Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

My daughter has thrown her first tantrum

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

If you haven't experienced this yet, it's an experience like no other.  Your child is suddenly uncontrollable with arms failing and feet a stomping.  She's yelling and crying and acting like a crazy person.  So what do you do in this situation?  It's hard to do, but just ignore her.  ...

Getting your toddlers to brush their teeth

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

  I recently had trouble getting my daughter to brush her teeth for more than 10 seconds.  She would just barely have the tooth brush in her mouth before she took it out and was done, but I have found a trick!  Making things your toddler don't really like to do ...

Autism on the rise

Monday, March 31st, 2008

"According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, three distinctive behaviors characterize autism: lack of social interaction, problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, and repetitive behaviors or narrow, obsessive interests. But children with autism display these symptoms in many different ways, some as mild as avoiding eye contact, ...

Big Problems

Friday, February 8th, 2008

It still amazes me that there are so many overweight children in America, but I can understand why. For example, the kid’s meal at most fast food restaurants are the size of what adults use to eat as a normal meal. At least most of the fast food ...

Drinking while Pregnant?

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

You can find countless arguments on the web about drinking while you are pregnant.  Some doctors will say that you shouldn’t drink at all and some say that you can have a glass of wine every once in a while.   Most of the research conclude that problems only occur if ...

Her face says it all

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

I just don't get how woman can smoke when they are pregnant.  It's common sense that IT WILL HARM YOUR BABY.  If you have a friend or loved one that is smoking while pregnant, stand up and say something.  And all you out there that are smoking around kids and ...