Is it Worth Trying to Make Halloween Healthier?
Is it really worth trying to make Halloween Healthier? “It’s only one night!” “What’s Halloween without the candy?!” “The kids just love the sweets!” As a health coach, I hear these responses all the time when I suggest bringing a little health-awareness to Halloween. I get it – because who would want to dampen the fun of Halloween? I know it would be so much easier to just go with the flow of our national...
Read More10 Reasons Your Child is Always Hyper
NannyFlower.com shared a great article with Momnificent! readers on hyperactivity and what can cause this in our children. Hope you learn something from it. I know my own child can become hyper when he is overtired. Do you have hyperactive kids? Sometimes kids are just being kids and people are too quick to label them as hyper or having ADD or ADHD. There’s a lot more to the ADD and ADHD than being hyper. There are many reasons why kids can become hyper. Check out 10 reasons your child is...
Read MoreThe #1 Food That’s Undermining Your Family
Candy Easter bunnies are headed your way soon. The table at the pot-luck school breakfast you just attended was piled high with donuts. The community event had a sweets table a mile-long. Sugary foods are everywhere, and our kids are reaching for it. It’s a real challenge to feed your kids well in a world that doesn’t! You know by now that sugar-filled foods are not good for your kids. You know it on a cognitive level, but often what we know doesn’t actually impact the choice you make. In...
Read More5 Ways to Make Healthy Fun
When you tell a child to eat something because it’s good for them you’re probably going to be faced with a tongue being stuck out at you or a grimace in protest. Kids aren’t interested in being healthy; they’re interested in participating in fun activities and in eating delicious foods. With the rising childhood obesity rates though it’s becoming more important than ever to find a way to make being healthy the cool thing to do, not something reserved for nutrition nuts and exercise...
Read More8 Ways to Make Veggies Fun for Kids
I don’t know about you, but my kids have always been picky about eating vegetables. My older son didn’t start eating vegetables until middle school, and my younger son’s staple vegetable is salad made with romaine lettuce. When AuPair.org approached me with this great article to make eating vegetables more fun for kids, I just couldn’t pass it up. I hope this helps your children love eating more veggies. If it’s green, it’s a vegetable, if it’s a vegetable...
Read More10 Sneaky Ways to Turn Fruits into Treats
FindaNanny.net shared a great article with Momnificent! readers on how to turn your picky eaters into healthy eaters… If you hand a kid a banana or a whole apple for a snack, you’ll usually find it under the sofa later; after they’ve eaten the bag of Cheetos. Make fruit fun and delicious, instead of boring. Fruit is the ultimate snack food. It’s sweet, full of great flavor, and mostly portable. No matter what fruit you have on hand, there is always a way to make it into a tasty, fun...
Read MoreTips for Getting Your Kids to Eat Healthy
I don’t know about you, but I wasn’t one of those lucky moms that received kids that would try any kind of food you put in front of them. As a matter of fact, once my boys switched from baby food to table food, they started turning their noses up to lots of healthy foods. Thankfully, once my older son hit the teen years he started eating healthier. But most of us moms don’t want to wait that long for our kids to start eating healthy. So here are some tips from Patty...
Read MoreI’m So Exhausted: 4 Tips to Combat Parental Burnout
by Erin Schlicher, Parental Support Line Advisor Are you often exhausted as a parent? Do you regularly feel drained, overwhelmed and off-balance when it comes to raising your kids? It’s hard for every parent, but when your children have tough behavioral problems, like ADHD, frequent defiance or other chronic acting-out behaviors, the task of raising them to adulthood can sometimes feel like you’re climbing a mountain without adequate supplies or the right equipment. This week, Erin...
Read MoreWhen Mama Doesn’t Get “Me Time”
What exactly does “me time” mean? To each mom it has a different meaning. To some it means going out with the girls, to others it may mean being able to just read a book for a half hour. You might be thinking “sometimes being a mom doesn’t allow a lot of time for me”. Moms usually can find any number of reasons why “me time” just doesn’t happen very often for them. Some moms may use the excuses I’m too tired or I’m behind on things as it is. If I take “me time” I will...
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