My passion: health and nutrition
"Lettuce Turnip The Beet" - Unknown What is it about the color green that makes kids instantly turn up their nose? My favourite vegetables are green—the darker the better. But for my little ones it has been a struggle to get them to eat anything green. Green...
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Growing up in a health food family we never had any of the common toothpaste brands in our house. We were the kids who had the big words in red marker on our dental files NO FLOURIDE. So when my own kids starting going to the dentist I was surprised that not much had...
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Protein Muffins are Kid Approved Some days it feels like all we do as parents is prepare food, clean up and then move on to prepare the next. On days like this, I am happy to have two staple ingredients in our house, bananas and eggs. These two ingredients can make...
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Are you daunted by the supplement aisle at your grocery store? If you are like me you probably pick up a few items for yourself like a multivitamin or vitamin D3. And you have most likely asked yourself if your children really need nutritional supplements? I am...
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I love raw honey because I like to be able to have something sweet and have zero guilt. I also like that I never have to say no to my kids when they ask, “can I have honey on that?” I am ‘that mom’ - the mom at birthday parties that watches each cupcake, juice box,...
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This simple check can help you figure out if your child has low iron. Gently pull down their lower eyelid and check the colour of the inside of the eyelid. If the colour is pale pink or whitish looking your child could be low in iron. The image attached is after 90...
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Sugar can masquerade as glucose, fructose, dextrose, corn syrup and too many more names to list. Children are recommended to have a maximum of 25g of sugar per day (as per the World Health Organization) and with just one popular fun-sized chocolate bar having 10g of...
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Seeing two pink lines on a pregnancy test stick can be one of the most exciting times in your life! You’re pregnant! You are now on the way to making a human! Even after having three girls, I still find the whole process fascinating. I was one of the first among my...
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Is your child doing a little dance the whole way home or running to the washroom as soon as you open the door? Parents are sometimes surprised when their children won’t use a school bathroom, and they’re often just as perplexed about how to solve the problem. As a...
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Successfully getting your toddler to pee in the toilet is a huge accomplishment and every parent is ecstatic when it finally happens. But some toddlers just won’t go number two. And the longer they hold it, the more constipated they become, making the stool more...
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