Mama’s Monday Favorite: The Diabetes Miracle
3 Simple Steps to Prevent and Control Diabetes and Regain Your Health…Permanently
If you’ve been diagnosed with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, this book is for you. The Diabetes Miracle addresses the root cause of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, insulin imbalance and resistance. Author Diane Kress, RD, CDE offers proven strategies to control diabetes with minimal need for medication.
The Diabetes Miracle provides simple, efficient, inexpensive strategies to:
- Correct your body’s insulin imbalance naturally and stop the progression from Metabolism B to prediabetes to diabetes
- “Rest, reset, and retrain” your pancreas to process carbs and react more normally to blood glucose changes
- Lose weight and keep it off—especially the love handles and excess back fat
- Get the best blood sugar readings you have experienced since your diagnosis on the least amount of medication
- Have more energy, sleep great, look younger, and feel healthier
- Gain control of type 2 diabetes on an easy, livable program
Diane Kress, R.D., C.D.E., owner-director of the Nutrition Center of Morristown, has developed, personally follows, and has successfully taught this proprietary program to thousands of patients. She also wrote The Metabolism Miracle, 3 easy steps to regain control of your weight…Permanently.
Win a year’s supply of contact lens cases
January is National Eye Care Month. To celebrate National Eye Care Month, we are giving away 1 year’s supply of contact lens cases. Enter here to win.
Did you know contact lens cases can encourage bacteria growth if not cared for properly?
After removing your contact lenses, empty the case and rinse with fresh contact lens solution (never tap water). Cases should be cleaned after each use. Always allow the lens case to air dry. If the contact lens case gets cracked or damaged, discard it and replace it with a new one.
Mama’s Monday Favorite: Plum Organics Baby Food
In our quest to find healthful, tasty, organic food to feed our babies, we stumbled upon Plum Organics baby food. Plum Organics offered everything we were looking for; gently cooked baby food made with fruits and vegetables, wholesome toddler food, and bite sized snacks made with organic fruit and whole grains.
Our babies’ favorites are the Just Peaches (4 months and up), the Pumpkin and Banana (6 months and up), the Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal breakfast meal (8 months and up), and the Blueberry, Oats, and Quinoa Mish Mash (toddlers). The sweetness, texture, and overall flavors satisfies hunger while providing important nutrients. We must confess, we like to eat them too!
Plum Organics is so dedicated to serving up healthful food and making the experience great for parents and children that they partnered with Boon and created a dispensing spoon designed specifically for their portable pouches. The spoon attaches directly to the pouch and makes serving easy.
Reasons why we feed our babies Plum Organics:
- certified organic with 100% pure organic fruit
- non-GMO ingredients
- nutrient rich
- no high fructose corn syrup
- no added sugar, juice, colors or flavors
- no trans fats
- no artificial ingredients
- BPA-free packaging
- convenient portable pouch
- child-safe cap, reseals for flexible portions
- meat and vegetarian options
Plum Organic baby foods cost around between $1.40 and $1.19 each and are available online and in stores like Target, Whole Foods, and Babies R Us.
Have your baby or toddler try some today!
- Mama
** Plum Organics provided the product for review.
Mama’s Monday Favorite: Dr Brown’s Make-A-Smash Food Masher
As an avid user of Dr Brown’s Natural Flow Bottle Warmer and Glass Bottles, were were excited to try out the “Designed to Nourish” Line. The “Designed to Nourish” line includes a blender, puree masher, food storage pods, proportional plates, snack cups, bowls, utensils, and storage labels. The first item we tested is the “Make-A-Smash Food Masher“.
The Make-A-Smash Food Masher is a must have food preparation tool. It’s easy design makes mashing fruits and vegetables effortless. It is simple to use and lightweight enough to take with you wherever you go. You can take it on vacation, to mommy and me outings, to a friend’s house, lunch with grandparents, or even the park.
The masher is small enough to fit into your diaper bag or purse! It also comes with a bonus feeding guide and a booklet with recipes and simple tips and helpful hints on how to introduce solids to your infant. Our favorite helpful hint is “Gauge food sensitivities and allergies by introducing one food at a time to your infant, spacing two or three days apart.”
Looking for a fun way for your baby’s older sibling to bond with the baby? Have them use the food masher to make the baby’s lunch or dinner.
The Make-A-Smash Food Masher comes in vibrant colors to capture your baby’s attention. Our masher is white and orange, blue and white is also an option.
Dr Brown has plenty of other amazing products. Visit their website and join the Designed To Nourish community to receive special product news, promotions and tips from Dr. Brown.
- Mama
Mama’s Monday Favorite: Fitter First’s Soft Balance Board
When it comes to Fitness Balance Boards, there is only one name you need to know Fitter First.
The Fitter First Soft Balance Board comes in beginner, regular and advanced versions. The Soft Balance Boards are great tools for individuals seeking muscle or joint rehabilitation, balance-training, or strength building.
The Fitter First Soft Balance Board’s gel-like cushion is easy on the knee joints. If you’ve had a knee injury, you can use the beginner’s board to regain your balance and strengthen your muscles without putting yourself through a lot of pain. The non slip 4 corner compression legs create a solid contact with the ground, enhancing your experience and creating a no slip sensation.
The board’s gel-like cushion is also great for strengthening muscles, ankle ligaments and tendons. The cushion gives you the sensation of floating on a cushion of air while still providing a predictable foundation underfoot. And with its light weight, you can take and use it anywhere.
Source: Balanza Tablero by Trendy Toys
Already have good balance?
Then the advanced soft board is the one for you. The advanced board is specially designed to improve balance, increase core stability, motor function, posture and stance. The advanced soft board is a unique tool that can be added to any exercise routine. This board is especially useful if you are training for a marathon or a triathlon and need to build your core strength. 
Benefits we love:
- Safely achieve better balance, coordination and overall agility.
- Enhance function based on a 3-D sensation where the boards tilt and float laterally creating a tri-place sensation for the user.
- Non slip legs create a solid contact with the ground – no slipping sensation.
- Non marking and silent base means these boards are quiet when in use.
- Larger surface area allows for a variety of foot or hand and sitting positions.
Letters to myself: a journey of self-exploration
Waiting for the perfect moment is often a waste of time
Some would even call it another form of procrastination because, well, it is. One of the most painful self-reflections I’ve imposed is realizing all the things I didn’t do because the time just wasn’t right.
There were jobs I didn’t go after because I felt I wasn’t ready. Maybe I wasn’t as prepared as I could have been, but looking back, I understand it was just an excuse. In my twenties, there were men I wouldn’t speak to because I didn’t feel ready for any kind of relationship, as if every man would immediately fall into one with me. When I first started writing, I didn’t allow others to read what I’d written because I wasn’t ready for their critiques. Keeping talents to yourself is no talent at all.
So what was it all about? I was scared. I was afraid of rejection, of getting hurt, of finding out I was no good. Rather than expose myself, I claimed it was never the right time. There was a perfect moment, and THIS wasn’t it. I was only going to put myself out there when I was certain of success. And guess what? That moment never came.
Losing out on jobs, relationships and careers because of fear is a crime, punishable by days, weeks, months and years that you can never get back.
In Dr. Seuss’s Oh, The Places You’ll Go! he speaks of “The Waiting Place”. It’s obvious the characters on those pages are wasting time, waiting “around for a Yes or No”, or “their hair to grow”, or for “wind to fly a kite”, or “a pot to boil, or a Better Break.” Seuss makes it clear that the reader won’t be that person. The reader will rise above and move forward, embracing the unknown, taking chances, trying things because there’s no other way to live.
The first time I read the book, I cried. It was obvious to me I wasn’t living the best life I could live because I’d been waiting so long for the perfect moment that never came. Through self-exploration, some therapy and plenty of joy and pain, I’ve managed to overcome this issue, to a degree. I remind myself that life goes on whether we take part or not. No matter the excuse, the moment is here… and then it’s gone. Whether it’s perfect is not the issue. Whether I seize it or waste it is.
- Althea
Mama gets a little dirty planting trees
We are on a serious mission to do everything we can to give us cleaner air and protect wildlife that depends on trees for food and shelter. So far, we have planted 18,930 with our partner Trees for the Future.
Spread the word. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook and we will continue to plant more trees.
- Mama
Mama’s Monday Favorite: Baby Silk by MD Moms
Last week, some of our babies and toddlers were lucky enough to try out the MD Moms product line. MD Moms, Diane Truong, MD, FAAP and JJ Levenstein, MD, FAAP created Baby Silk moisturizing balm and hair and body wash after being inspired by the needs of their patients and their own children.
We love Baby Silk. Kid-tested, Mother approved.
Baby Silk is the first pediatrician-developed personal care line for babies! The Baby Silk personal care line includes moisturizing balms, hair and body wash, moisturizing towelettes, moisturizing towelettes with sunscreen, liquid powder, diaper rash cream, exfoliating cleanser for cradle cap, and SPF 30 moisturizing lotion. All of their products are made in the U.S.A. and have not been tested on animals.
baby silk gentle all over clean
fragrance-free hair and body wash
Baby Silk Gentle All Over Clean is fragrance-free for ultra-sensitive skin. It is also soap-free, sulfate-free and tear-free. Baby Silk Gentle All Over Clean contains a blend of gentle ingredients that includes marine silk, certified organic aloe and antioxidant vitamins E and B5.
Features we LOVE:
- Paraben-free, preservative-free, sulfate-free
- Contains no phthalates, lanolin, mineral oil, petroleum, waxes, wheat or gluten
- Clinically rated tear-free
- Clinically tested & hypoallergenic
- Made in the USA
- No animal testing
- Recipient of National Eczema Association’s Seal of Acceptance
baby silk daily skin protection
moisturizing balm
Baby Silk Daily Skin Protection moisturizing balm is a quick-absorbing, lightweight moisturizer that is perfect for restoring and maintaining the skin’s natural moisture barrier. Shea butter, aloe, avocado oil, olive oil and marine silk soothe baby’s dry skin, cracking or irritation. Antioxidant vitamins E and B5 and grapeseed oil help protect from environmental damage and reinforce the skin’s natural defense system.
Features we can’t live without:
- Paraben-free, preservative-free
- Contains no phthalates, lanolin, mineral oil, petroleum or waxes
- Clinically tested & hypoallergenic
- Made in the USA
- No animal testing
- Recipient of National Eczema Association’s Seal of Acceptance
