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  • Supercharge Your Fertility: TTC Tips and Products to Help You Along the Way

    When it comes to "babymaking," essential preconception tips often correspond with specific fertility products designed to help couples get pregnant or conceive sooner!

  • Teaching Young Children Healthy Eating

    As parents, we want our children to be accustomed to healthy eating from the earliest possible age so good nutrition will be a lifelong habit. Young children are ready to begin to learn about nutrition ("healthy food" vs. "treat food") and about food plans (why meals need to include each food group).

  • Eating For Two

    One of the most important things you can do before, during and after your pregnancy is to eat healthy. You may only need to make a few simple changes if you are already eating a balanced diet.

  • How Can I Prevent Stretch Marks?

    QUESTION

    Dear Fitness Expert,
    Do you have any tips on exercise or nutrition that will help prevent stretch marks? Also, I enjoy running and am wondering just how long it's okay to continue. Thanks.

  • Tips for Breastfeeding Teen Moms

    Are there any special consideration that a teen should be aware of while breastfeeding. I am 17 and my baby is due in January. I'm worried about is nutrition, and nursing while going to school...
  • Are Energy Drinks Safe When Breastfeeding?

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    My doctor just recently informed me that I was underweight and prescribed energy drinks for me. If I continued to consume them while I'm breastfeeding will they have any kind of effect?

  • Toddler treat: Snappy Pea and Pineapple Salad

    Kids love sugar snap peas for the same reason adults do -- they're crunchy, sweet and fun to eat! This is a delicious salad that's sure to be a hit at the dinner table or in the lunchbox.

  • Toddler Treat: Cauliflower Soup

    Soup is a terrific meal for toddlers. Smooth soups or broths are the best starters soups, because their textures are easily managed in the mouth. Soup also offers a great opportunity to develop "spoon" skills.

  • You Are What You Drink

    It may seem as if it will be an uphill battle to get your family to switch from heavily advertised sodas, energy drinks, and sugary juice drinks to healthier beverages such as water and milk. Believe me, though, it's a battle worth fighting.

  • Homemade Baby Food: A Fresh start to healthy eating

    Introducing solid foods is a very important step in your baby's development and well-being. In fact, studies show that babies who are fed nutritious, healthy diets grow into stronger kids and better-adjusted eaters than those who are fed poor diets.

  • Supercharge Your Fertility: TTC Tips and Products to Help You Along the Way

    When it comes to "babymaking," essential preconception tips often correspond with specific fertility products designed to help couples get pregnant or conceive sooner!

  • Tips for Breastfeeding Teen Moms

    Are there any special consideration that a teen should be aware of while breastfeeding. I am 17 and my baby is due in January. I'm worried about is nutrition, and nursing while going to school...
  • Toddler treat: Snappy Pea and Pineapple Salad

    Kids love sugar snap peas for the same reason adults do -- they're crunchy, sweet and fun to eat! This is a delicious salad that's sure to be a hit at the dinner table or in the lunchbox.

  • Fertility Supplements: A New Era in Fertility Support

    Combining the best of herbal science and traditional medicine, fertility supplements like FertilAid
    integrate key vitamins and minerals with science-based herbal formulations that enhance fertility and promote reproductive health.

  • Toddler Treat: Cauliflower Soup

    Soup is a terrific meal for toddlers. Smooth soups or broths are the best starters soups, because their textures are easily managed in the mouth. Soup also offers a great opportunity to develop "spoon" skills.

  • Are Energy Drinks Safe When Breastfeeding?

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    My doctor just recently informed me that I was underweight and prescribed energy drinks for me. If I continued to consume them while I'm breastfeeding will they have any kind of effect?

  • You Are What You Drink

    It may seem as if it will be an uphill battle to get your family to switch from heavily advertised sodas, energy drinks, and sugary juice drinks to healthier beverages such as water and milk. Believe me, though, it's a battle worth fighting.

  • Five Tips for Easy Weight Loss!

    Whoever told you that weight loss was difficult never read this article!

  • Making Weight Resolutions Stick

    Many of us have spent the last several weeks indulging in second and third portions of foods we ordinarily might avoid. Instead of saying "No thank you," we say, "It's the holidays!" But good cheer aside, drinking and feasting during the holidays can lead to serious weight gain.

  • Artificial Feeding and the Case for Homemade Baby Food

    by damomma

    Recent trends in child nutrition and health have proven that breastfeeding is the best nutritional choice for newborns. But the culture of artificially feeding babies does not stop at the bottle. Modern American marketing genius has caused most parents to think that there is some special magic in the little glass jars of baby food sold at the market. It is so ingrained it seems obvious: dogs eat dog food and babies eat baby food.

    The truth is that prepackaged baby foods are expensive, nutritionally inferior, and only slightly more convenient than the do-it-your-self kind.

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