You get more benefit from the milled kind because [...]
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I love Costco for a few reasons, but the biggest one is their samples. Our Costco doesn’t have a ton of samples, but the ones they do have are really yummy. If you go at the right time you don’t have to make yourself lunch at home!
Last time we were there they were [...]
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If you haven’t been on a swing set in a while, take your kids to the park and hop on a swing. Doing things you used to do as a kid is a very happy thing. I think 5 minutes on a swing every day would help me be a better mother with more [...]
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Joel has had really bad diaper rash – I think maybe he’s allergic to milk, but I can’t be sure. He loves milk and it’s the one thing he’ll never reject, so I don’t want to stop giving it to him. It could also have nothing to do with milk – identifying the [...]
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So I’m doing a “Biggest Loser/Shape Up” fitness challenge with some friends. I’m mostly doing it for fun – I don’t expect to win because frankly, I’m not really willing to give up some of my unhealthy habits, like dessert several times a day, etc.
And in the first several months after my son [...]
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Last weekend my husband and my son went on a “Boys’ Bash” outing with Grandma, Grandpa, uncles, and boy cousins. Among other things, they went on a little hike, not terribly long, about a mile. So my son wasn’t in the sun for more than an hour, but he did get a sunburn.
It [...]
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People with dark skin still need sunscreen – you can have skin damage even if you can’t visibly see it because of the tone of your skin.
Waterproof sunscreen does come off somewhat in the water so be sure to re-apply.
Sunscreen doesn’t last all day, so re-apply every few hours even if you’re not [...]
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In order for hand washing to do any good, you have to wash them for more than 5 seconds. A fun idea is to teach kids to wash their hands to “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” Sing that song in your head, and when you’re done you know your hands have been sufficiently [...]
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We have really struggled with our son’s night time sleep routine. Recently he has been waking up in the middle of the night for hours at a time, refusing to go back to sleep.
Since he was born I have nursed and rocked him to sleep, which worked fine until he learned to sit and [...]
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My son is getting his first tooth, which reminds me of an experience we had a while ago. When my son was first born, we had a neighbor come to visit with her runny-nosed child. The mother assured me that he wasn’t sick, just teething. THIS IS BALONEY. I asked my [...]
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Baby teeth fall out in the same order they came in. If you have a child who is teething, print off this mouth/tooth chart for his baby book and keep track of the order in which his teeth come in. Then when he gets to the age when his baby teeth fall and [...]
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My husband’s grandmother is in the process of dying, and because of this I wanted to write a post advocating hospice and palliative care. Palliative care focuses on making a sick person as comfortable as possible and reducing their symptoms and pain. Hospice is a palliative care program. For my husband’s grandma, [...]
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