I recently came from an almost three month time period where my baby girl did not sleep — at all. I’m talking, weeks on end of maybe getting 4 hours of sleep in a 24-hour period. It was a nightmare — only I was awake. Night after night I would think, “Surely, she’ll sleep tonight. She’s...
If you have kids, you know they’re undoubtedly starving after a long day at school. Instead of reaching for a bunch of cookies or a bag of potato chips, feed your kids right with healthy after school snacks they are sure to love! Fruit and Dip Both delicious and healthy, fruit is a great after school...
If your child is a picky eater, you know what a battleground the dinner table can be. You try coaxing, cajoling, and maybe even threatening to get your child to eat, but nothing works. Frustrated, you end up tossing the contents of the plate into the trash. You know this can’t go on, but what do you...
The federal government is attempting to regulate all snacks sold in vending machines at schools in order to encourage healthy eating among children. We all want to eat right, even if we don’t. We want children (especially our own children) to eat right, don’t we? If the federal government is going to decide what foods go...
So, here you are again — another birthday, another load of toys to throw on the ever-increasing pile of toybox clutter in your child’s closet. Any parent knows how easily the amount of toys in their children’s room can get overwhelming and out of control. Between fast food restaurant kids’ meals, birthday parties, and the holidays, is there...
The suns rays are incredibly harmful to the skin and long lengths of exposure can result in the skin looking dry and wrinkled but can cause far more serious side affects such as skin cancer. For adults, exposure is serious enough as experts strongly recommend the need for sun protection but for children the need to...
Could early exposure to potential food allergens prevent children from developing allergies? New recommendations from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology say that peanut butter, milk, fish, and eggs might be safe to give to babies as young as 4 to 6 months old. The previous guidelines recommended parents wait until children were 12...
German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once mused, “Without music, life would be a mistake.” Music lovers across time and space would agree, but none so much as music therapists and their patients – especially ones diagnosed with autism. The American Music Therapy Association defines music therapy as: the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish...
