Real Mom Nutrition
A no-judgments zone about feeding a family.
If you’re struggling to find the right balance for your family, here are ideas for screen time limits for your kids (that don’t involve totally unplugging)! When you’re as angsty about screen time as I am, you talk to a lot of moms about it. Here are the ones at the extremes: 1. The mom …
My poor parents. They have to endure all the references I make on this blog to my childhood diet of Steak-umms, cherry Kool-Aid, and canned corned beef. But as much as I like to poke fun at my (probably-pretty-typical-for-the-70s-and-80s) habits, there are also many ways my parents have shaped my eating habits for the better. So …
I’m not a parenting expert. Not by a long shot. Like most of us, I’m mostly winging it. Sometimes I’m proud of how I handle situations with my two boys, sometimes I’m not. But as with all things in parenting, I’m a firm believer that when you find something that works, you share it–just in …
The school year just started, and I’m already putting up the white flag. I’ve got two kids at two schools with two start times and two end times. There are after-school clubs and evening events, soccer practices and music lessons. There’s homework to check, lunch boxes to pack, permission slips to sign, and lost worksheets to recover from …
I got this question recently on my Real Mom Nutrition Facebook page from mom Kelli: I do my best to feed my family mostly clean. I try to have snacks only when needed, foods like nuts, popcorn, cheese, whole grain crackers, yogurt, fruits, veggies, and hummus. I let my kids eat junk food at parties and events where …
I sought help from local parenting educator Yvonne Gustafson (aka Dr. Y) when I was going through my toddler-related frustrations with my younger son, and I loved the way she gave me the understanding (and the words) I needed to navigate those very trying situations. So I asked Dr. Y., co-author of Tools for the Toddler Years …
Ever have a moment with your toddler–a maddening and completely mind-boggling parenting moment–when all you can think is, I wish someone could just tell me what to do? I’ve had plenty of those. When my younger son was born and had the nerve to be totally different from his older brother in everything from temperament …
