Giving New Meaning to Parenting

It’s summertime here. Aahhhhh. Living as we do in a Northern climate, we get the benefit of 4 distinct seasons. This makes for great variety, but also means that different kinds of produce are not always available at reasonable prices.
For example, we just finished up strawberry season. The boys [...]

When my son was a little over one year old, we discovered he had a peanut allergy. He ate a piece of chocolate over at my mother’s house, and immediately broke out in a head to toe rash. Over the course of that year, we found out he was allergic to several foods (milk, strawberries, [...]

Over the weekend, we took the kids to the local Natural History Museum to view the dino skeletons and other items of history. They had a great time.
We were pleasantly surprised to find that a heath care event was going on with all sorts of crafts and displays for kids to learn about healthy [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I asked my readers on a few websites one question: If you breastfed for over a year (the WHO recommends at least two, but we‘re flexible here), what do you think helped you to get that far?
For such a vague and unscientific question, I was grateful for all of the [...]

As a parent, I’m faced with the same ‘which snacks to pack’ struggle as everyone else. Of course I want to give my kids foods they like, foods that are also good for them, but that’s not always the easiest thing to do. I usually end up grabbing for the goldfish or the wheat thins, [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I asked my readers on a few websites one question: If you breastfed for over a year (the WHO recommends at least two, but we‘re flexible here), what do you think helped you to get that far?
For such a vague and unscientific question, I was grateful for all of the [...]

The WHO stipulates that all babies must be breastfed exclusively for six months, and that breastfeeding should continue for two years and beyond.
Many people gasp in horror at this, but I’m sure that the WHO has done their research (okay, I know they have) and has reasons for believing that babies, in ALL nations, [...]

My least favorite part of the day, even worse than waking up two cranky children, has got to be dinner time. I absolutely abhor dinner time, from the planning, to the cooking, to sitting down to the table only to have children who don’t want to eat this or that.
Don’t get me wrong, [...]

Let me start off here by stating for the record my bias, that breastfeeding my children was something I found not only personally fulfilling but also a one of the most important things I have done as their mother. I did so, even though I was working full time and had to pump milk [...]

We interrupt this saving money/food organizing series to examine an important question.
Do you ever feel like people are judging you based on the food you serve your family?
I know I do.
And let’s face it, most of us have probably looked at the eating habits of at least one other family and ummmm, drawn some conclusions.  [...]