Health + Wellness

It’s already the middle of January. That reminds me that studies show that a lot of those folks who set new year’s resolutions have already given up or fallen off the wagon.

Unless you're truly looking at mental footage to see how you can do better, Monday morning quarterbacking accomplishes nothing. So yes, do your best to rise above, but dwelling on how you could have done better isn't worth the anxiety 99% of the time.

They are pretty healthy, some are Paleo, all are made with clean ingredients, most aren’t too involved to make, many use only one pan, and they all taste delicious! 

Why wait until January, when you can start getting healthier today… One of my daughters said recently, “I love the taste of water!” I was thrilled to hear that, of course, and told her it’s my favorite drink too. How...

He came home from school a little tired, but his generally happy and sassy self. Normal for a Friday afternoon. He had a snack, snuggled up on the couch and hung out. I noticed he had a little fever, but since it was just barely 101, I didn't worry about treating him, just gave him some fluids and snuggles. After all, they tell us that fevers are good as long as they're under 104. It went up to 102, but he wasn't that uncomfortable so I decided to hold off on giving him anything until bedtime.  And that's when it all fell apart.

When we first decided to make the cross-country move from Alaska to Wisconsin, I was excited about all of the cheese. The squeaky cheese, the molten cheese, the gourmet cheese, the beer cheese. All of it.

In the social media era we live in, where everything gets shared and we constantly know what the Joneses are doing, people feel the pressure to keep up.

n speaking with other moms, it looks like there is a trend on how perspectives change when you become a parent in terms of how you enjoy media. I first experienced this when I was reduced to tears during a movie trailer while pregnant.

The gist is that like many mammals, babies are born with the ability to hold their pee and poop the same way adults do. When we put diapers on babies they loose this ability and learn to poop and pee freely into their diapers. Then they have to relearn how to hold it again later in life. However if they use this ability in the first six months of life then they can keep it and transition to using the toilet easily. Seems simple right?

This summer you can wear whatever you want, but I hope it’s something that lets you swim, splash and play with your family so that you’re part of the fun, part of the memories, and part of the adventure. Because life’s too short to sit on the sidelines!