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Is Nano-Hydroxyapatite Safe? What You Need to Know About the Remineralizing Ingredient in Your Child’s Toothpaste
Whether you have been using hydroxyapatite toothpaste as a healthier alternative for some time or you are looking for a remineralizing product to fight your child’s tooth decay, you may have run into the recent debate on the safety of nano-hydroxyapatite. Which leaves you asking, “is nano-hydroxyapatite safe?” This topic was brought to my attention…
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Life With an NG Tube Baby: My Tips & Tricks
Life with an NG tube baby is a little different. Dressing your baby, feeding your baby, taking your baby out of the house, how your baby sleeps and how your baby moves around are all intertwined (literally) with the tube. When you bring your baby home from the hospital with the NG tube, it’s up…
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7 Last Minute Quick and Easy Easter Activities for Kids
Do you need some quick and easy Easter activities for your kids to do that will remind them of why we celebrate Easter? Then you are in the right place at the right time (even if it feels a little late). I often feel woefully inadequate to teach my kids how to focus on the…
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PMS While Nursing: The Sequel
Hey there, Mama. You seem frustrated, possibly even mildly concerned. How do I know? Well, let’s just say I’ve been in your shoes before. The shoes you put on to go on a hunt for information about why you are having PMS while nursing when you have not had your first postpartum period yet. Do…
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Results of Natural Cavity Treatment in Kids
If you have been following my childhood tooth decay journey with my daughter, you know the potentially amazing results of natural cavity treatment in kids. But I have a new encouraging update on my daughter’s teeth that further substantiates how effective natural treatments can be. My almost-6 year-old daughter had a dentist appointment last week.…
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How to Prepare for Your Baby’s Open Heart Surgery
Being told your baby will need open heart surgery is scary and overwhelming. Whether you know months in advance or have very little notice, anxiety and fear can quickly take over. It may not be possible to ever feel completely ready to hand over your baby to be opened up, but I would like to…
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It Feels Like Years Ago (What it’s Like on the Other Side of Baby’s VSD Repair)
My younger daughter was born with a congenital heart defect. Her main condition was a very large VSD (ventricular septal defect) which was eventually repaired during her fourth hospital admission. In some ways, it seems like yesterday. But in others, it feels like years ago that she was in heart failure. I originally wrote this…
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My Baby Has Holes in Her Heart and I Know Why
My baby has holes in her heart. Four of them. And I know why. My baby has holes in her heart because I had holes in my heart while I carried her in my womb. Four of them. Hey Mama, if you find my blog posts helpful, would you help support this blog by making…
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To the Mama Going Through Pregnancy After Recurrent Miscarriage
To the mama going through pregnancy after recurrent miscarriage … I know. I know that the grief is not relieved (and may even be worsened) by having a successful pregnancy. I understand. I understand that awkward moment when someone asks if you are excited and you can’t give them the right answer. I get it.…
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Healthy Candy for Kids with Tooth Decay
Kids and tooth decay just don’t go together well. Kids love to have fun and tooth decay is like a giant lock on the door to all things fun and yummy. So as the mama to a child with tooth decay, I have had to find healthy candy that allows her to still have yummy…
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How to Progress Labor – 10 Tips for a Faster Delivery
After a 37-hour labor with my first baby, I was eager to do whatever I could to shorten my labor with my second baby. Figuring out how to progress labor more efficiently can really help speed things up. It can also reduce your risk of having unwanted interventions. Whether this is going to be your…
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Pregnancy Pain: 9 Simple Solutions to Make You More Comfortable
During pregnancy, your body goes through so many changes, and your rapidly fluctuating hormones can cause some discomfort. If you are currently doing the demanding job of growing a human, read on to find some relief from your pregnancy pain! During my pregnancy with my first daughter, I had an extremely short list of complaints.…
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Kids Dental Crowns – Are There Alternatives?
I have been promising my readers this update post on my 5-year-old daughter’s 3-year-old tooth decay for several months now, so here it is! This update will include not only a run-down of the natural tooth decay treatments we have used and the level of success we have had with them up until this point,…
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My 2nd Natural Hospital Birth Story
I am so blessed to be able to announce that we have added a second child to our family! After trying to conceive while breastfeeding, a complete molar pregnancy and two chemical pregnancies, the past nine months of pregnancy after loss have been incredibly challenging. But we made it, and in this post I am…
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10 Mommy-Daughter Date Ideas
Since my last couple of posts have been on the sad side, I wanted to lighten things up with a happy post highlighting the ways I like to have fun with my daughter. Some of these 10 mommy-daughter date ideas are simply things I do with my daughter every day, others are infrequent times when…
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My Chemical Pregnancy Stories
Even though it’s been a year since they happened, I still don’t really feel like sharing my chemical pregnancy stories. I don’t really feel like opening up my torn and insecure heart to a world that mostly will not understand. However, as I read this post about why it’s okay to grieve an early miscarriage,…
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God Cares About Your Miscarriage
My daughter had just completed her bead necklace/leash for her stuffed puppy. I watched as she picked up the ends and got up from the table to bring it over to me to tie. With a sweet smile, she began to carry it over to me, clearly proud of what she had made. My heart…
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Tooth Decay in Children: 3 Simple, Natural Treatments
Although this post was originally written to address tooth decay in children, the tips mentioned are applicable to any age group. I have personally experienced amazing benefits from implementing these oral health recommendations along with my child. It has now been two years since I embarked on a journey that began with me feverishly googling…
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I’m Still Here: A Vague Life Update from an AWOL Mama Blogger
Dear Mama, I wanted to write you a post to let you know that I’m still here. I haven’t been very active on this blog lately, but I have not forgotten it. Not by a long shot. Obviously, it’s been a while since I’ve published a post. I suppose you might say I have had…
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What Will Happen if You Don’t Sleep-Train Your Baby
Let me take a guess at why you are currently anxiously asking yourself what will happen if you don’t sleep-train your baby. Perhaps you just had a conversation with another mom, a pediatrician or a family member who tried to convince you it is essential to sleep-train your child. Maybe you have read online that…
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