Teaching Your Kids to Wait
by Karen on 2/04/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Thorns and Roses? Believe it or not, Mrs. Obama, This Game is an Obesity Buster
by Donna Fish
I had to laugh while I watched Michelle Obama on the Today Show yesterday. She was describing a game that her family plays called “Thorns and Roses.”
I laughed because when my kids were young, I instituted a [...]
Ban on liquids and solids in delivery room to be lifted?
by Karen on 1/27/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Were you told not to drink or eat during labor? And, did it make you want to scream: “give me that _____ now!” It was like running a marathon with no food or water.
That might be changing in the delivery room. A recent small study found that there weren’t any risks to consuming liquids or [...]
Incorrect Calorie Counts on menus?
by Jill on 1/20/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Your New Year’s resolutions are still hanging on by a thread and you settle in to a restaurant dinner, looking to the calorie counts on the menu for guidance. As you recover from the initial horror of the calories in most dishes, you are buoyed to see a “Healthy Choices” section. Phew. You dive into [...]
Why hiding vegetables doesn’t work
by Karen on 1/03/10 | 0 Comment(s)
It’s no surprise that the cookbooks Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld and The Sneaky Chef by Melissa Chase Lapine are bestsellers: they guide us in how to deal with picky eaters and specifically non-veggie eaters. I think most of us can say we have had this issue. It can be a source of battle, frustration [...]
Brooklyn Blogger Mom Shares Her Reviews
by Karen on 10/18/09 | 2 Comment(s)
Did you read Amy Sohn’s book, Prospect Park West? Let’s just say her shtick about Park Slope moms is on par with Joan Rivers. She saves her meanest words (ahem, satire) for “cargo-wearing”, “frumpy” stay-at-home moms. Grrr! I LOVE my cargo pants. Grrr!
But, on the positive side, there is Brooklyn mom Carolyn, who blogs at [...]
How To Get Those Greens In
by Karen on 10/13/09 | 11 Comment(s)
This is one of the only things I don’t worry about with our family.
Are we eating enough dark greens?
This is all the more surprising if you know that my son doesn’t like about half of the vegetables out there. But he loves spinach, kale and swiss chard (hidden in his power shake).
Every Sunday night I [...]
Parents Cooking Class Begins in July
by Karen on 6/21/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Our new Foodie Expert, Debbie Koenig, of Words To Eat By, is starting a new series of her “Parents Need to Eat Too “cooking class. It sounds brilliant so I wanted to pass the information on to you all.
Here’s the scoop from Debbie:
We’ll meet once a week in my apartment’s kitchen. Babies and children are [...]
Steel Cut Oatmeal on Overnight mode
by Karen on 6/21/09 | 1 Comment(s)
Those of you who read this blog regularly, know what a terrible cook I am. I mean reallllyyy terrible. I have tried to cook steel cut oatmeal overnight at least, mmmmm……9 times and have always end up with crusty hard oatmeal. Not appetizing.
So, was I thrilled to read our new Foodie Expert, Debbie Koenig’s [...]
A Child Grows Events
by Karen on 6/17/09 | 1 Comment(s)
First of all, Happy Father’s Day to all the daddies out there. I hope you do something wonderful to celebrate your day. Papa Tree has decided he wants the whole day off (copycat!). I loved my Mother’s Day off and it totally revitalized me after lying in bed all day, reading. However, I [...]
How To Organize A Pantry
by Karen on 6/12/09 | 5 Comment(s)
Full disclosure: I had tried reordering it myself three times, my sister once, a babysitter once and my husband….hmm…never! So, we decided it was more time-effective to hire Amanda to do it for us. I LOVE to open my pantry now, though I still hate to cook!
10 Steps to Clearing the Clutter from your Pantry
by [...]
The New Mom’s Pantry
by Karen on 5/31/09 | 7 Comment(s)
I have been wanting to add an “expert” that would write about food for families. Foodie blogger Debbie Koenig, seems to fit the bill perfectly. She is a freelance food, diet and parenting writer and mom of a 2 year old, living in Williamsburg. Her blog, Words To Eat By, has been around for [...]
To The Brooklyn Children’s Museum; Please Hear Us
by Karen on 5/18/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Do you know the women behind Chowmama? So, if not, let me tell you about them. Michelle and Stacie are Brooklyn moms who have an addictive blog about feeding your family with nutritious meals. They have recipes divided by age group, ease or type. And, they are interesting enough that I, who truly hates to [...]
Parents…Fighting Over Dinner?
by Karen on 5/15/09 | 2 Comment(s)
This post isn’t about fighting over dinner with your kids…but with your partner. Do you and your partner have different ideas about mealtimes, what should be eaten and how much? Donna Fish counsels a couple over their issue of “clean your plate”. Luckily, they resolve it.
The Dinner Wars: Parents’ Fighting over Feeding the Kids
by Donna [...]
Alternatives to Teflon
by Karen on 5/07/09 | 9 Comment(s)
Papa Tree decided TODAY to throw away our teflon pan and roasting rack, both of which had flecks of teflon missing. Duh, why hadn’t we done this before? It’s amazing to me that I can be neurotic about buying organic apples and then let a deteriorating Teflon pan go by… month after month. Courtney from [...]
How To Teach Your Kids About Sugar
by Karen on 5/01/09 | 3 Comment(s)
Donna has extremely helpful advice about mitigating the candy wars with your kids. (I write this with a movie-sized pack of Twizzlers next to me). Most of us need help in controlling our desire for sugar, so it sure is hard to teach our kids what we are still learning. Thinking about asking Birch to [...]
Could DNA Be Why You Have A Picky Eater?
by Karen on 4/09/09 | 4 Comment(s)
Don’t you envy those parents whose kids eat their vegetables with ease? They don’t use tricks, ridiculous acrobatic uses of the fork, pleading and bribing! ‘What did they do right and I do wrong”, I ask myself. Apparently nothing! (That is, according to Donna Fish, our Expert on this blog. ) Apparently, I may have [...]
What Is Your Kid’s Eating Style?
by Karen on 3/20/09 | 1 Comment(s)
I think being concerned about what your child eats consumes a lot of us. My friend Rena tells me how her son will barely eat for days and then suddenly will wolf down anything in the fridge. For an eternity, Birch ate only white foods (yogurt, bread, milk). My sister’s children are grazers so [...]
How Do YOU Teach Eating?
by Karen on 2/26/09 | 6 Comment(s)
My friend Alex and I were discussing our sugar addiction last night. Each day I buy/eat one of the following: red licorice, Gummy Bears and Swedish Fish. If I am really desperate and only the corner bodega is open: Mike and Ikes. I started acupuncture and self-will 5 days ago. I can [...]
Drinking Beer and Nursing: Is it Okay?
by Karen on 2/17/09 | 4 Comment(s)
How many times have you heard, “Have a beer while you nurse. It will relax you and help you make more milk.”?
Megan Davidson examines this advice: is it really true???
Beer for Nursing Mothers
by Megan Davidson
As a mom of two boys who each breastfeed for over a year, I am certainly not opposed to drinking [...]
Starting Solids
by Karen on 2/10/09 | 1 Comment(s)
I think Dr. Gilgoff is a mind-reader. I was going to start Willow on solids this weekend and I chickened out. Nursing is just sooooooo easy. No mess, no cooking, bottles to recycle, endless laundry…. He gave me inspiration to buck up and do it this week.
Introducing Solids To Your Newborn
by Dr. Gilgoff
This is an [...]
Can You Prevent A Cold?
by Karen on 2/06/09 | 10 Comment(s)
I only have 3 more Experts to introduce to you all. This is Laura Fischer-Harbage. I met her when she was pregnant and I had a 3 week old. We have been talking about parenting and nutrition ever since. I asked her to write on this blog because she understands how it is difficult [...]
Winner of Supper Club Giveaway and New Giveaway!
by Karen on 2/03/09 | 0 Comment(s)
We have a winner! Melissa you won the fantastic dinner for 4 from Susie’s Super Club you lucky girl! I can’t wait to hear how much you love it. Do let the rest of us know, won’t you? Though I have no doubt that you will tell us that it was amazing. (Please ask [...]
No Shoes in the House?
by Karen on 1/29/09 | 11 Comment(s)
We have a “No Shoes” policy in our house. Most people “get” why we have it. ** Some of my friends are totally irritated by it but silently de-shoe. When I see those reactions, I think, “Oh, should I just forget asking them?” But the idea of that gum, poop, lead, pesticides and spit on [...]
Supper Club Giveaway- Mmmmmm
by Karen on 1/27/09 | 34 Comment(s)
Who needs to order takeout now when this is a much better alternative for us in Brooklyn? Frankly, I am thrilled that I don’t have to call Faan one more time.
Move over Manhattan, we got Susie’s Supper Club now too! Personal chef and Brooklynite (Fort Greener to be exact), Susie Cover is delivering her delicious [...]
“Bottle Mouth” from Pacifiers, Bottles and Sippy Cups
by Karen on 11/17/08 | 2 Comment(s)
This post is from Heather Rutka, MS CCC-SLP, a speech language pathologist helping children and their families in Brooklyn. She wrote to me after I posted about Birch going to sleep with a pacifier in his mouth. She explained about “bottle mouth”. It is a real issue and I vow to get Birch off of [...]
