So, you have this wee baby and suddenly, before you know it, you’re faced with a new (and super fun!) milestone: solid foods. But how do you introduce them in a meaningful, healthy way? What… Read More »Kid Nutrition 101: Introducing Solid Foods
Here is part 2 of our in-depth interview with The New York Milk Bank. Enjoy! ~Rebecca Conroy, Editor of A Child Grows in Brooklyn Is there a reasoning behind keeping human milk local/in-state? Since the… Read More »Part 2- The New York Milk Bank: What It’s All About
Perhaps you are going through the process of having your child evaluated here in Brooklyn for educational and psychological purposes. Maybe his or her school is facilitating it, or has made the suggestion. Maybe you… Read More »The Who’s Who in Educational and Psychological Evaluations
It’s imperative to give newborns and growing babies the best possible start to this journey we call life. Whether breast milk or formula are your preference, we thought that an in-depth interview with a pioneering… Read More »Part 1- The New York Milk Bank: What It’s All About
Here, we have a wonderful essay about accessing hope while parenting in times of darkness and despair by author Danya Ruttenberg, whose book Nurture the Wow: Finding Spirituality in the Frustration, Boredom, Tears, Poop, Desperation, Wonder and… Read More »Offering Your Kids Hope, When All You Feel is Despair
We kind of can’t believe we’re posting about yet another frozen food recall alert, related to the fruits & veggies recall we posted last week, but here it is. Windsor Foods is voluntarily recalling… Read More »RECALL ALERT: Frozen Meat & Chicken Products
If your kids have ever had eczema, you know how difficult it can be to understand what is causing it and what you can do to remedy the issue. Also, it can be extremely disruptive… Read More »12 Tips for Kids with Eczema
We want to share with all expecting and brand new mothers two wonderful workshops taking place at Carriage House Birth. The first, for expecting moms, is the Bump Wellness Workshop that is beginning on May 24th… Read More »Expecting and New Mothers Workshops
Recently, I was at a birthday party where a small child had an accident that resulted in a cut on their head. Her parents immediately thought to take her to an urgent care clinic, and… Read More »Urgent Care – for Kids
Many moms are familiar with the term “diastasis recti.” Some know what it is. Many do not. Unfortunately, most women think that it is a condition that affects only new moms, and that if you… Read More »Diastasis Recti – It's Not Just A "New Moms" Thing