For a lot of babies, pacifiers can soothe and help fussy babies float off to dreamland, without the help of a sometimes-exhausted mom. But when kids start to depend on pacis — or binkies — to fall asleep or for comfort, often up to the age of 4, then it’s…
Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes
All along, turkey has been associated to once a year family feasts. You know, the Thanksgiving turkey. The Christmas turkey. Roast turkey stuffed with some yummy stuffing, eaten with gravy or cranberry sauce is a must for the end of the year celebrations. The fact is, turkey is such a…
Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes
Kid party food doesn’t have to take hours to prepare or completely blow your budget. When it comes to kids and party food, variety and presentation are the answer. Rather than cooking a few specialty dishes, aim for serving lots of small dishes of fun and kid-friendly finger foods. Try…
Junk in the trunk or a beer gut – which would you rather have? When it comes to your health, where you store fat makes a big difference. New research indicates that storing body fat in the hips, thighs and backside instead of the abdominal area may be healthful. In…
Oh no, I forgot to take my pill today! What? We used the last one last night? I don’t have time to run to the pharmacy today! I have to wait how long before I can try to get pregnant? If lately you have found yourself uttering these words and…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
The simple word detox evokes images of cleansing away impurities from your body. It conjures up thoughts of healthy individuals with clear skin, white smiles, and a slim physique. Behind the scenes, the detox diets, for some individuals, can be more like a horror film full of fatigue, diarrhea, and…
If you have kids and a significant other with whom you have frequent arguments or general conflicts, then it’s time to examine how that conflict affects the kids. Parents fight and families go through rough times, but experts say that the manner in which you handle things, coupled with the…
If the kids have been out of school for a couple weeks now, then they may be starting to complain about boredom. They’ve slept as much as they can, played all the video games in their arsenals and watched all their shows. Now what? You’ve probably heard that childhood obesity…
A disappointing new report out of the UK reveals that married people seem to lose interest in puckering up. Married couples tend to get a bad rap after they walk down the aisle – that’s when all that hot sex they had pre-wedding dries up, according to the stereotype. But…
Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes
by Kari Nichols Eating is something we all do — when we’re hungry, when it’s meal time or when we’re bored. Dining is the delight we take in eating some special, tasty, wonderful food, not just a boring fulfillment of a growling stomach or necessary nutrition. Those who love food…