Today I’m excited to be with Tori at The sTORIbook discussing healthy eating habits in children. For those who don’t know Tori, a bit of an introduction: she’s a mom to one-year-old Luke, hails from San Antonio Texas, runs her own business from home in PR and marketing and is your go-to gal for fashion, [...]
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How often do you eat together as a family? For those of us with young ones, eating with our kids is most likely a necessity rather than an ideal. After all, babies and toddlers still require a bit of supervision while eating, never mind that they still can’t fetch their own food from the fridge [...]
“Moo.” For the first several months of breastfeeding, I felt like a cow, and it had nothing to do with my post-pregnancy body. If I wasn’t constantly breastfeeding, I was pumping. I didn’t realize how often babies need to eat, nor how long each feeding session would take. And at family parties, I was either [...]
My toddler doesn’t eat junk food. He has never tasted ice cream, chips, fast food or soda. He has yet to partake in a birthday cake, including his own. And the cookies and muffins that he has eaten (fruit- and veggie-based, of course) were baked by me (or bought at the farmers market). It doesn’t [...]
Side note: I’m sure you’ve noticed that I changed the blog template. I tried the old blue template since I liked how it looked, but realized that I prefer text on white background. Hopefully this one is here to stay for a while! Now on to the post… Every single parenting advice I’ve heard, including [...]
I’m no expert on picky eating, but I would guess that half of what makes a picky eater is their personality. Some people are born with more adventurous tastebuds while others stick to the tried and true. In that case, perhaps the other half of what makes a picky eater (or the opposite, a not-so-picky [...]
Dear LO, Today you were so cute in the morning because you put your hand in your jacket pocket again all the way down to the garage. I love when you do little cute things like that that just makes me smile. You’ve been playing a very messy game daddy and I like to call [...]
There was an article on CNN about the rising costs of raising a child from birth to 18 years old. I wanted to see how I compare to the national averages, and here is what I discovered (remember this is over 18 years, not yearly; I just averaged mine out): Clothing National average: $13,200 Ours:$2,925 [...]
I tried to see if he would play with finger foods last night. I always heard, “Give them finger foods when they start grabbing the spoon.” But then I’d also hear, “Give them finger foods when they have the pincer grab.” Well, he has grabbed his spoon plenty of times but has never put his [...]
