You all know that I’m not a big fan of sugar, and my healthy Halloween party plan along with its cousin the healthy school Christmas party post are evidence of that. Oh, and then there was the time I said sugar is as bad for kids as cigarettes…but I still eat cookies. I DO still […]
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Fed up with the school birthday treats? Me too. Here’s everything you’ll need for a quick and easy NO SUGAR kid Halloween party idea. Games, activities, and healthy food plan for school Halloween treats are done for you! Are you in charge of planning a kids’ Halloween party for your child’s elementary school classroom this
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Would there be an uproar if parents found out the school had passed around cigarettes – only one per kid, mind you – at the elementary school track-and-field day or the fundraiser run? Advertisement for run: “All children who finish get a T-shirt and a cigarette at the end of the race!!” Um. Seriously? Of
If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, what’s the most important part of a healthy breakfast? Making sure what you eat is nourishing and sustaining. Healthy fats do both better than any glass of orange juice or frozen waffle, making them the foundation of any healthy breakfast. The Role of Fat in
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Chill, Mama. That karate chop I busted out on poor Uncle Charlie when he made an attempt to give my first baby a bite of dirt cake at 7 months old? May have been overkill, it turns out. When that little-baby-who-is-now-an-alarmingly-old-kid was born over a decade ago, the recommendation from our pediatrician on introducing first
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This post is from guest writer Alison Adair from the Pure Food Kids Foundation. Food marketers spend two billion dollars a year convincing kids to eat foods that are unhealthy – we don’t want our kids to fall for it. But how do we protect them from the cartoons, celebrity endorsement, flashy colors and games
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I was so awful at first at finding Whole30 approved recipes that satisfied! Those first few days of the Whole30 for my husband and low phytic acid anti-cavity diet for me felt like torture. We were hungry, felt deprived, and every meal was a feat of self-discipline and mad knife skills. (Good thing my kids
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The great thing about a Whole30 is that it really makes you meal plan, and you find ideas for so many vegetables in your diet, you might buy out the produce section. You might even start your day with a load of vegetables, like this “tastes like pizza breakfast hash” I discovered. If you ever
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What’s the deal with zoodles? If you’ve tried zucchini recipes before and thought it was a mushy mess, you may be a little worried about making spaghetti out of them. Spiralizing is used on many vegetables, especially when people are attempting a gut-healing or grain-free elimination diet, BUT zucchini noodles, “zoodles,” are by far the
I just LOVE Redmond Trading and all of their products. They are really great people to work with, too. Their clay has so many uses! Check out what they have to say about it (these words will feed your inner science geek AND history buff brain!): Redmond Clay has been used by generations of people for
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It just doesn’t stop this summer! First, Consumer Reports says that mineral sunscreens just aren’t effective after testing 13 of them. I totally disagree with them and elucidate my points rather, ahem, pointedly, right HERE. Now, a reader sent me this article about the dangers of the sunscreen ingredient avobenzone reacting with chlorine in swimming
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I feel like I’m always looking for more easy lunch packing ideas for my kids! I don’t want to make special lunch recipes – I just want those boxes packed up and ready for school in the morning, without stress. Amen? My history with both observing and packing school lunches is pretty extensive (as is
Bet you’d never think constipation would have anything to do with bedwetting at night – but it might. I couldn’t believe how many people struggle with constipation in their toddlers, and it’s possible that those solutions will help the nighttime potty accidents as well! I have plenty of personal experience, unfortunately: You don’t expect to
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Looking for meal plan basics? You’re in the right place. Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to be the boss of your meal planning like you’re the boss of the house! (a little throwback to my old Monday Missions!) It turns out that planning a menu for the week is a massive help in being
Looking for a natural wasp killer that won’t hurt you in the process? I’ve got your solution for how to get rid of wasps! Long pants and a hoodie sweatshirt on a 95-degree day? You bet, if you’re trying to get rid of wasps (just remember not to nab the bees!). I hope you didn’t
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Planning a menu for camping can be tricky – especially if you want healthy camping food. Have no fear! I’m here for you with healthy, easy foods for camping. Now that we’ve gone camping every summer since our second child was 2 months old, we feel like we’re old pros. We have the same whole
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With a name like “fruit pizza,” you’d think you were making a healthy dessert that might actually have some nourishment for your kids. But…Every recipe I’ve ever seen for fruit pizza uses sugar cookie dough as the base. Usually they call for pre-packaged, trans-fat and white-sugar laden monstrosities, and super sugary frosting too. That bums me
When you have to write, “Clean toothpaste off walls…and cupboards,” on your to-do list, you know you have kids. Our toothpaste has always surprised people because it looks like mud instead of being bright blue and pink. I like it that way. 🙂 Except…when it squirts out of control onto the mirror or the wall!
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Constipation in toddlers is a common issue, but many parents struggle with how to help their little ones feel better. Here’s a collection of suggestions from real parents broken down into three major categories. Reviewed by Sheila Kilbane, MD I am not sure I’ll ever forget the televised image of Jon from the TLC show
Let’s just start off on the right foot here: I’m not a doctor or health professional, and I won’t be able to treat, cure or heal your constipation – naturally or otherwise. That said, I hope some of these ideas from our gut healing diet make you poop, which should cause some relief. They worked
