A Mommybites reader asked: My toddler gets mad and hits me. I know she is frustrated and doesn’t mean it, but it does hurt sometimes and I have had enough of it. What can I do? You are right. Toddlers can get very frustrated because they do not have enough language to express how they […]
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Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: Young Parents Consider Severing Relationship With Grandparents
You recently gave my husband and me some fantastic advice. We definitely utilized it, but there is still conflict with my husband’s parents. For example, instead of allowing them to manipulate us as to when we would have our son’s birthday party, we just picked the weekend that was best for us. Their response was […]
Healthy Foods To Make Every Morning Easier
A healthy breakfast, we often hear, is the most important meal of the day. But with your very busy mornings, what are your breakfast options? Skipping breakfast is out of the question. Countless medical studies have linked skipping breakfast as a contributing factor to heart problems, obesity, emotional imbalance and other illnesses. If you are […]
A Few Tricks to Fight Off Cold Season
Whether it’s a mild cold or a more serious case of the flu, when your little one isn’t feeling well, you both suffer. As cold and flu season peaks this month, here are a few tricks to fight off cold season this year. The best medicine is prevention Winter is “hands down” the most important […]
Talking to Your Kids About the Tough Stuff in Your Past
Talking to our kids about sensitive matters can be tricky. Kids by nature are curious, and as parents, we want to protect them from too much information. I have had a recent experience where I had to talk to my four sons about my complicated past with my parents. My parents lived an airplane ride […]
A Pressure-Less Workout To Restore the Mommy Core and Pelvic Floor
Every mom has a goal of shedding baby weight, whether that be right away or over a few years. The problem is, women often are not properly educated on rehabilitating the pelvic floor before returning to exercise. The exercise trend these days is using High Intensity Interval Training or HIIT to get the maximal workout […]
Log Flumes and Bonding
If you are ever interested in witnessing pure joy amongst all ages and cultures, I strongly suggest you watch people at the end of those log flume water park rides. This revelation came to me when I was at Universal Studios with my family a few weeks ago. My sons had finally convinced me to […]
Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: Readers’ Comments: “The Gift of a Gap Year”
Many readers responded to my column, “The Gift of a Gap Year”. For example, an Ivy League college administrator writes: “It’s time for the 40- and 50-year-olds (and grandparents) who have grown up with the old paradigms to look at better ways to make sure their child is prepared for college. We really do need […]