Research has shown that many autistic children are born in the month of March. Going backward, this would mean that their mothers were pregnant during the winter months when they might not have gotten enough sunshine on their skin, perhaps meaning that they were vitamin D deficient during the time in their pregnancy for the […]
Kids
Egg-free Egg Substitutes
In my last post I described how I substituted banana and flax seeds for eggs in a recipe for gluten-free cupcakes. There were better ways to go, as I’m learning. Among many other things, we’ve been eliminating eggs from my son’s diet as we work to cure his chronic constipation. We’ve seen amazing results since […]
How I Try to Get My Boys to Eat Their Veggies
Renee Martinez posted a great article recently on the helpful blog, MothersRaisingBoys, about getting her kids to eat vegetables. I’m excited to have her permission to share it here with you and hope that it can help you with your own quest to raise healthy eaters! How I Try to Get My Boys to Eat […]
Blue Sky Natural Soda Pop
I’m not a regular soda pop drinker by any means. In fact, in January when Dr. Oz suggested on Oprah that a simple way for people to start losing weight was to stop drinking soda pop, I scoffed. Do people really drink that much soda pop that simply cutting it out could cause weight loss? […]
Non-toxic Lunchbox Containers
As part of our goal to have a BPA-free household, I’ve been looking for new food containers to use in my kids’ lunchboxes. I’ve been really pleased with this New Wave Enviro Stainless Steel Lunch Box. I can fit a sandwich (or the fixins’ for a build-your-own sandwich for my 6-year old who needs things […]
