As your infant becomes a toddler and then an older child, nutrition is still vitally important for your child's health. Sugary foods may also predispose toddlers for problems with overeating later in life, warns Kay Sheppard, author of "Food Addiction: The Body Knows." Your child's best bet for a great adolescence and adult life is to implement healthy eating habits in the … [Read more...] about Nutrition Tips for Toddlers
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Pregnancy Nutrition Tips
A healthy pregnancy requires getting the correct amount of nutrients to support your baby for about nine months. The best time to focus on your dietary health is before you become pregnant. Even women who take good care of their health and consume a balanced diet prior to pregnancy may need to make some changes in eating habits to provide adequate nutrients to their babies. … [Read more...] about Pregnancy Nutrition Tips
5 Tips For Surviving Cold & Flu Season
With flu season reaching its peak in January, my office will soon start filling up with parents and their children who are sick with a cold or the flu. The influenza virus causes a staggering 32 million missed school days and 100 million missed days of work. Symptoms of the flu are often hard to distinguish from those of a common cold; coughing, sneezing, runny nose, … [Read more...] about 5 Tips For Surviving Cold & Flu Season
Sleeping and Feeding Tips For New Moms
This post is in with partnership with Mirum. There's nothing more exciting or terrifying as becoming a mother. When that doctor puts your newborn in your arms for the first time, it's the most incredible and indescribable moment. But what happens after you leave the hospital? You get home and realize you now have to figure out how to care for this little bundle of love. So … [Read more...] about Sleeping and Feeding Tips For New Moms
9 Tips That’ll Help You Survive New Motherhood
The following post is in partnership with Mirum Agency. Life as a new mother is exciting, but let’s be honest, it’s also scary, stressful and intimidating. Here we are caring for an itty bitty person we love more than ourselves, and we don’t know what to do, it’s frightening! But, being a new mom doesn’t mean you can’t handle it like a pro. Here are a few tips from moms … [Read more...] about 9 Tips That’ll Help You Survive New Motherhood