Grocery Shopping With Your Child Maybe you like to shop with your kids, and maybe you don’t. Either way, there will be days when you and your children go grocery shopping together. Here are some grocery shopping tips to help get the job done more efficiently: Make a list A shopping list gives you a […]
Positive effects of the Juice Plus+ children’s health study Established in 1999, the international Children’s Health Study is a large-scale, multi-year survey designed to formally document the positive effects Juice Plus+ (a fruit and vegetable concentrate) has on the health and well-being of families who take it. This children’s health study is based on three […]
Quick Tips for Prime-Time Physical Fitness: Here are some prime-time physical fitness tips for aging adults who want to stay in shape, keep up their energy levels, and feel young again: • Commit to at least 20 minutes a day of strenuous movement. • Dance! Dancing is a fun way to boost aerobic fitness and […]
The health benefits of breastfeeding extend far past weaning. As researchers look at the various factors associated with different diseases, they often find that children and adults who were breastfed as infants are less likely to experience problems with chronic diseases. In some cases, even minimal amounts of breastfeeding may provide some protection against disease […]
Let Baby Enjoy the Benefits of Breastmilk Human milk is more than food. It’s a complex living substance, like blood, with a long list of active germ-fighting and health-promoting ingredients. These benefits of breastmilk help protect babies against all kinds of infections, common and not-so-common. A drop of breast milk contains around one million white […]
In the early days of learning to breastfeed, there may be times when you feel like tossing in the nursing bra and reaching for a bottle. You may be tempted to believe those advisers who suggest that formula feeding is easier to just as good. Or you may worry that you’re “not the type of […]
Milk is milk, right? Mammals make it (humans are mammals) and babies drink it. There’s more to the story than that. Each species of mammal makes a unique kind of milk, which meets all the nutritional requirements of its offspring at the beginning of life. Each species’ milk has specific qualities that insure the survival […]
The following chart compares the composition of formula to that of human breast milk. Many mothers do not realize there is a difference between breast milk and formula. However, as you can see from the chart there are many differences between the two. NUTRIENT FACTOR BREAST MILK CONTAINS FORMULACONTAINS COMMENT Fats Rich in brain-building omega […]
The Importance of Dad and Baby Bonding Most of the bonding research has focused on mother-infant bonding, with the father given only honorable mention. In recent years fathers, too, have been the subject of bonding research and have even merited a special term for the dad and baby relationship at birth—”engrossment.” We used to talk […]
A cesarean, although a surgical procedure, is primarily a birth, one that needs to be respected. Bonding is not lost if a cesarean is necessary. Fathers are now welcome at cesarean births, and it is a beautiful sight to see a father with his newborn during a surgical birth. Here are some ways to foster […]
7 Tips for Better Bonding with Baby The relationship with your child begins as soon as they come into this world. Let your newborn know they are loved right away with these simple tips to get bonding with baby off to a loving start. 1. Delay routine procedures Oftentimes the attending nurse does routine procedures—giving […]
Thrilled and excited. This is a big moment in your life, a natural high. You may find it hard to sleep, hard to think of anyone but your baby. You and your partner may feel compelled to tell your birth story to anyone who will listen. If there are things that happened that you are […]
