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  • Twins Don’t Know That They Have Been Born Yet

    February 14, 2014 (Video)
  • The Scoop On Flood By Elisa Zied, MS, RD, CDN,

    February 09, 2014

     

    1. Take 10 minutes to plan healthy dinners for the week. Half of each dinner plate should be filled with fruits/veggies, 1/4 of the plate should include lean protein foods, and the remaining 1/4 plate should be filled with healthy starch (like whole grains or starchy veggies prepared with healthy fats and herbs/spices). On two nights each week, make a double batch of any recipe so you have leftovers for lunches or dinners for other busier nights.

    2. Make a strategic shopping list:  The  Food Martketing institure reports that for every minute we spend in a grocery store we spend $2. That’s why it’s important to take five minutes each week to make a strategic grocery list that is organized by area of the store. If all the produce you need is listed together, all the meat is listed together, etc, not only will this get you in and out of the store faster, but you’ll also be more likely to stick to your list and therefore spend less money on impulse buys.

    3. Prep for success. Part of the Schedule Me Skinny 30 Minute Power-Planning Session is to spend 15 minutes at the beginning of the week prepping food so that meals can be put together in just minutes all throughout the week. To prep, cook one large batch of whole grain or starchy vegetables (such as quinoa, brown rice, whole wheat pasta or potatoes). Next, wash and chop hearty veggies like peppers, cucumbers, broccoli and carrots. On a weeknight, you can throw together the items you’ve already prepped along with an easy protein source such as canned salmon or tuna or beans to make a quick, healthy dinner.

    4. Pre-portion your food. Portion control is extremely important to help children enjoy foods in moderation and to grow into healthy weights. However, it can be hard to take the time to measure items during a busy week when you’re trying to feed your kids a snack before soccer practice or get dinner on the table in a timely fashion. If you simply take five minutes or less at the beginning of the week to measure commonly used items like fatty foods (like cheeses, nuts and salad dressings) and favorite treats (like chips, candy and snack mixes) and portion them into baggies or small containers for instant portion control later on, you’ll save a lot of time when you’re time-crunched.

    5. Keep a snack stash on hand. To help kids keep their energy levels up, their metabolisms going strong and to meet (and not exceed) their nutrient needs to help them grow, it is important for kids to eat every few hours. Snacks can be a great way to go when time is short in-between meals. To help you stay armed when the munchies strike, it’s smart to take five minutes each week to make a stash of snacks that don’t have to be refrigerated in your car/purse/desk. Options include: dried fruit and nuts, apples, bananas and single serve peanut butter packets. A good rule of thumb is to keep snack options at around 200 calories and include a whole grain or fruit/veggie AND a lean protein or healthy fat for staying power. Examples include one small apple, sliced and a string cheese or 1/2 banana topped with one tablespoon almond or peanut butter and rolled in 2 tablespoons crushed whole-grain cereal. Keeping your own snacks on hand will prevent you from spending money on over-priced junk food from a vending machine or drive through and save you the time of trying to find or fix a snack!

  • My Beautiful Women

    February 09, 2014 (Video)
  • Sleep Tips From Dr. OZ For Pregnancy

    November 17, 2013


    Sleep Tips from Dr. Oz for pregnancy


    If you haven’t already heard it, eventually someone is going to tell you to sleep all you can now because you won’t be getting any rest after your baby is born. Easier said than done, right?

    Telling someone to  “just go to sleep” is like telling someone to “just” pull a redwood tree out of the ground with his or her bare hands: It simply can’t be done. Sleep is what restores all those important connections in the brain that allow your mind and body to function at their best—something that’s doubly important when there’s a baby on board. But thanks to muscle pains, pee breaks, heartburn, hot flashes and more, pregnant women often face big sleep challenges.

    We know you don’t want to take any medications if you can possibly avoid it. So to help, here are some ways to make getting the rest you need a little easier.

    Lie on your left side

    Sleeping on your side relieves stress on your back, which may be aching right about now thanks to your growing belly. But it’s also better for your developing baby than lying flat on your back: When you do that, the weight of your uterus compresses the blood vessels that feed the placenta. Additionally, lying on your left side is better than lying on your right side because it allows more blood to flow to the uterus.

    Use pillows as props

    If trouble breathing is keeping you awake, use pillows to elevate your upper body. This will allow your uterus to drop down, away from your diaphragm, making it easier for your lungs to inflate
    Banish the burn

    If heartburn is a sleep stealer, elevate the head of your bed (not just your head) by putting blocks under the legs. This will keep stomach acid from rising up into your esophagus.

    Mellow out with milk

    Have a small glass of warm low-fat milk, but not after 6 p.m. (In fact, you should limit all liquids in the evening to avoid having to get up and out of bed and pee in the middle of the night.) The lactose in the milk is a sugar; this stimulates the release of insulin, which in turn helps milk’s calming proteins like tryptophan to enter your brain.

    Keep your cool

    The pregnant body runs hot, so if you want to avoid waking up in a sweat, open the bedroom window, run a fan or ratchet up the air conditioner.

    Calm cramps and kicks

    Many pregnant women’s sleep is disrupted by leg cramps or restless leg syndrome, which occurs when your leg reflexively spasms in a kicking motion. Applying a heating pad to the area can help, as can getting 800 micrograms of folate or folic acid a day; you can get your daily dose with a supplement or foods, such as fortified cereals and grains, spinach and lentils.

    Consider safe meds

    Quieting pain so that you can get the sleep you need is better for your mind and body than “toughing it out” in order to avoid taking medicine when expecting. Tylenol is safe to take if pain is keeping you awake. Benadryl, an antihistamine that makes many people sleepy, is also considered safe during pregnancy. You can also ask your doctor about taking the over-the-counter medication Unisom, which has been shown to help promote sleep during pregnancy. Just don’t use it for more than one week.

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  • Sleep Patterns

    October 25, 2013

    If there is one thing that is bound to get parents talking, it is sleep. How much do you get? Do you get it all in one go? How easy is it to get it? Do you miss it? And so it goes on. In some ways, it seems that the quest for sleep is a never ending cycle of anxiety, guilt and frustration. We feel anxious if our baby won’t sleep, or if our baby sleeps too much. We feel anxious if our baby isn’t sleeping through the night yet and we feel guilty if our baby is sleeping ‘too much’. We feel frustrated when our baby won’t settle and we feel frustrated if our baby wants to sleep when we have other plans. Sleep. For some, it is an elusive prize and for others it is only a matter of passing concern. At the end of the day (literally!) it is a basic human need, and when we don’t get it, we feel it. So what do you know about sleep and sleep patterns? If the answer is not so much, then read on… What are sleep patterns?Simply put, sleep patterns are the patterns of activity that take place in the brain during sleep. They differ from person to person and for babies they differ depending on age. These patterns begin to form during the last months of pregnancy and, like adults, babies have different stages and depths of sleep:

    REM (Rapid Eye Movement)  is a light sleep, where newborn babies can spend up to eight hours a day. This is where dreams occur.
    Non REM is a state of sleep that has 4 stages: drowsiness, light sleep, deep sleep and very deep sleep.
    When a baby sleeps, they tend to pass through all four stages of NON REM sleep, and then go back to deep sleep and then light sleep, where they then enter REM sleep. Phew. So that is a normal baby sleep pattern but be warned that the length of time your baby spends at each stage is entirely up to them, give or take a few external factors such as hunger, loud noises/ disturbances and whether or not a nappy needs changing. On average, babies sleep for:

    newborn: 16-18 hours a day; 8-9 of which are at night, with 3-5 naps in total.
    2-4 months: 14-16 hours a day; 9-10 of which are at night, with 3 naps in total
    4-16 months: 14-15 hours a day; 10 of which are at night, with 2-3 naps in total
    6-9 months: 14 hours a day; 10-11 of which are at night, with 2 naps in total
    9-12 months:  14 hours a day; 10-12 of which are at night, with 2 naps in total.
    Of course, this varies from baby to baby but it’s a fairly good guide to work with. Each Newborn babies aren't designed to sleep through the night.and every time your baby goes to sleep, they will progress through all four stages of NON REM sleep and back up again to light sleep before entering REM sleep. If you watch your baby as they fall asleep, you will see this happening. So what happens when sleep patterns are erratic? Newborn babies do not know the difference between night and day. They do not know that you are supposed to sleep at night and nap during the day; this is something that they need to learn. The early days of a baby’s life is spent either feeding or sleeping anyway, so chances are the best advice you can have is to go with the flow here. As long as your baby is getting around 16 hours of sleep a day, then all is fine. If your baby has been sleeping ‘well’ but develops a more disturbed pattern, there could be many reasons why. Illness, teething, reaching developmental milestones and changes in routine can all affect sleeping patterns. Speak to your health visitor if you’re concerned. Why doesn’t my baby ‘sleep through’? Newborn babies certainly are not designed to sleep through the night, or for stretches longer than around four hours. Their stomachs are too tiny and need filling a lot more regularly. Twelve weeks is usually the point where babies start to sleep for longer stretches as they are able to hold more milk in their tummies and can go longer between feeds. However, sleeping through the night is still not as common as some parents might have you think! From the National Sleep Foundation:

    “By six months of age, nighttime feedings are usually not necessary and many infants sleep through the night; 70-80 percent will do so by nine months of age. Infants typically sleep 9-12 hours during the night and take 30 minute to two-hour naps, one to four times a day – fewer as they reach age one.

    There are many ways that you can help your baby to sleep.How can I help my baby to sleep? There are lots of ways you can encourage good sleep patterns and help your baby to sleep. As ever, we don’t champion one method over another; only you know your baby and the best ways to approach parenting. Things that you can do to help your baby to sleep include:

    sticking to a routine at bedtime
    keeping noises and other disturbances to a minimum at night time, to help baby distinguish between nap time and bed time
    keeping lights dim during sleep time
    using black out blinds, or a SnoozeShade (naturally!) for day time sleeps
    baby massage to help soothe and relax
    So, confess. How does your baby sleep? Have their sleeping patterns changed drastically lately? Does this concern you, or do you prefer to go with the flow? Do leave a comment and let us know!

  • Life Is Full Of Surprises!

    October 25, 2013 (Photos)
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