“Wait, what is that?” That’s what came out of my mouth, in a nicely polite voice. In my head, I ninja-chopped the nurse’s hand, sending whatever she was trying to feed my 12-hour-old newborn flying across the room, and cried in my fiercest mama bear voice, “Don’t put anything in my baby’s mouth without my [...]
Entries from August 31st, 2011
Do Newborns Need Sugar Water for Pain Relief?
August 31st, 2011 · 150 Comments · Food for Thought
Tags: babies·birth plan·sugar
20 Reasons I LOVE Living with my In-Laws
August 30th, 2011 · 36 Comments · My Story
There’s not a speck of sarcasm there. I am very grateful for my current living situation. Pulling back the curtain of one’s life to millions of Internet users (or thousands of blog readers) certainly opens a person up to different kinds of feedback than life in a normal neighborhood. Since we moved in with my [...]
Recipe Connection: Homemade Vanilla Extract
August 29th, 2011 · 55 Comments · Do It Yourself, Recipes
If you’ve been missing the Monday Missions while I was sort of on maternity leave, you can consider this week’s mission: to think about homemade Christmas gifts. Crazy, I know. I hate when stores start Christmas preparations as soon as back-to-school stuff is put away. But if you want to make homemade vanilla extract as [...]
Tags: baking·Christmas·homemade·homemade gifts·vanilla extract
Back-to-School Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Snacks – Eat Well, Spend Less has You Covered!
August 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Do It Yourself, Frugality
The back-to-school sales at the end of July may have been jumping the gun a little bit, but I think it’s time to admit now that summer’s nearly over and school really is coming (and has started in some parts of the country, I know). We’re at T minus eleven days and counting… Packing lunches [...]
Faith of our Children: A Siren Call to Prayer
August 26th, 2011 · 14 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
What do you do when you hear a siren? Do you hope your loved ones aren’t involved? Do you wonder what’s going on? Does fear clutch your heart? (If all of the above, by the way, you’re probably female, and live in a small town.) Do you not even notice a siren because they’re just [...]
Name That Kid (A Kimball Look-Alike Game)
August 25th, 2011 · 13 Comments · My Story
Lots of people "break the mold." Apparently we’re too frugal and green for that – we keep reusing the same one. I showed my husband photos of my first two kids, a boy and a girl, at 4 months old, and he got their names wrong. They seriously looked that much alike! Baby Jonathan seems [...]
Tags: babies
6 Steps to a Real Food Diabetes Diet {GUEST POST}
August 24th, 2011 · 56 Comments · Science of Nutrition, Special Situations
There are now 25.8 million people in the United States alone who have diabetes according to the American Diabetes Association. This number does not include the countless people who have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, gestational diabetes, or the many who live with the symptoms but have not yet been diagnosed. Diabetes is becoming a household [...]
Tags: artificial sweeteners·coconut oil·diabetes·fats·guest post·high fructose corn syrup·real food·sugar·white flour
