Category: Health
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Smoothie Cereal For Picky Eaters
The only silver lining to being hit with a virus is possibly shedding a few unwanted pounds. Unless of course, you’re a teeny, at-the-bottom-of-the-growth-chart tyke like my little girl, who doesn’t have an ounce to spare. So when she’s sick, maintaining her hydration level and caloric intake is essential. Two weeks ago she caught…
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Honk, Honk
My husband helped run a March Break Sports Camp, which our son attended. They brought home some truly wonderful father/son memories but also, some weird bronchial virus. A week later Avery caught it. Her soft voice was soon replaced by what we call her “Jazz Singer” voice. My initial fear was that she had Cholera.…
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Slap Face
Children love to share things with us, don’t they? Their stories, their dreams, their love and…their disgusting germs. My first few years as a teacher, I was sick ALL THE TIME. My newbie immune system hadn’t yet built up an adequate cooty defense system. And since I taught young children (who suck and…
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Use These Potty Training Incentives To Achieve Toiletting Triumph
My girl likes to potty all the time, potty all the time, potty all the tah-hime! Well, NOW she does anyway. For the first 51/2 years of her life she wasn’t on board with the whole toilet sitch. Potty training ANY child takes time and patience and patience. Did I mention patience? Potty…
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See You Next Tooth-Day
What is with my family’s inability to keep their teeth in their heads??? I knocked out a front tooth when I was four. The adult tooth eventually came in, but slowly over the years it turned brown, then black. I eventually had to have it replaced with a crown (or live life as a pirate).…