Milk, Soy Protein Intolerance in Infants. It is Not Colic!

In July I had my second child, a baby girl.  I choose to breastfeed my daughter just as I had my son.  My son nursed well so when my daughter started becoming very fussy (to put it lightly) while feeding I knew it was not normal.   At two weeks old she began screaming (not crying) [...]

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We Need To Purchase What?

After the holidays it was brought to my attention that the home microwave was acting funny. Not ha-ha funny — but it was not working like it should. Now that does not surprise me, the microwave was a wedding gift. And my husband and I are fast approaching 25 years.
So now the shopping begins, my [...]

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Winter Exercise

It’s the first part of January, 2010, and there is 26-plus inches of snow on the ground here.  The wind chill is 20⁰ below zero.   Do you feel like exercising?  Most people would hole up on the couch with a blanket and a bag of munchies and call it a day!  Sometimes that’s alright.  What [...]

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Get a Plan: My New Year’s Resolution

What’s my new year’s resolution? I want to get better at planning, really, any kind of planning. I tend to live day by day, which definitely has its benefits, but drawbacks it has too. What am going to plan? I want to do a better job at planning for the week’s meals ahead of time…meaning [...]

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