I once packed the same apple in my son's lunch for an entire week. Every afternoon it was still there, and he'd promise to eat it the next day, and then he'd bring it home again. And it's not even that he doesn't like apples, but as he s…
As the New York City taxpayer amongst us, I felt it my sworn duty (so help me Bloomberg) to try the New York Pizza flavor Pirate's Booty recently introduced by Robert's Gourmet. You know, the beloved makers of all-natural treats for pare…
Next month Congress is going to be revisiting school meal program guidelines, and the more parents and kids they hear from before they do so, the greater the chance that our schools will have real food (what a concept) to offer our child…
When I had a friend on major bedrest with her second child this past year, it turns out the gift of food (and our company) was the greatest help to her of all. So I simply love the services that are cropping up like Susie's Supper Club ,…
The older our kids get, the more we're focused on the what, why, when and how of feeding them. It's been exciting discovering the growing number of products and resources to help steer our kids away from the McWhatever and onto food that…
My no-time-to-think breakfast of choice is a crunchy bowl of granola, but the good stuff has so many calories that all I can think about is how much time I'll have to do on the elliptical to work it off. But with Mix My Granola 's Pringl…
Do you hear that sound? It's my hips expanding. I know I'm going to rue the day I discovered Foodzie , the marketplace for hand-crafted and artisan foods. Whereas my resolve is unwavering when I pass the fun-size candy bars in the superm…
You don't even want to know where I find my kids' toothbrushes. I'm delighted that they love them so much that they carry them all over the apartment, but still. Ew. So when I discovered the Zapi toothbrush sanitizer from VIOlight I was …
To say that I was a neurotic mess with my first baby would be an understatement; every sniffle and bruise had me wondering if I'd broken her. By the second baby, I figured I was an old hand . . . except that he was convinced he could fly…
Thanks to smart people figuring out that baby food doesn't have to taste like garbage, I no longer have to cringe every time it's mealtime for my 11-month-old. But now, baby food is so darn tasty that my older kids can't stop eating it e…
I may be little late on the drinkable/pureed/food in a pouch thing, but I think I am like most moms in that I'm left scratching my head and staring at the pantry when trying to think of what to give my toddler as a healthy, delicious sna…
We are not what you'd call a soda family. While I love a nice cold fountain Coke or Pepsi with a slice of pizza like every other New Yorker, it's not something I keep around the house . But when my older nieces or friends' tween kids com…
My kids are fruit-eating machines, which is great except for when we get the urge to make a smoothie and have only a sad spotted banana left on the counter. Short of planting my own orchard, I'm happy to have discovered the new all-natur…
Thank goodness for peanut butter (and yogurt and cheese) for without it, I'm not entirely sure how my practically vegetarian girls would get any protein in them. And thank goodness for Justin's Organic nut butters , which make me feel a …
I have to admit that the drinkable foods sort of freak me out. Applesauce with no spoon? Oh, the horror. But wouldn't you know it, my kids can suck down the GoGo Squeez resealable applesauce in one huge gulp. Even I find myself getting o…
With my daughter entering kindergarten in the fall, I must now add " pack a lunch " to my list of duties--something that is clearly not my fort?. So at least I know that in a pinch, I've got the GoPicnic kids Mighty Munch meals to turn t…
I'm more anti-bacterial phobic than germophobic, preferring regular soap and water over anything much stronger. That said, with paranoia-inducing Swine Flu stories taking over our local news in recent months, I've dialed up the use of ha…
I think I can safely state that most parents would like to spare their children as much trauma as possible, which is why I was intrigued by the concept of the Buzzy . This FDA-approved plastic bee uses mechanical vibrations to "confuse" …
It seems that turning four has brought us into the world of dramatics, particularly when we fall down and even just barely bump our knee on the carpet. And by we I mean not me. Instead of appeasing my daughter with our stash of bandaids,…
I find that reading labels is hard enough when I'm trying to figure out which cereal has less fat, or whether sugar is hidden in yogurt using some sixteen-syllable code name. But when you've got a kid with serious allergies, keeping an e…