Category archives: Nutrition & Wellness

Going Bananas Over First Foods for Baby?

I remember being so incredibly stressed out about what first foods to start my daughter on when she was a baby. I had read a book that spoke about food allergies and she only had [...]

Do you Smoothie? New fav recipe included.

Everybody's talking about the smoothie, it seems to be god's answer to all of our nutritional dietary holes. A smoothie is basically touted as liquid vitamins and meal replacement[...]

Weelicious is Deelicious for the Whole Family (& a Giveaway!)

I first remember seeing Catherine McCord at the Sunday Hollywood Farmer’s years ago before we were both mothers. She was tall, blond, and beautiful and carried that certain effort[...]

Summer Fruit is Here, Get it While it Lasts

Summer is an amazing time for the fruit lover. My daughter LOVES fruit, she has since first being introduced to food as a toddler. Sometimes I refer to her lovingly as my “fruitar[...]

Surviving the Summer When Pregnant

By Mirranda Reinhardt for Pregnancy Awareness Month® Summers are only getting hotter and everyone’s trying to find ways to beat the heat. If you’re pregnant you’ve probably hear[...]

Setting the Stage for a Lifetime of Healthy Eating – a Pediatrician’s Perspective

By : JJ Levenstein, MD, FAAP Your baby’s brain grows 180% by weight the first year of life. This explosive development relies on a rich source of nutrients and drives your bab[...]

I’m Pregnant. I’m Hungry.

My husband and I had been trying to conceive for a year and from the moment I saw that blue stripe on the EPT stick, I was euphoric knowing I was finally going to be a mother. I’d [...]

The Snacking Opportunity

by Tara DelloIacono Thies RD Chief Nutrition Strategist at Clif Bar & Company, makers of LUNA Bar Feeling a bit moody and tired throughout your days? Pregnancy will do that t[...]

Nutrition & Wellness Week Twitter Party May 15, 2012

NUTRITION & WELLNESS WEEK TWITTER PARTY MAY 15th 7pm PST / 10pm EST Follow us @PregAwareness & Join the party #MayPAM Special Guests: Dr Alan Greene, MD, FAAP, PA[...]

Eating for Two- Before You're Pregnant

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff- Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org The irony of pregnancy is that the actual 40 weeks is referred to as nine mont[...]