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Minimizing going up and down stairs helps speed recovery for women who just gave birth, whether it’s a vaginal or c-section birth. No matter how you gave birth, you have a placenta-sized wound in your uterus. Your body is transitioning to making milk and establishing breast milk supply, and you have swelling that needs to …
Postpartum Recovery Essential: The Down Stairs BasketRead More
This year we are excited to be celebrating The Festival of Lights, or Hanukkah. When I say that we are celebrating Hanukkah this year, people are usually surprised and ask if I’ve converted to Judaism, or ask if we don’t believe that Jesus died for our sins. The truth is that we do believe that …
Especially right now, it feels like many of us are just barely holding our heads above water. When we try to be more productive, we get frustrated and burn out. In the extreme, we may even be making ourselves sick from taking on too much, beating ourselves up internally, and sleeping too little. This isn’t …
6 Effortless Productivity Hacks for Overwhelmed MomsRead More
I got back from the dentist with a huge feeling of relief a couple months back. He told me that all 3 of my kids don’t need braces, and if I did want them, they wouldn’t be covered under insurance because they are considered cosmetic. As I’ve been on our journey to reverse autism by …
My Kids Don’t Need Braces Because Of Meat and ButterRead More
Coronavirus… I did a YouTube Live on my thoughts on it, you can view that here. In that contains all the immune-boosting things I do for my family all school year, and this time is no exception. Immunity boosting priorities: Everyone gets enough sleep. This is #1 for us, and partially because tired kids don’t eat healthy …
Holidays can be hard for those who have different sensory needs than the average person. We talked about holiday routine and schedule changes as well as holiday activities for those who are more sensitive in this post, and today we’re going to talk about gifts that not only are fun to give, but they also …
30+ Sensory-Friendly Holiday Gift Ideas for ChildrenRead More
Are they really sick, or are they trying to get out of chores/school/eating Sunday’s roast? This question pops up often during cold and flu season, even more when we have more than one child. How do you both honor when your child is actually sick, and avoid giving in to little white lies? Enter the …
Not being able to sleep causes frustration at night, impaired cognitive function, hyper alertness, cardiological and neurological decrease in function and mortality, mental health issues(1) immune system hinderance (2), obesity (3), and more. In our children lack of enough sleep can have harmful effects on mood, behavior, performance, social function, and physical health. (4) Sleep …
How Your Gut Flora is Keeping You Awake at Night {Holistic Sleep Solution}Read More
Childhood behavioral and emotional problems affect all our families – if you don’t have a child with behavioral needs, it is likely there are one or two of them in your child’s class. Understanding and solving these behavioral problems is on the forefront of in-tune parents minds. One thing often missing during desperate searches for …
The Food Allergy-Behavior Link (how an allergy can cause rage, depression, and more)Read More
When people start the ketogenic diet, they often quickly notice a weight loss of 10 lbs, increased energy, lessening of anxiety and depression within the first week, along with less hunger and carb cravings. These quick wins are so encouraging that it’s a no-brainer to stick with the keto diet. Want to start the keto …
“I’m bored!” How many of us have heard that complaint, and felt like we weren’t providing enough for our children to do? All the activities and lessons aimed at children sure make it feel like they they aren’t experiencing a real childhood unless they’re ‘pursuing their passions’ through scheduled activities. But is this what is …
Like many of you, I just signed my son up for spring recreational league soccer. After bouncing around between Taekwondo, swimming, YMCA basketball, and soccer, we settled on soccer as our sport to focus on for right now. We love the team aspect of it, I love that the season is short and the coaches in this …
