July 2012

This morning, I was thinking a lot about the concept of reinforcing behaviors. I touched on this in my How to Tame a Sweet Tooth post; basically, if we listen to our bodies, we’ll notice that healthy actions make us feel good and unhealthy actions kind of make us feel like poop.  Too much sugar [...]

Here’s the best of the best from Healthy Tipping Point in June 2012.  I’m sure you can guess what my favorite moment of the entire month (err, year!) was – Henry’s birthday!   Happiest Birthday:  Henry’s Birth Story Part I and Part II.  The story of my drug-free, Bradley Method natural childbirth.  I still can’t [...]

A week ago, I asked for your advice on how to tame a sweet tooth.  Here is a selection of the advice that I received:   Carly said:  “We buy the really fancy chocolate bars (Lindt, Ghirardelli, etc), and both my wife and I get two squares for dessert. We have found that a few [...]

I’ve got two {little} goals for the day:  one personal and one Henry-related.  Little goals are all you can accomplish when you’re in charge of a three-week old!   My personal goal is DRINK WATER.  I am normally pretty good about hydrating – thanks to my Florida roots – but I’ve totally fallen off the [...]

Yesterday was my father-in-law’s birthday.   Well, I should say that yesterday was my father-in-law’s birthday celebration because his actual birthday was several weeks ago – this was just the first opportunity we had to get together and celebrate outside of work.   I was pretty pumped because a party at my in-laws’ house means [...]

I have always known that I wouldn’t want to find out my baby’s sex while pregnant.  Even when I was a teenager, I knew I wanted to be surprised.   There were multiple reasons for waiting:  I liked the mystery of waiting; I thought waiting would be a good motivator during labor; and, to a [...]

My prayers for a thunderstorm came true.  Overnight, the temperatures dropped thirty degrees thanks to the rain!  Too bad the sun will burn it all up in just a few hours.   Happy Monday!  Who has a short week thanks to the holiday?   Breakfast: Stovetop banana oatmeal:   1/2 cup oatmeal 1/2 cup water [...]

I love reading other people’s essential grocery lists – you know, the ‘must purchase’ items.  It’s like peeking inside someone’s medicine cabinet at a party.  Not that I would ever do that. Our grocery list is a bit unusual in the fact that we’re both vegetarians, the Husband doesn’t eat dairy, and we try to [...]

My Sunday is off to a pretty rockin’ start.   Henry woke up at 7 AM, I fed him, and then I prayed really, really hard that he would fall back asleep for at least thirty minutes.  He slept for an extra hour.  Hallelujah!   It is sunny and warm outside… and we are lucky [...]