Remember the fabulous informercial from the 90s (or was it 80s?) for the Chia Pet? I’m here to put that jingle back into your head.
Next time you’re at your natural food store, pick up a package of chia seeds. They are jam packed with anti-oxidants, omega 3s, and fiber, and lots of other vitamins and minerals. These nutritional powerhouses are just as beneficial as flax seeds if not better, because they don’t need to be ground to be digested.
Sprinkle some on your morning cereal, in yogurt, smoothies, on salads, or just eat them by the spoonfuls!
FYI: I had no idea, but you can still buy Chia Pets! I think I’m going to get one for my toddler- It’s so fun to watch him plant seeds, water them, wait patiently, and see the grass grow. I’m pretty sure he needs the Chia Dinosaur:
, and because of that he insisted he take along a little tin pail to collect his berries. Just as I suspected, I never heard the “kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk” from strawberries hitting the bottom of the pail, because he pretty much ate every single berry he picked.
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Take these to the hospital with you too- you’ll need to use them for those first few diaper changes to get all of the meconium off of baby’s sweet bottom. We used these in the first few weeks since our doctor told us we weren’t allowed to used wipes until he was 2 months old! We had no idea!
are my favorite, but the most expensive. I also used the 365 brand from Whole Foods, Seventh Generation, and anything that didn’t contain any sort of petrochemicals)
. These things are amazing!!!
I had several different kinds, but the only ones I really liked that were the safest were the American Red Cross brand
Take this to the hospital and have the nurse give your baby his first bath in it! It’s so much better than anything they might use.
for the entire 2 years my son was in diapers, he never had a diaper rash. I attribute that to this cream- I put it on at the very first sight of redness or irritation.
