• Monthly Archive:: May 2009

    Baby yogurt. It’s one of the first foods I remember giving my older daughter (who, incidentally, turns 5 today!). She gobbled it up and that made me feel that as a new mom, I was doing something right. The brand I purchased by the six-pack was Stonyfield Farm’s YoBaby and five years later, it’s the same name that I’m feeding my 1-year-old. YoBaby organic yogurt’s texture is creamy and it goes down easy–a big plus for finicky eaters. And if your little one is teething like mine is, this yogurt is refreshing on sore gums and nutritious to boot. The line has just been enhanced with the addition of more zinc (for boosting immune systems) and vitamin D (for better growth support). If you haven’t [&hellip

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    Washing a newborn isn’t easy on moms’ backs. With one hand steadying your baby as you try to wash her with the other doesn’t make bathtime good clean fun for anybody. Prince Lionheart has come out with the washPOD, a tub designed to make bathtime a bit more relaxing for babies while being kind to your lower back (haven’t you torn enough muscles already just lifting that bulky diaper bag?)What I like about the washPOD is that it works on the floor inside of the tub–a plus right off the bat since you are not bending over as low as you would with your standard tub. Just fill the washPOD inside your bath, lift it out and wash your little one sitting upright. (It doesn’t [&hellip

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    Today is my younger daughter’s 1st birthday and oddly enough, it’s a day that is marked by the weather. Since she was born in the wee hours of the morning, we left for the hospital in the dark. As my husband pulled the car out of the garage and got my older daughter into her car seat, I stood in the driveway and couldn’t help but notice the balmy breezes that blew off the water. The wild weather seemed to say, “Something is brewing and something unusual is about to take place.” It was the kind of wind that would blow a hat right off your head. One year later, the weather couldn’t be more beautiful: an azure, cloudless sky and just the hint of [&hellip

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    When it comes to sunscreen protection, it pays to be diligent. Take it from me, a skin cancer survivor (and daughter of one, too). When I was pregnant with my older daughter, my OB pointed out a growth on the side of my face that he suggested I get checked. It took me a few years to finally muster up the courage to get this progressive growth examined. I was fortunate that this form of cancer was detected in its early stages. After a rather invasive surgical procedure, I was thankful to put the experience behind me–and vowed to always use sunscreen on both myself and my children. In honor of National Skin Cancer Awareness Month, time-honored favorite Coppertone and another forward-thinking company, MD Moms, [&hellip

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