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How to Follow Vitamin D Recommendations for Kids (in 2022)

“Why the vitamin D recommendations for babies? I never gave you vitamin D. You didn’t get rickets.” My mom said this after she heard that newborns today are supposed to take vitamin D. A lot of grandmothers ask this. And, I have answers. Vitamin D is a nutrient found in some foods. It’s also something…

How Being Outdoors May Help Kids’ Immune Systems

I love collecting stories and studies that prove what already feels true about kids and nature. This is one of those studies. Children plus nature feels like a good combination. Kids seem happier and more vigorous outside, don’t they?  I often think of this quote from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden,   . . ….

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Reducing Plastic at Mealtimes

Are you researching products for baby feeding? The best baby spoons? Just the right bowl? Plastic is almost always an option when choosing baby products. Today, we have even more choices, and plastic may not always be the best option. The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommendations that may help reduce plastic use, especially at…

Vote For Children

photo by Phillip Goldsberry Welcome! Well, this is an unorthodox first post.  But timing is everything. We happen to be days away from a huge election in the United States. I’m going to ask you to vote in the 2020 United States election, if you’re able. There, I said it. I’m requesting this, and we…