Is your child's lunchbox making them sick? It could be! According to the 2012 Lysol Back To School study, only 45% of moms clean and disinfect their child's lunchbox every day. Leftover food crumbs and spills can harbor germs and bacteria that contaminate your child's ready-to-eat food, potentially causing your child to get sick (as in food poisoning and diarrhea). Yuck! It's important to follow a few basic food preparation hygiene practices ...
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Expectant Moms and Babies Need DHA ~ #BrainStrongDHA
Good nutrition is important to the health of expectant moms and their unborn babies. A diet rich in folic acid, calcium and DHA can benefit both moms and babies. DHA performs a vital role in our brain tissues throughout our lives and is crucial to infants' optimal brain and eye development. Pregnant and nursing women in the US consume about 60-80 mg of DHA per day from food and drink, which is only about 25% of the recommended intake. It is easy ...
Earth’s Best: Tips For Getting Your Child to Pick Fruits & Vegetables (Giveaway Closed)
Do you have a hard time getting your child to eat fruits and vegetables? Fruits and veggies are a very important tool in the growth process. As parents, we are tasked with teaching our children good eating habits at a young age. Earth's Best tells us that children are more likely to keep eating fruits and vegetables when they are older if parents start cultivating good habits early. Easier said than done, right? Many parents may have a hard ...
Skin Care Tips: Exfoliation Plus a Reviva Labs Natural Skin Care Product #Giveaway
Each month I receive a Reviva Labs newsletter that includes skin care insights by Stephen Strassler (founder and president of Reviva Labs). July's focus was on exfoliation. I learned that a good skin care regimen involves regular exfoliation, the removal of dead skin cells at the surface. Weekly exfoliation is essential because: Dead skin cells accumulate and dull the complexion Dead skin cells prevent smooth skin texture Dead skin ...
Tummy Truths Challenge Wrap-Up ~ How You Can Win a Trip To Disney From Culturelle!
My kids recently participated in the Culturelle Tummy Truths 14-day Challenge. You can read about our experiences starting with our Day One blog post. Tummy Truths Challenge Wrap Up: Final Thoughts For 2 weeks, my children took Culturelle KIDS! probiotics every day to see how it worked to keep their digestive system healthy and support their immune system naturally. The Culturelle probiotics have kept my kids' digestive systems regular for ...
Day 12: Culturelle Tummy Truths Challenge (Giveaway Closed)
Day 12 (July 13): Today is a fun day because Day 12 of the Culturelle Tummy Truths Challenge brings a Culturelle Kids! giveaway for Mom Always Finds Out readers! One lucky winner will receive Culturelle Kids! Chewables and Kids! Packets Probiotics. Please enter to win using the Rafflecopter Entry Form at the end of the blog post. Culturelle Kids! Probiotics are the #1 Pediatrician recommended brand of probiotics. My children have ...
Day 9: Culturelle Tummy Truths Challenge + Coupons For You!
Day 9: July 10 marks our 9th day of taking Culturelle KIDS! probiotics as part of the 14 day Tummy Truths Challenge. I have three children who take the probiotics and we have had a great experience with this brand, which happens to be the #1 Pediatrician Recommended brand of probiotics. My 8-year-old son takes the KIDS chewables (for children 50-100 lbs.) and my 2 and 4-year-olds take the KIDS packets (for children 25-50 lbs.). There have been ...
Culturelle Tummy Truths Challenge: Day Four
Day Four: July 5, 2012 My kids have been taking their Culturelle KIDS! probiotics for 4 days now as part of the Tummy Truths 14 Day Challenge. (Click HERE to read our Day One.) I’m lucky that my children think vitamins and supplements are fun to take – I haven’t had any issues getting anyone to chew tablets or drink their probiotics with juice (the Kids Packets dissolve in liquid). They only need to take the probiotics once per day, ...
Day One: Culturelle Tummy Truths 14 Day Challenge
Day One: July 2 My children have been invited to take part in the Culturelle Tummy Truths 14 Day Challenge. This means that for the next 2 weeks, they will be taking a daily probiotic supplement and I will be documenting their experiences with it to share with you here at Mom Always Finds Out. If all goes as planned, you will even get to enjoy a few video interviews starring my kiddos. Culturelle Kids! Packets contain a probiotic ...
