Foods to Help Your Baby Get a Good Night’s Sleep

Foods to Help Your Baby Get a Good Night’s Sleep

Editor’s Note: The following article is one in a series of pieces inspired by a celebration of Latino heritage and smart nutrition, brought to you by Beech-Nut/Goya. Getting your kids to sleep through the night is no easy task. This is coming from a mother of three with the youngest being 15 months old. The [...]

How to Find Summer Childcare

How to Find Summer Childcare

With summer break around the corner or already here, many parents face the dilemma of making childcare arrangements. There are no school schedules to work around, fewer extracurricular activities, no homework that you have to help facilitate—just you and an open schedule to fill. It seems like by the time you get the hang of [...]

It’s Feeding Time! The Perfect Meal Schedule for Your Infant

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Editor’s Note: The following article is one in a series of pieces inspired by a celebration of Latino heritage and smart nutrition, brought to you by Beech-Nut/Goya. When you get down to the basics, caring for an infant boils down to four fundamental needs—food, sleep, play and love. The hard part comes in knowing when, [...]

Baby Food Chart Made Easy

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Editor’s Note: The following article is one in a series of pieces inspired by a celebration of Latino heritage and smart nutrition, brought to you by BeechNut/Goya. You’ve been feeding your baby breast milk or formula exclusively for the first 5-6 months. At some point, you are going to have to introduce solids; but where [...]

Kids With Food Allergies? Try These Tasty Substitutes!

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It seems like every other kid out there has food allergies; and with new food products popping up in the grocery store every week, the questions about food allergies continue to grow. Between 1997 and 2007 the food-allergy rate rose 18%! So maybe it’s you, your spouse, your child, or a friend or family member [...]

5 Power Salads That Rule!

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Editor’s Note: The following article is one in a series of pieces inspired by spring being a time to take charge of our health. They all include tips for being fit, eating right and feeling healthy, brought to you by Colgate. Let’s ToneUP together! Salad doesn’t have to be looked upon as a food you [...]

Mother’s Day Gifts for Moms-to-Be

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When does one officially receive the coveted title of Mom? Is it after the baby is born or is it when you become pregnant? I think to many women, you are “mom” from the moment you get that first positive result on the pregnancy test. Let’s face it, something takes over your whole body (both [...]

How to Host an A+ Easter Egg Hunt

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For many, Easter is the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection; making spring a season of transformation, rebirth and renewal. For others, Easter is a fun holiday when families gather together and spend quality time among loved ones. Regardless of what you believe, Easter can be full of fun activities for the kids. Easter just wouldn’t feel [...]

Fun & Green Family Crafts & Activities for St. Patrick’s Day

Fun & Green Family Crafts & Activities for Saint Patrick’s Day

Living in New Orleans gives me the opportunity to attend many parades. Now that Mardi Gras is over, my favorite parade will be rolling out. My family loves going to the St. Patrick’s Day parade. Filled with families wearing green, this is one parade that will send you home with goodies to eat! Besides beads, [...]

5 Ways to Add Variety to Your Picky Eater’s Diet

5 Ways to Add Variety to Your Picky Eater’s Diet

Not a day goes by that I don’t receive an email from one of my readers or subscribers to Momables, specifically asking how they can add a variety of foods to their picky eater’s diet. The first thing I tell them is: you are not alone. You’d think that because of my job, my children [...]