Kimberly Danek Pinkson is a mom to Corbin, an Aunti to Luke and Sebastion, and the Co-Founder of EcoMom.com and EcoMom Alliance.
For more than twenty years, all of her work has been imbued with a sense of global interconnection and a commitment to...
Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson is a pediatrician and mother of two young boys. She maintains a busy pediatric practice and writes Seattle Mama Doc blog, the first pediatrician-authored blog for a major Children's hospital.
As a blogger, she shares things...
Veronica Lois is a second year pediatric resident at Stanford University who enjoys writing and now wants to share her medical knowledge with the general public. As an undergraduate studying biology at MIT, she was selected as a Burchard Scholar...
In Arianna Huffington’s book, On Becoming Fearless , she reminds us of the importance of sleep. I wish someone had read me that chapter. As a woman and Mompreneur, I find sleep is often the first thing to go when the To Do list gets too long.
I keep saying less is more. So often, with children, the less we do, the better. Pediatricians often pride themselves on being smart enough to know when to do.....nothing.
Celebrating with family and friends is one yummy thing in life even in the face of family dynamics-drama. I know it doesn't feel yummy for everyone. I'm not trying to sound Pollyanna-ey. I've had the dark years of holidays, too. When the being...
I've been caught in a recurring cloud this week even though the sky has been essentially spotless. It's been one of those weeks where I find myself spinning around to grab the cup of milk or the steering wheel, muttering, "What am I doing?"
I am...
Raising children in a world full of accessible opinion is a funny thing. Everyone seems to have an idea about how to do this right. Stay home, work full time, work part time, return to work, cry to sleep, not cry to sleep, pacifier, no pacifier......
Stumbled upon an article summary last week, “Bad Behavior Linked to Poor Parenting.” I am going to call this BBLtPP. I clicked on the link with butterflies, hoping not to find something like: We’re following a pediatrician with 2 sons, one doctor...
Part 2: Exercise and various cities in the US
Living in lots of cities recently has made me aware of the fact that the amount of exercise I get depends on where I live. In LA, walking is out of the question unless you are walking inside a mall....
For my medical training, over the past 3 years I’ve lived in 6 cities. Now as I plan to live in Palo Alto for the next 2 years and have time to reflect, I realize this travel has shaped a simple opinion in my mind: health is linked to environment...
What a difference a day makes! Whether a child’s birthday is the day before or the day after cutoff date for kindergarten enrollment changes odds that the child will be diagnosed with ADHD. For kids born during the month before the cutoff date, the...
For years doctors have encouraged parents to store toxic household cleaning products in locked cabinets, out of sight and reach of children. While this advice may have helped considerably, with injury from cleaning products in children declining 46...
It can be a challenging time in many ways to have your baby placed in the NICU. It wasn't the new beginning you hoped for. Here are a few things you can do to that can make a difference:
1) Breast milk is a powerful gift for babies in general, and...
Calling all Expectant and NEW Moms!!(Dads are invited too!)
Are you expecting in the next 9 months?
Did you just have a baby and you want to be "in the know" of the best baby products, information, and more?
Do you want to attend mini seminars from...
“Raising Baby Green’e’: Nationally-renowned author and pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene has appeared on radio and television across the nation. Now he comes to Dallas for this exclusive presentation, question/answer and book-signing.
Tickets must be...
Infant Potty Training, or Elimination Communication, or the Diaper Free Movement, is a an increasingly popular potty training alternative. Here, parents learn to recognize clues that their baby is about to “go” and provide them with a receptacle...
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Under the Nile's famous fruits and veggies toys are destined to be babies favorite.
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Babies put everything in their mouths…they do no descriminate! Help your...
Formulated to calm, soothe and protect sensitive skin, these soft, pre-moistened, paraben-free, water-resistant wipes deliver
powerful SPF 30, UV protection for the face...
Yes to a soft clean that’s as delicious as your little munchkin is (is that possible?). Yes to cleansing organic melon, moisturizing Vitamin A, and nourishing carrot oil. Yes to natural ingredients, because Mama Nature knows best. Yes to being tear-...
For many years, the Himalayan salt caves have been used to enhance the natural balance the human body needs to encourage the healing of disease, or that which is in a state of imbalance within the human body and prevents the natural healing process...
