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Two Reasons for an Elimination Diet

By Nichole Hirsch Kuechlel · 13 years ago

Are you wondering why there is so much conversation around Elimination Diets? This is what it sounds like: "I am not doing dairy right now", "I need to avoid gluten for a little while", "my ...

4 Ways to Go Green When Baby Arrives

By Nichole Hirsch Kuechle · 13 years ago

Don't let the arrival of your new baby bring on the mountains of unnecessary stuff and trash that goes along with it. Read along for ways to go green when baby arrives. So when baby ...

Chinese Medicine for my toddler? Really?

By Nichole Hirsch Kuechle · 13 years ago

The past two weeks have been rough for our 3 year old. Naps and bedtimes have rendered her a killer diaper rash. You know the kind I’m talking about: you put them to bed or ...

Birth: Stuck Shoulders, a Metaphor for Life

By Nichole Hirsch Kuechle · 13 years ago

Three years ago I pushed our youngest daughter into the world in a beautiful, calm, and quiet home water birth. Just last week I was sharing this video with a friend and acquaintance as she ...

10 Tips to Life with Newborn Multiples

By Nichole Hirsch Kuechle · 13 years ago

Because I have worked with several couples in the throes of new parenthood with multiples, I feel compelled to reach out and share some tips for surviving life with more than one newborn. Caring for ...

Slim Down Your Budget While Growing a Baby

By Nichole Kuechle · 13 years ago

So many of us "wait" to have that first baby until we have a certain amount of money in savings or until school loans are paid off or until we have a bigger house. Whatever ...

How to Fill a Cookie Jar

By Nichole Kuechle · 14 years ago

When I was a kid we always had a cookie jar on the counter, and yes, it was always filled with cookies. Sometimes homemade and sometimes store bought. At my house we have a cookie ...

Eight Easy Game Night Treats

By Nichole Kuechle · 14 years ago

Okay mom, when it’s your turn to show up on soccer night with the treat…what are you going to do? Will you run to the nearest large chain grocery store and grab whatever’s on sale? ...

Eat Frequently Throughout the Day to Support a Healthy Pregnancy

By Nichole Kuechle · 14 years ago

Sometimes the last thing we can imagine doing while pregnant is eating…or, it’s exactly the opposite. We’re either on or off, hot or cold, starving or so nauseous even the thought of food can have ...

Thirteen Ways to Get Veggies into Your Kids

By Nichole Kuechle · 14 years ago

Do you remember eating tasteless and mushy green beans from a can when you were little? No wonder it took years to build our trust in that particular food group, as those were memories I’d ...

10 Tips on How to Cloth Diaper Your Baby

By Nichole Kuechle · 14 years ago

Seven plus years ago as a newly pregnant mom, I had dreams of a healthy pregnancy, baby, and of saving the planet along the way. NOT in a crazy hard core way, but I wanted ...

7 Ways to Help Kids into a Sleeping Rhythm

By Nichole Kuechle · 13 years ago

When school starts, not only do our children get excited about new teachers, old friends, and a bag of new supplies; they may also experience anxiety, nervous tummy’s, and a feeling of insecurity. At times ...

7 Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat Beans

By Nichole Kuechle · 13 years ago

Really, how many of us liked to eat beans when we were young? No wonder it’s hard to convince our own children to eat them when it’s a food most of us aren’t eating enough ...

7 Easy Substitutes to Get Your Kids off Sugar

By Nichole Kuechle · 13 years ago

So what’s the big deal if my kids are eating sugar? The big deal is that we are predisposing their bodies to suppressed immunity, chronic disease, childhood obesity and potential early diagnosis of Type II ...

6 Tips for Making Homemade Baby Food

By Nichole Kuechle · 14 years ago

Making baby food wasn’t on my radar when I was feeding babies under my care as their nanny, but when I had my own children, it was all I could think about. Now, I love ...

5 Ways to Support Your Pregnancy with a Healthy Breakfast

By Nichole Kuechle · 13 years ago

Breakfast is really the last thing on many people’s minds when they get up in the morning, never mind what their morning sickness (or blood sugar) may be saying. For some it is the only ...

5 Ways to Avoid Preeclampsia in Pregnancy (and an Induction because of it)

By Nichole Kuechle · 14 years ago

There is a certain way women need to eat if they want to avoid preeclampsia. Eating well is just one of their many "jobs" while pregnant. Most women are eating the S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) ...

5 Ways to A Healthy School Year Start

By Nichole Kuechle · 14 years ago

I can still remember standing at the end of my next door neighbor’s driveway on the first day of kindergarten…the smell of exhaust and the butterflies in my stomach as I stepped onto the bus; ...