Whether your looking for the perfect sweet snack while your pregnant, a good finger food for your older baby, or something healthy to feed your picky toddler, I’ve got a great product line for you to check out… Continue reading SuperGood SuperFood
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Trying to lose the baby weight?
Eat breakfast! Time and time again it has been proven that breakfast is indeed the most important meal of the day. If you are struggling to get those last 10 pounds of baby weight off, you will be surprised at how such a seemingly easy thing to do will help you lose weight. Most people either don’t believe it will help, or feel they don’t have the time. This is one area where I am pretty strict: make time to prepare and eat a nutritious breakfast! This is essential for every person all the time, so remind your friends and family. If you are breastfeeding, this is so important for your milk supply after “fasting” all night. So I say, if losing weight isn’t enough motivation, do it for the health of your baby. If you don’t eat, you’re body will go into starvation mode and hang on to every excess pound for dear life. No amount of “cardio” later in the day can help correct this mistake. Here are some good options: Continue reading Trying to lose the baby weight?
Farmer’s Market Fieldtrips
The best way to shape your child’s eating habits and help them to want to eat well is to include them in the process of buying and preparing healthy food. The best place to do this is at your local farmer’s market! Continue reading Farmer’s Market Fieldtrips
Craving Chocolate During Pregnancy? Good!!!
Over the last few years we’ve been hearing a lot about the heart healthy benefits of eating dark chocolate. Here are two great reasons to indulge during pregnancy:
- A study in Finland showed that women who ate chocolate during pregnancy had sweeter, happier babies
- Eating Chocolate May Decrease Risk for Preeclampsia
So if you’re craving it, have a piece! Remember to eat dark chocolate that’s at least 70% cacao, and always choose organic!!!
Use Your Baby’s Lotion!
It is really important to use natural, organic, plant based skin care products while you’re pregnant, because your skin is drinking in everything you put on it and passing it to your unborn baby. To check the safety of your products go to the Cosmetic Database and find out if they contain any chemicals that cause birth defects or cancer, or disrupt hormones. It’s such an eye-opening search!
Of course when your baby is born, you’ll only want to use the purest products available to put on his new skin which is 5 times more sensitive than an adult’s. And remember- he’s absorbing everything you use! Most, if not all, conventional products contain toxic substances not safe for a baby’s precious new system-see previous post. It’s still important for you to use non-toxic soaps, bodywashes and lotions that won’t irritate her skin, or her strong sense of smell. My solution? Use your baby’s products on yourself! It takes the guesswork out of whether or not it is safe for baby, saves time at the store (and space in your bathroom!), and your skin will love you for it.