May 21 2013 / blog, Health, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Toddlers, Vitamines
We all know that it’s tempting – and often too easy – to reach for foods that are high in fat, salt or sugar. Canada’s Food Guide provides practical tips about healthy eating for children, teens, adults and seniors from all cultural backgrounds. Here are a dozen easy Food Guide tips to make your daily [...]
May 21 2013 / Activites, Backyard, blog, Safety
Guest post: With the warm weather comes the overwhelming desire to get outside and into the sunshine. Before you tear the kids away from their televisions and video games and urge them out into the fresh air, though, you’ll want to make sure that the backyard is the safe haven for fun and games that [...]
May 20 2013 / Activites, Contests, Exercise, Family Fun, Health
The Alberta Government is committed to ensuring that our kids stay active and eat healthy! The 2013 Healthy U Experiment is designed for kids aged 6-12 Here are the reasons that we think your family should sign up: 1. The 21 days of experiments are fun, interactive and easy 2. We need to get our [...]
May 17 2013 / Babies, Bathing, blog, Breastfeeding, Feeding Routine, Immunization, Lactation Consultant, Newborn, SIDS, Umbilical Cord Care
Guest post: Newborn Care Helping Parents Care for Their Newborn Becoming a parent is an exciting moment in your life, but it also a hectic one. There are so many questions to answer that entire sections of bookstores are dedicated to the demystification of pregnancy and early childhood; still, it’s not always easy to understand [...]