Healthy Children
Parenting philosophies aside, we can all agree that keeping our kids safe and healthy is priority No. 1. What’s likely not getting as much attention is your health, specifically your own mental and physical self-care (you know the saying about oxygen masks…).
NPN parents and experts have lots of advice and information about keeping everyone in the family healthy, whether you need help with nutrition, car seat safety, pediatrician visits, mental health concerns or just run-of-the-mill colds.
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My employer informed me today that the monthly payment I make for health insurance coverage for my spouse and three kids will increase by more than 50% next year. The reason given was that I have three kids, and employees with fewer than three kids shouldn't pay the same as me since they don't cost ...
My 12 year old he ocd. I don’t think our therapist is cutting it. If you have a child with OCD and can highly recommend a therapist as well as a dr for meds (which we haven’t tried yet but likely need to) please please pass their names on. City preferred but willl consider burbs for the right per...
I'm not sure how to go about this, but having survived all of the way to the teenage years without medication, I think I could use something now. This is not some idea I just came up with....it's a long time coming but I have always talked myself out of it. I'm good about self care (exercise, prot...
I’m mid 40s and have always been a casual drinker. I’ve noticed over the years that when I drink alcohol with a meal I tend to get less full and will eat a little more than otherwise. And a night of drinking often leads to late night meal that I wouldn’t otherwise need. But in the last few years I’v...
One of my New Year's resolutions is to do more self-care. To that end, I'm curious whether others here do regular, in-salon facials and, if so, where and why? What salon do you go to, and do you use Groupons and/or purchase them in bulk/at a discount? I've never gotten an in-salon facial before a...
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