Game day! Time to make sure the kids are fed properly in order to replace all of the calories they are about to burn! However, there is one small issue – the game is at 7am in Westchester, a little more than an hour away. When it comes to my child’s nutrition, I would call […]
Category: Healthy Living
Healthy Living is where you can find more about how to live a healthy and sustainable lifestyle as well as how to better your emotional health. There are so many factors in our daily lives that all contribute to our overall health – nutrition, environment, products, stress, relationships, etc. – it is important for us to take a holistic look at how we can better our health in all we do.
Each week we will invite healthy living pros to come share tips and tricks we can all use to create a better environment for ourselves, our families and largely our world. Moms move the world: let’s make it a healthier one!
The Mommybites’ Healthy Living section is co-hosted by Mott’s and Mommybites. This partnership does not influence the content, topics or posts made on this blog. We always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on all topics, products, and services.
How Parents Can Have a Positive Impact on Children’s Health in Schools
Being a parent to a child who’s in school can bring up a lot of questions about health. After all, putting a bunch of kids together in the same building practically guarantees that germs will be passed around. If you want to make a positive impact on the health of all the kids at school, here […]
Kids and Sports: Bench the Stench
Kids love to run around, play, and get dirty. As a parent, it can be quite the task to get all that laundry done. This becomes even more of a challenge when your child is involved in youth sports, specifically hockey. Your little hockey players can get a jersey dirty pretty quickly if you haven’t already noticed. […]
Why Recess Is Essential to Child Development
Some of our best memories of grade school always start with that recess bell ringing. That joyful sound was letting our little minds know it was time to go outside and play. Unfortunately, in recent years, schools have waved goodbye to recess in favor of tightly packed academic schedules even at an elementary school level. […]
Tips for Restorative Sleep
The importance of restorative sleep is crucial to get through our daily lives. Poor sleep can lead to obesity, stress, heart disease, poor judgment and many other negative effects. With most Americans suffering from sleep deprivation, this has become a huge problem for most of us. However, with the right habits and the right routine, […]
5 Do’s and Don’ts to Improve Your Child’s Sleep
In today’s world, sleep is treated as a luxury rather than a necessity. And in the middle of the night when your little one wakes up for the third, fourth or eighth time, parents will do anything to get their child to go back to sleep again. In order to start teaching your child good, […]
Tips to Eat, Drink and Be Merry – But HEALTHY – This Holiday Season
Ah, the holiday season. A time for traditions and entertainment, frivolity and fun. A time to let normal schedules slide and more than a few rules to be ignored. But when all the eggnog has been drunk and all the presents unwrapped, the best holiday memories are the ones you form with those around you […]
Keeping Baby Safe This Holiday Season
If you’re like most families, your holiday calendar looks like you’ve started a new job, had three kids AND invited the entire extended family to stay over at your place for a month! It’s easy to get caught up in the craziness of the holiday season and throw caution to the wind, but when you […]