A delicious and nutritious breakfast can be easily made with slow cooker oatmeal! With a wide variety of recipes out there you can make it with just about anything you like added. From nuts, to fruits and even maple syrup, any slow cooker oatmeal is sure to be a family favorite. Warm, creamy and delicious,
Month: January 2020
The benefits of houseplants are numerous. Not only are they good for your health, but houseplants can also help improve your concentration, reduce your stress level, and boost your mood. They are also simply pretty to look at and liven up any space. Whether you live in a small space or a large one, adding
This article may include advertisements, paid product features, affiliate links and other forms of sponsorship. Share the love: It may be hard to believe, but the end of the year is upon us once again. It is time to reflect on the past year and think about the year ahead. If you are not quite
This article may include advertisements, paid product features, affiliate links and other forms of sponsorship. Share the love: Photo Courtesy of Unsplash.com December is the time of year most people sit down and write out their resolutions for the new year. Quit smoking. Stop drinking. Spend less time with your in-laws. And of course, weight
This article may include advertisements, paid product features, affiliate links and other forms of sponsorship. Share the love: Have you ever started your week off not knowing where to even begin because everything just seems out of place and you have a million things running through your head? Have you ever considered that maybe all.the.things.
This article may include advertisements, paid product features, affiliate links and other forms of sponsorship. Share the love: Whole30 and the Instant Pot go together like peas and carrots. Which, ironically, are not both Whole30 compliant but are both things you can cook in your Instant Pot. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. When
Photo: iStockphoto Both of Catherine Labate’s children have always been very verbal. What started out as “crib talk” in infancy grew into animated conversations with dolls and toys by the time they were toddlers, and excitedly whispered monologues when they became preschoolers. Now that they’re in school, Labate’s four-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter still talk
Photo: iStockphoto Most people can relate to getting butterflies in their stomachs before starting a new school or giving a presentation in class. But for some teens, the fear of doing or saying the wrong thing—and consequently being judged by their peers—can be overwhelming. For these kids, navigating the social complexities of junior high and
Photo: iStockPhoto Many new parents are given advice from other parents, or even doctors, to have a bottle of Benadryl for kids on hand, just in case of an allergic reaction. But according to allergists, the medication shouldn’t be used at all to treat allergy symptoms such as itchy eyes, sneezing or hives because it—and
Gillian and Isaac visit with Santa. Photo: Jennifer Pinarski “That Santa isn’t real, you know,” says my nine-year-old son, Isaac. Leaning on a plush red rope that snakes alongside the glittering Christmas display at the mall, he points to the white-bearded man chatting with a mom and cradling a newborn baby in his arms. Thankfully,
Photo: iStockphoto Angela Angers’s daughter was two and a half years old when she woke up one morning and suddenly couldn’t walk. “The night before she couldn’t settle,” says Angers. “She was really uncomfortable and kept telling me that her legs hurt.” The next morning, her daughter had developed an obvious limp and wouldn’t put
Photo: Stocksy, Illustrations: Allison + Cam Coralie Metcalfe used to think the flu was no big deal. “I never got my flu shot. I’m totally pro-vaccine, but I just never thought I needed it,” she explains. That changed after what happened two years ago when she went to wake her 15-month-old daughter, Annie, for daycare.
Photo: iStockPhoto Have you ever noticed your kid sitting with their knees forward and feet spread out on either side of them—in other words, ‘W’ sitting? For years, the harm—or lack thereof—of this way of sitting, which seems particularly unnatural to adults, has been highly debated. Issues related to gait, like in-toeing, have been thought
iStock If Alex had been Angela Bloomfield’s first child, she might have panicked at the raised rash that raced down her five-year-old son’s body a few months ago. “You could watch it travelling along his body, from the top of his head, all the way down,” the Montreal mom recalls. A day earlier, Alex’s cheeks
Photo: iStockphoto As a paediatrician and a mom, I try hard to stay on top of new advancements in kids’ health. But with so much news and information being published each month, I’m always worried that I’ll miss something. I know many parents feel that way too. So, here are six game-changing new guidelines and
As babies grow, they go from crawling to walking, running, jumping, and climbing anything that can be ascended. But it is not safe for them to just climb up anything, is it? Enter climbing toys, which are designed to indulge the active personalities of toddlers but in a safe way. A climbing toy for toddlers
IN THIS ARTICLE STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education comprises a significant part of the child’s academics. So, anything you do to help the child get better in these subjects is not a waste. Of the many ways to teach the basic concepts of science and mathematics to children, STEM toys are among the
Image: Shutterstock Scandinavia is the European region that encompasses Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. As these countries have strong cultural and linguistic ties, it is no wonder that they have a lot in common in the surnames too. The ancestors of modern Scandinavians used a patronymic naming system. The nobles were the first to take last
Image: Shutterstock Norway has a unique naming pattern. In ancient times, it consisted of three parts – given name, patronym, and address. But as society evolved, so did the Norwegian naming scheme to feature fixed surnames. Some of the most common surnames ended with ‘-sen,’ or ‘-son,’ ‘-datter’ or ‘-dotter,’ meaning ‘son of’ or ‘daughter
Image: Shutterstock Mexico is the most populous Spanish speaking country in the world (1). This is probably the reason that most Mexican surnames are derived from Spanish, and several have their origins in Spain. Mexicans have two surnames. The first name is the father’s last name and the second the mother’s last name. This way,