There were over 30 submissions to The Twelfth Healthy & Fit Family and you’ll find the ten most practical, most family-oriented and that we just liked best at Wisdom of Healing.
Now that the weather is good, quite a few of the posts have to do with being outside and enjoying nature, but there are also a few posts of special interest to new and expectant parents. There are special notes from the adventure that is VBAC and the marsh adventures of a little baby and his parents.
The Healthy and Fit Family July edition will be hosted here at Babylune …read more

Dinner last night was the final meal in our Eating the Alphabet Challenge.

Photo by Kate Baggott
Can you guess which one is the ugli fruit? Not especially challenging, is it? We’ve gotten a bit carried away with the “let’s try new things” spirit of the Eating the Alphabet Challenge. So much so that going grocery shopping today was, well, expensive.

The cornerstone of my “lose the baby weight challenge” is to try and eat between 5 and 10 servings of fruit and vegetables a day (my most successful dieting adventures have always revolved around getting enough fibre). Blueberries, it now seems, may have more health benefits than the apples and oranges I have every day.
According to an article in Friday’s Toronto Star, “blueberries get their pretty colour from antioxidants called anthocyanins. Antioxidants defend the body against cell damage, and help ward off heart disease, dementia and cancer.”
Since I have a serious case of milk brain, I am especially keen to …read more