I just discovered there’s a name for a condition that’s been floating around for some time now. It’s called orthorexia, and it’s an obsession with healthy eating that’s gotten out of control and taken over your life.
Yes, folks, we know we’ve been writing post after post about the risks of overweight, and the too-much-junk-food snacking [...]
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Hi Mamas — We’re expecting our 2nd in August. What can we do to prepare our 2 year old ‘princess’?
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So let’s get down to it. With all the talk about childhood obesity and all the media attention … how do you know if YOUR child is at risk?
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Michelle Obama’s new initiative to fight childhood obesity hits 4 critical principles. What are they?
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In golf, a Mulligan is simply a “do-over.” Hit a bad shot? Take a Mulligan and replay that stroke as if it never happened. In life, we Moms all have moments when we’ve wished fervently for a Mulligan. Times we’re not proud of, reactions we’d like to take back the instant they happen.
This may not [...]
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Is the breast milk/formula to rice cereal to strained foods routine hopelessly old school? One reader asks …
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Could that hovering sound possibly … be … you?? Many of us are a little bit guilty, but don’t let it get out of hand.
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Newsflash! Two surprising medical announcements came out this week and you’re probably wondering why on earth we think they’re related.
First, and oh-boy does this make my head explode, is the retraction by the ultra well-respected medical journal Lancet of their 1998 paper that linked the childhood MMR vaccine to autism. Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the author [...]
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One of our almost 1-year-old twins has stubborn thrush that’s driving us crazy! What can I do?
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Young brains are more sensitive to concussion and head injury than we thought. Take special care.
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