What’s in Your Food?
A Closer Look at Dried Fruits & Nuts
As many parents are opting for healthier meals and treats, it means making a bee-line for the produce aisle or for the sundries like raisins, figs and, when allergies aren?t at issue, nuts. They?re fresh (or dried). They?re all-natural. They allow you to encourage good [...]
Tags: artificial food preservatives, diet, dried fruit, family health, family nutrition, healthier food, nuts, Organic food, sulfites, sulfur dioxide, sundries
Posted in: Health, Nutrition
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The mayor of Gloucester, Ma., has denied that several teen-aged girls at Gloucester HS have a pact where they plan to get pregnant and help raise each other’s children. According to Mayor Carolyn Kirk, she has not been able to confirm the existence of said pact. She announced in a meeting with…
Tags: Massachusetts, pact, Pregnancy, teenagers
Posted in: News, Pregnancy
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Several news headlines about children’s vaccines caught my attention as well as that of fellow blogger Dawn Allcot last week .
FDA Approves 5-in-1 Children’s Vaccine – HealthDay News
New Combination Vaccine for Children – New option could mean fewer shots for 4 to 6 year-olds in the U.S. – PRNewsWire News Releases
Controversies have been brewing over [...]
Tags: immunization, schedule, shots, vaccines
Posted in: Current Events, Health
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This is part three of the story of the birth of our daughter.
Read Part: 1 | 2
We talk. We cry. We panic. I try to call a friend of hers who had a c-section the previous December without success. I offer the following: insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting a different result. [...]
Tags: birth, delivery, experience
Posted in: Health, Pregnancy
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I’ve always been fascinated by other cultures. The different food, how the people dress differently, their beliefs about family, education, money. My husband and I love traveling, and before the baby came we often planned either a big international trip or several mini-trips across the country. From Morocco to London, to Italy, [...]
Tags: Italy, nutella, parenting around the world, PB&J, peanut butter
Posted in: Parenting
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