Archive for November, 2009

The Good, and the Bad

Monday, November 30th, 2009

I hope everyone had a wonderful, safe Thanksgiving. I know we had a wonderful one! Little J ate tons of turkey with cranberry sauce (his favorite). I have a couple of new products to share with all of you, and one bad thing that happened to us.  So here goes:

My first new find is only sold at Toys R Us and Babies R Us.  It’s Ella’s Kitchen “baby food”! Now, I have to say that I hate the fact that it’s marketed as baby food, but I get it. What these pouches contain is pureed fruit and veggies (that’s all..completely SPEWD Free!).  So just don’t tell your kiddos that they are “baby food” and they will never know!  Ella’s Kitchen pouches don’t need refrigeration, so they can go anywhere, and they come in a fun pouch (which makes them mess free). Little J loves all the flavors and begs for them! How can you say no to a new way to get your child to eat fruits and veggies? Yummy!! Check them out here: Ella’s Kitchen

My second new find is: Wildwood Organics Pro/Pre- biotic soy yogurt  with fiber. If you can eat soy, this yogurt is the best. Little J has digestive issues, like constipation and acid reflux, so I am always looking for natural ways to help. This yogurt really does the job, and he likes it better than any other brand. It comes in lots of yummy flavors….so check it out here: Wildwood Organics By the way the yogurt I bought at my local health food store isn’t on their website yet. I will email them and find out why and get back to all of you.

Now for the bad, Wendy’s. Little J has become sort of a french fry monster. He loves french fries. I try to keep him away from most junk food, but every once in a while I let him have some. This was the case when we decided to take my nephew to Wendy’s before a softball game. I checked online and the french fries at Wendy’s should have been safe. I asked the manager when we got to the Wendy’s just to be sure. But two bites into them, my Little J started having a reaction. Luckily it was mild, but it was enough that I won’t be going back to Wendy’s anytime soon. Be forewarned.\

I hope everyone has a good day!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I am so sorry I haven’t been able to write in a while. It has been a roller coaster ride this past few months, but thankfully we are all ok now. Little J was diagnosed with sleep apnea and had to have his tonsils and adenoids taken out. While the doctors were in there they found out that he has pretty bad acid reflux! But he now sleeps much better and is speaking more (he takes zantac every day) which is awesome.

I have had several bouts with some some sort of cold, flu-y thing, which I am now finally getting over I hope.

So that’s the story with us…

This Thanksgiving I am thankful for my son, husband and family, and all of you who are reading this. So here is my Thanksgiving gift to all of you. A new recipe. Pumpkin is in short supply this year, and even though Pumpkin pie is my favorite, I am going to have to go with sweet potato instead.

Click here for my SPEWD Free recipe and enjoy! Sweet Potato Pie

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