How to make mealtimes with young children less stressful
Mealtimes with young children can often be a stressful experience for both parents and kids. Trying to get your child to eat a healthy meal can be...
85 {Mostly} Non-Candy Ideas for Advent Calendars
Our family celebrates Christmas, but when my kids were young I wanted to have a way for the Christmas season to Be about more than just Christmas ...
How to Choose the Right Baby Spoon
Your little one has been begun eating solid foods and you’re wondering if she’s ready to make the leap to using spoons, and, if so, which baby spoo...
How to Introduce Mushrooms to Babies
One of the best ways you can encourage your kids to regularly try new foods is to demonstrate trying new foods yourself. The fact is that modeling ...
4 Easy Ways to Make Valentine's Day Lunch Special
Valentine's Day is just around the corner, but you don't have to spend hours in the kitchen lovingly making homemade cookies, pink pancakes, and mu...
You're Not Eating Enough Veggies, But You Can
You're Not Eating Enough Veggies This week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report which highlights, yet again, the abysma...
5 MORE Strategies to Tackle Picky Eating in Toddlers
If you've been reading our blog for a while now, you might be asking "haven't you already written a blog post about this?" to which we would answer...
If you do make a New Year's Resolution, make this one: Try a New Food
Time to Make Your New Year's Resolutions It's that time of year. January is the time of year when people the world over make New Year's resolution...
Don't Avoid Sugar, Build Family Traditions With It
It is that time of year when sugar is everywhere. Fruit cakes and peppermint bark. Frosted sugar cookies, candy canes, chocolate gold coins. Holida...
Ways to Practice Gratitude with Your Kids (and Reasons You Should)
It's Thanksgiving, Now Be Grateful When I was a child, the expectation at our Thanksgiving dinner was that we took turns going around the dinner t...
5 Meal Strategies to Help You Clean Out the Fridge
November 15th is National Clean Out the Fridge Day. And while I'm pretty sure that is meant to be a day that you clean out the fridge, I like to t...
4 Reasons to Let Your Kids Eat Halloween Candy
This time of year, social media feeds are buzzing with ways you can secretly (or not so secretly) limit how much Halloween candy your kids eat. Admittedly, there was a time when my own strategy involved swapping candy for a toy, eating it myself (my husband was a willing accomplice!) or even throwing it away. But over the years I've changed my tune and and have 4 reasons why you should let your kids eat Halloween candy.