Why Hospitals Scare Me
by It’s called MRSA, a drug-resistant strain of staph that is getting out of control in U.S. hospitals. Check this article out in it’s entirety for …
Category: Health
Friday Night Frights
My 7 yo and her calamities will be the reason I’m completely gray by January of next year. No kidding. Busy day today. Friday mornings are …
Seeing Things
My oldest is helping her Grand-dad work calves this 19 degree weatherful mornin’; my middle daughter is lying on the couch watching Little House on …
Vicks VapoRub on Feet
Cough medicines are not only hazardous for your child’s health, they do no good whatsoever. At least in my humble experience. I wonder if they’d …
Gluten-Free Flour Mix
Nowadays, it seems we all know someone with Celiac or Sprue Disease, aka, gluten allergies. My husband is in line for it, genetically. His mother …
Giving Up Shampoo?
I’m on day two of a “no shampoo” experiment… Upon browsing Mrs. Brigham’s wonderful site, I came across a link to an article on going …
Have you heard about Stevia?
Stevia is an awesome natural non-caloric sugar substitute available at your local health food store. And it packs 200-300 times the sweetness of sugar, so …
Skipping the Fast Food
Every mom has been there. We had chiropractor appointments at 11:45 A.M. today. Before that, we picked up my oldest daughter’s reading glasses and rushed …
The Best Medicine
I’m posting today at Writer…Interrupted, a post of encouragement for parents of sick children. As an extension of that, I wanted to mention that there’s …
Enzyme Therapy
An hour at the health food store is always time well spent, and recently I enjoyed an uninterrupted Q&A session with the store manager. Health …