Health

California Baby Products: Natural, Safe, and Delicious Smelling!

July 20, 2011

Here’s the thing about baby soaps and shampoos: they all smell the same. I grew up in the decade of Johnson & Johnson baby bath and No More Tears Detangler…….if I try really hard, I can still smell that stuff. Don’t get me wrong, I love the stuff, but after a while a girl just [...]

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Is It Time to Rethink Postpartum Placenta?

September 8, 2009

Worried about postpartum depression? Don’t want to take drugs? Try your placenta. Apparently there are postpartum doulas who can process your placenta into placenta pills (shown above). Thank God, because when I read about this at first I had visions of a fillet of placenta, sautéed up with onions and peppers. Eeeeww. The practice of [...]

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Half Way Never Felt So Good and So Terrifying

August 28, 2009

Just back from the monthly visit to the OBGYN to check on the status of the new little one (no, I don’t have an in utero name). We both got a clean bill of health and are both growing right on schedule – whew! With all the morning sickness (so not the right thing to [...]

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Swine Flu Vaccine for Pregnant Woman and Young Children

August 28, 2009

The U.S. Government’s Health and Human Services department has just released information on the Swine Flu (H1N1) vaccine as well as the influenza vaccine on www.flu.gov. If you have the time, watch their video on the site – it’s extremely informative. Here’s my take on what I learned today. First, the conversation on the video [...]

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Lunchbox Notes of Love

August 27, 2009

I saw this back to school post and thought I’d pass it along. While I’m not the type of mom who thinks of sending little notes in lunchboxes, I love the idea of being able to do it so quickly and easily. These little lunchbox lovies are simply adorable and seem rather quick. And, if [...]

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The Search for Healthy Toddler Food

August 21, 2009

I’ve been struggling with nutrition as of late. Since becoming pregnant and having all sorts of aversions to food and, well, the entire kitchen, I’ve noticed that I’ve let my toddler’s food choices slip from nutritious to easy to make. Now I’m not saying that things that are easy to make are inherently not nutritious, [...]

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Pregnant While Chasing a Toddler: Reality Sets In

July 29, 2009

OMG! When thinking about the whole idea of having a second child, my husband and I forgot a number of crucial data points, which, unfortunately, have now reared their ugly heads. First, exhaustion. I mean, our toddler (20 months, now) is so precocious – she’s in to everything. It’s fun, at times, to catch her [...]

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Brushing Teeth: Learning to Brush at an Early Age!

April 28, 2009

At less that two years old, my daughter, who sees me and my husband brushing our teeth each morning (she’s usually asleep by the time we do it at night) has taken a keen interest in the toothbrush. On a recent playdate, she even convinced her friend to join in on the fun. Since we’re [...]

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Have We Become Our Own Wet Nurses?

March 19, 2009

I was reading an article in the New Yorker about breastfeeding and was stunned at the idea that we, as mothers, may becoming our own wet nurses because of the preference of pumping over breastfeeding. As a mother who had difficulty with breast feeding because my milk had trouble traveling down my milk ducts to [...]

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