Spring Cleaning & Lead Dust

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Spring cleaning is much more challenging when you live in a place that has lead paint and lead dust.  It means thinking carefully about your environment, planning ahead, having the appropriate tools on hand and perhaps sending the kids away for awhile.  If you are pregnant, it would be best to ask (or pay) someone [...]

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9 Most Common Childhood Diseases

9 Most Common Childhood Diseases

Having a baby is an adventure in medical care. You are learning which bugs are harmless and which ones are more serious. You can rest assured that most colds and bugs your child gets are normal and relatively harmless. They just make your baby miserable. It becomes a trial by fire but you don’t have [...]

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Dealing with the Increasingly Popular Peanut Allergy

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With my first daughter, we never dealt with food allergies.  I was very careful about introducing foods that could be possible allergens within her first 2 years, from peanut butter to chocolate to strawberries.  I even made special pesto for her that did not contain pine nuts!  At the same time, she was a great eater, and we [...]

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February for a Healthy Heart!

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February is the month for hearts, and not just of the Valentine variety.  Heart disease kills more women than breast cancer.  In fact, something that is so easily preventable through exercise and nutrition is our #1 killer, a sedentary lifestyle being the main risk factor. As busy and tired mothers, it is often difficult to [...]

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Diagnosis Endometriosis

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I am departing from my “regular” What’s Cooking Wednesday to talk a little bit about Endometriosis (or “endo”).  Ever heard about it?  Do you or someone you know have it?  Let’s start with the basics.  What is it?  Well, the World Endometriosis Society just put out the first endo awareness video that will tell you [...]

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Truth or Myth: Does breast milk cause cavities?

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If you have ever nursed a child past the age of 12 months, you have probably heard the following from a dentist or pediatrician:  “Breast milk causes tooth decay, so don’t let your child nurse at night or go to bed with a bottle.” It’s better termed “Baby Bottle Tooth Decay” or “Nursing Caries,” although it [...]

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Saving Savannah

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I can’t tell you how blessed I feel that I have been asked to write a guest post for The Village of Moms.  You see I am one of the luckiest Mami’s in The Village, because of the “Gift” that I received from another Mom…a Mom I may never meet but who changed my life [...]

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Saving My Baby

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This is an inspiring story from Sarah Kaganovsky…dare ya not to get teary-eyed!! I gave birth on a February afternoon by repeat caesarean. A pink, squalling bundle was handed to me, and I gazed lovingly into eyes that seemed to recognize me. I whispered sweet words of belonging to this girl child of mine, and comforted [...]

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