Category : Your Health

Yoga – Wonderful for Moms

Yoga – Wonderful for Moms

I recently started yoga, and I absolutely love it. I find myself sitting up straighter, feeling more attractive, and seem to be more relaxed lately. It was surprisingly easy to get into; all I did was buy a DVD, a mat, and yoga pants. I do the DVD for about 30 minutes (I’ll eventually build up to the 50 minute routine, but want to go slow at first), and I feel refreshed and energized afterwards. Yoga is awesome!

Quick, Healthy Meal Solutions

Quick, Healthy Meal Solutions

Sometimes eating healthy foods is easier than you think.

Breastfeeding?  Here’s a Drink for You

Breastfeeding? Here’s a Drink for You

One of the things that surprised me about breastfeeding was just how thirsty it made me! I was prepared to feel extra hungry and tired, but didn’t expect to be toting around a huge water bottle everywhere.

Lowered Blood Pressure – Yet Another Breastfeeding Benefit

Lowered Blood Pressure – Yet Another Breastfeeding Benefit

Most of us moms have heard of the benefits that breastfeeding comes with. Not only is great for your baby, free, and convenient, but it benefits your health, too. For starters, nursing moms often enjoy quicker weight loss after pregnancy and lower chances of breast cancer. That’s not all, though – check out this article from USA Today.

Make Your Own Natural Deodorant

Make Your Own Natural Deodorant

Although I’m not the most organic, do-it-yourself kind of gal, this idea just seems too easy to not at least try.

Suffering from Dry Air In Your Home? Try These Tips.

Suffering from Dry Air In Your Home? Try These Tips.

Every winter, my husband and I start to notice our poor cracked knuckles and chapped lips. It seems like we can’t turn on the heat even once without feeling it on our skin….

Tip to Stay Healthy This Season

Tip to Stay Healthy This Season

I’m always bugging my kids to wash their hands, stop touching everything at Target, and take their vitamins. Little kids seem to be germ magnets, and I don’t want our whole family to come down with a nasty cold or the flu! I’m always looking for tips to keep germs separate and to stay healthy, [...]

How to Soothe Engorgement – Help For Nursing Moms

How to Soothe Engorgement – Help For Nursing Moms

My cousin is getting ready to have her first baby in a few months, and I was thinking about her today and reflecting on what it was like a few years ago for me as a new mom. Pregnancy, a newborn baby, and nursing were consuming! There is so much information to absorb, and the [...]

How Motherhood Can Help You Build Healthy Habits

How Motherhood Can Help You Build Healthy Habits

There are many benefits of being a mom, but one I had not considered would be the motivation to live a healthier lifestyle.

Swine Flu: Questions and Answers

Swine Flu: Questions and Answers

Like every other mom out there, I’m doing my best to stay on top of my kids’ health this season. If I had a dime for every time I said, “Wash your hands!” or “Cough into your elbow!” then I’d be a rich woman. With concern over the swine flu this season, it’s even more important to stay on top of things.