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Apple-y Skinny Mini Muffins

Chances are one of your kids or their friends has a food allergy—or they follow some sort of a specific diet. It started hitting home for us personally when Tammy’s daughters couldn’t bring nuts or peanut butter sandwiches to school because kids in their classes were allergic to them. Serving afternoon snacks started to get a…

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Study: Music Can Reduce Child’s Stress and Pain During Doctor Visits

Any parent who has held their screaming child down to get a shot or during a check-up knows how nerve-wracking a visit to the doctor can be. It’s agonizing to watch your baby feel pain – even when it’s for their own good. But what if there was a simple way to ease that pain? Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have found that listening to music effectively reduces the amount of pain children perceive when they’re in the emergency room.