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Our Kinder, Vegetarian Diet: Week 1

January 13, 2010

It’s been about a week that we dramatically changed things here in the Bleasdale kitchen. After reading Alicia Silverstone’s The Kind Diet and watching the DVD Eating and the movie Food Inc., Don decided that he wants to radically change his eating habits to hopefully get rid of the pain he has been in for [...]

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Not Me! Monday — Blue Cupcakes and Snow

January 4, 2010

I did not bake these unhealthy cupcakes with Landon and his cousins the other day. I would never feed my child refined sugar, bleached flour, hydrogenated oil, a stick of butter, and blue #1. Just ignore the cute pictures and the video that appeared here a few days ago. That was not me [...]

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Cupcakes and Collard Greens

January 3, 2010

Today was a great, fun-filled, nesting day. I didn’t exactly get to sleep in, but I was exited to get up and going to finally check out Gossett’s Farm Market in South Salem, which features a lot of organic produce and products. My friend Heather, who blogs at Katonah Green, organizes events there, and since [...]

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Not So Wordless Wednesday

December 31, 2009

Is it Wednesday? I had to check, but yes, it apparently is. I have been so frazzled the last few days because I haven’t been getting enough sleep. I worked many long nights, but the editing project I have been working on for over a month is finally sent off. Yay!
And as is usually the [...]

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Breastfeeding Helps to Get Back Into Shape

November 18, 2009

My next New York City Moms Blog post is running today! I am exited — it’s about one of my favorite subjects: breastfeeding. I titled the article “Breastfeeding Helps You Get Back Into Shape.
After reading a recent New York Times article about how breastfeeding helps many women to shed the pregnancy pounds, I took that [...]

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I Spoke to “The Doctors” — Dr. Travis Stork & Dr. Sears

August 26, 2009

I was invited by Rolemommy.com and CBS Television to participate in a conference call with Dr. Travis Stork (remember him from “The Bachelor”?) and pediatrician Dr. James “Jim” Sears today (what an honor since his The Baby Book and his parent’s The Breastfeeding Book and The Attachment Parenting Book are some of my absolute favorite!). [...]

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Did You Gain or Lose Weight After You Stopped Breastfeeding?

July 20, 2009

I keep saying that breastfeeding is the best diet I have ever been on, yet when I mention this a lot of women tell me that they feel like their bodies are holding on to weight they can’t shed because of their breastfeeding. My friend Karen warns me that I should be very careful after [...]

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How Long Did You Breastfeed? Why Did You Stop?

July 14, 2009

These picture were taken this weekend — note the sand on Landon’s lips :). L had so much fun at the ocean (and a quick snack before he ran off to play with his cousins in the sand some more)!
I have been breastfeeding Landon now for 2 years, 8 months and 2 weeks — my [...]

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