Are achy legs waking your child up at night? If the problem disappears like a bad dream in the morning, it could be growing pains. About 25-40% of children will suffer from growing pains at one point or another, usually between the ages of three and twelve. (1) And obviously parents suffer, too, because, um, sleep deprivation! So, what [...] Continue Reading
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Natural Remedies For Mastitis
Inside: The symptoms of mastitis and blocked ducts, plus home remedies that may help and tips for preventing mastitis. Did you know that when you kiss your baby, your breastmilk changes as needed to combat pathogens? It's true. "When a mother kisses her baby, she 'samples' those pathogens that are on the baby's face - the very ones that the [...] Continue Reading
9 Effective Home Remedies for Earaches
This may be an odd way to start a post on home remedies for earaches, but before we get into the nitty gritty of easy homemade ear drops, warm salt socks and other comfort measures, I want to take a moment to discuss one of the most common misconceptions about ear infections. Is it really an infection? According to Dr. Allan Lieberthal, [...] Continue Reading
8 Natural Remedies When Your Baby Is Congested
For the past three nights of nonstop baby congestion, Micah has concluded the best place to sleep is on my chest. While I'm sitting up. It's pretty inconvenient, but I know it's for a good cause. Micah's practicing his housekeeping skills . . . at least his immune system is. What mama wouldn't want THAT? My sweet boy is currently a miserable [...] Continue Reading
Bread Pudding Recipe
When I was growing up, a family friend, Paul, nonchalantly mentioned that leaving a film of Ivory soap under ones arms would result in a fever by morning. For YEARS my sister and I tried in vain to get it to work. We hoped and prayed and (most of all) scrubbed in hopes of a sick day at home with mom, but all we got for our efforts were very [...] Continue Reading
Home Remedies For Poison Ivy, Oak, And Sumac
Have you ever rolled out of bed the morning after a wonderful day in nature and realized that - instead of the peace and calm that forest bathing is supposed to bring - you're going to be having a different experience for the next 1-2 weeks? Oozing secretions, raised red skin, and the urge to scratch in odd places in front of strangers - all [...] Continue Reading
8 Benefits of Yarrow – And How To Use It In Your Kitchen
Old Man's Pepper. Soldier's Herb. Knight's Milfoil. Thousand Weed. Nose Bleed. <<-- Yarrow has a colorful list of names, and an even richer and more colorful history of use in European, Native American, and Chinese medicine. The ancients called it Herbe Militaris - the Military Herb - because it was often used to staunch bleeding and [...] Continue Reading
Soothing Salt Sock Remedy For Earaches
Ahhhh, unintended consequences. Sometimes things work out - like when a certain kitchen helper forgets to add an egg to the lemon poppyseed muffin recipe you're tinkering with and accidentally perfects it. Sometimes . . . not so much. Take, for example, the once common practice of giving antibiotics to children with earaches. [...] Continue Reading
