Freezing Food in Cubes
Fruit and vegetable produce plus other sauces and food items fill our freezer in cube form. It's a money-saving idea, but it's also a way...
Why I cant be vegan
I'm not sure why I'm writing this, but for some reason I feel like I always have to explain my food eating habits. So I am trying to...
Allergies, intolerance and food preferences for dummies
When my child was diagnosed with an allergy at around 3 years old, it was a long and annoying journey of trial and error, prick tests and...
Postpartum issues... let's talk about incontinence.
Incontinence after childbirth. It is the stuff that no one really talks about. But it is the stuff that we SHOULD talk about. The thought...
Depression is a Sponge
Nikki talks about her most recent battle with depression, how it arrives at her doorstep and overstays its welcome sometimes. I’ve never...
My anxious child - Allergies and stress, how one can make the other worse.
I myself have anxiety from time to time and it seems that so does my 5 year old. I suspect that her stress is manifesting in physical...
Some natural tips on surviving the chicken pox.
Yay, we are all done and dusted with the chicken pox! I think that in all reality we got off quite lightly with the girls and their...
Crunchy, healthy coconut butter bites
I thought up this recipe last night in bed and wondered if it would work and be delicious... It is :) It is 3 ingredients and uses the...
Safe essential oils for babies and the dangers of some.
Essential oils can be healing, have amazing properties and make things smell great. I use them all the time on myself, I have tea tree...
Anxiety.... In case of emergency... medication.
A few weeks ago I had a doctors appointment about my anxiety. You can read about it HERE. I just came back from the doctors a few hours...
Too much of a good thing... brazil nuts.
Did you know that you can have too many brazil nuts?.... My husband didn't lol. He was feeling sick one week and couldn't pin it down...
Catastrophizing! 7 ways to fight the anxiety.
I had a doctors visit about anxiety and in it a word came up... "catastrophizing". It is where you create a scenario that has disastrous...
Anxiety - Why you should take the first step.
Life is filled with anxiety, some just deal with it better than others... and I was pretty sure I dealt with it better than others. But...
Why the pH of your skin matters - keep your skin healthy... and acidic.
When we were searching for something to calm by babies eczema i was told that baking soda in the bath would be good... beneficial... and...
Cochineal, E120, carmine... The little red food colouring bug and allergies.
After much research when we found our own child was allergic to red food colouring. It was a natural red food colouring that is made from...
