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Milk Supply 101
Colostrum – The First Milk As soon as the placenta is delivered, your body goes into milk production overdrive. Your hormones shift tremendously, and you begin making colostrum, whether or not you...
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How to Introduce New Foods & Achieve Nutritional Balance
Here’s What You Need To Know: Confused faces are common when introducing new foods to your baby. They are trying to figure out the taste and how to eat the food. Because babies are used to a nipple,...
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Why We Love Chia Seeds
Here’s What You Need To Know: Babies can be introduced to chia seeds as early as 6-8 months. It’s important to make sure they are soaked and thoroughly mixed before serving (do not serve chia seeds...
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The First 1,000 Days: When Nutrition Matters Most
In the last decade, scientists and researchers have circled the first 1,000 days–the period from conception to age 2–as the most important time in a person’s life for nutrition. Here’s What You Need...
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The Truth About Heavy Metals in Your Baby’s Food
Here’s What You Need To Know: The Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy released a report showing that baby foods are tainted with dangerous levels of harmful heavy metals that endanger an...
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The Benefits of Strawberries for Children
Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in the spring, and they are the first fruit that many children fall in love with. As one of the most commonly consumed berries, strawberries are also among...
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14 Month Old Milestones
Here’s What You Need To Know: Your baby is gaining more control of their thumb and forefinger. Now is the perfect time to let your baby try to self-feed with a spoon. It might be messy at first, but...
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Pumping Guide for Busy Moms
Pump Components To effectively pump, you’ll need a breast pump with flanges, valves, backflow protectors (if applicable), tubing, and a connector. The flange secures over your breast for suction and...
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The Plant Based Transition
I began a plant-based transition when I became more mindful and scientifically informed about food and its impact on our health. This happened when I went into private practice 6 years ago. I asked...
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Why Added Sugars Aren’t Recommended Under 2
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently unveiled guidelines¹ designed to foster healthy eating habits that will benefit children throughout their lives. One of the most significant...
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Talking About Diversity With Toddlers
Incorporating the concepts of inclusion and acceptance into your home. If you’re reading this, you want to gain insight on how to talk to your children about difference and diversity. You have decided...
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Managing Toddler Separation Anxiety
Maybe you’re dropping your toddler off at daycare, maybe you’re leaving them at home with a nanny or with grandma (or even with your partner!) Maybe you are simply walking out of the room that your...
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Staying Calm During Toddler Tantrums
You feel tired, stressed and spread thin. You feel triggered by your child in some way. Maybe they’re not listening, maybe they’re screaming and crying, maybe they’re pushing back. You feel the anger...
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What to Do When Your Toddler Won’t Eat: Picky Eating and Beyond
The Great Toddler Picky Eater. Every parent experiences the frustration of a tot who loved bananas yesterday and hates bananas today. Are you grappling with a new picky eater who turns their nose up...
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Parenting Tools
6 Things to Say to Your Child, Now and Always Besides “I love you”, what else does your child need to hear from you? What you think and feel is important to me. We can both do hard things. Sometimes...
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Peanuts For Your Peanut
For some families, peanuts are on the no-fly list. If someone in your house has a peanut allergy, it means they can’t even come in contact with the scrumptious legume. When you have a baby,...
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