I love that breastfeeding comes with tons of health-related perks, but there so many other awesome reasons why breastfeeding rocks. Here’s my own personal top 5 list – leave us a comment and add your own reasons to this list! Continue reading
Surviving Postpartum Day 3: I Wish I Knew
Back and forth and back and forth in the rocking chair, babe in arms, singing You Are My Sunshine in monotone whilst bawling my eyes out for an entire day – that was my postpartum day 3. Or was it 4 or 5 – who remembers?
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Posted in Babies, Breastfeeding Your Baby, Depression & Anxiety After Birth, Depression & Anxiety During Pregnancy, Parenting, Pregnancy, Preparing to Breastfeed
Tagged baby blues vs. PPD, beastfeeding, first few days after baby, first few days after birth, first few days postpartum, hand express breast milk, hand expression, Mental Health, Physical Health, postpartum blues, PPD, PPMD, skin to skin, you are not alone
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Food Safety: “You put WHAT in the marinade?”
As you know, I tend to share things with you as they come up – just my thing. So this time, the item residing in my craw happens to be on the topic of food safety, or more specifically: safe food handling and food-borne illnesses. I know it sounds a tad dry – but believe me; not everyone knows this stuff and I know parents, like me, want to give their kids safe and healthy food.
Although I am a subscriber to the “it isn’t a party till somebody either breaks something, cries, vomits or poops” philosophy, I don’t actually seek to welcome any of those events. That said, I was rightly grossed out recently when, on more than one occasion – both at barbecue events with young families present – some (what I thought were) rather basic food handling rules were broken (i.e. annihilated) right before my watering eyes. Continue reading
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Posted in Babies, Before Pregnancy, Children & Tweens, Feeding Your Baby in the First Year, Healthy Eating for Toddlers & Preschoolers, Healthy Eating for Your Child/Tween, Healthy Eating for your Teen, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Pregnancy, Prenatal Health, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged FightBAC, food borne illnesses, food poisoning, food preparation, food safety, food-borne pathogens, grandparents, Physical Health, proper refrigeration, raw fish, raw meat, safe food prep, Salmonella
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To Curfew or Not to Curfew. Have the times changed?
When I hear the word curfew, I wonder… what exactly is “a curfew”?
Because when I was younger curfew was 11 p.m. – no matter what! Let me clarify, it actually wasn’t my curfew, but that of my older sisters. There really are many benefits of being the “baby” of 4 girls.
Even though I was just a child when my sisters were teens, I still remember the arguments. Curfew was always a bone of contention! It did not matter where they were going – whether it was a school dance, out with friends, or trying to organize going to the movies – they needed to be home by 11 p.m. Continue reading
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Posted in Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged boundaries, consequences, curfew, expectations, Mental Health, negotiating, parenting teens, relationships, school health, teens
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In Honour of Single Parent Families
I asked a friend of mine, a long-time single mom, to answer what I thought was a relatively simple question that would reap an equally simple answer. I was wrong (as is often the case). She graciously gave me poetic licence (a scary thought – LOL!) to share her thoughts my way. Here’s how it went…
“I’m writing a blog about single parent families. You’re an expert on this topic – what, in a nutshell, are your thoughts on single parent families?” Well, that nutshell turned out to house a nut darn near the size of Texas. I asked her to finish this sentence (and she sure did): Continue reading
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Tagged divorce, grandparents, international year of the family, marital break-up, Mental Health, school, separation, single dad, single father, single mom, single mother, single parent, single parent families, special needs, step-family, two household family
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