Category Archives: Health

Healthy choices to Fitness

Get Outside, Mama

Cheers to week three of shelter in place here on the central coast of CA. Am I the only parent looking for any and every excuse to get out of the house? We’re out of self rising flour (that I’m not even sure what to do with?) I’ll go to the store. The dishwasher is […]

What Is This Rash?

   I love this blog category because when raising children there is never a dull moment, and always something to share with readers and other parents.  So a rash appeared on my 3yr old about three weeks ago and at first I thought it was poison oak ( it is sporadically around the house.) The rash […]

Christmas For My Toddler

  Well it’s Christmas time again and here I am with a 3year old and no idea what to get him.  I do know that I need to clear out a lot of toys that he has outgrown or just does not play with anymore!  I also contemplate on what I can get him that will […]

Stomach Pain

 I have a three year old and thank heavens he has been pretty healthy!  Except for the occasional cold and stomach flu, which I always seem to contract from him, he has been a salubrious toddler!  About two weeks ago he had stomach pain, for the first time in his whole 3.5 years of life […]

How Much TV Is Too Much?

 So how much TV is too much!?  Okay everyone, I am a huge TV junky!!! Full on Boob tube zombi!  And guess what, so is my three-year-old. I kid you not, I usually have two televisions going on at once!  So when Tristan was 2 years old and his pediatrician picked up on his lack […]

Separation Anxiety

     Tristan had the worst separation anxiety from 9months of age to about 2 and ½ years old.  His anxiety when not with mommy or daddy, especially mommy, was part of our autism suspicion.  Quick Tip:  Anxiety in High-Functioning Children with Autism Alinda Gillott, Fred Furniss, Ann Walter First Published September 1, 2001 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361301005003005 […]

Away for the Weekend

Don’t get fooled by the title, I am not on vacation with my family or out of town for a fun weekend with my family.  I am in San Francisco at an emotional intelligence seminar with my boss/owner of my veterinarian clinic and other co-workers.  It was very informative and eye-opening BUT oh my goodness […]