by Heather Cooper, Seattle Children’s Hospital Active kids enjoy improved mental wellness and reduce their risk of heart disease. When the days are short, the weather is cold or dreary, or you’re unable to head outside, kids still need to be getting physical activity each and every day. Emily Carter, athletic trainer, and Dr. Monique Burton, director of the Sports Medicine Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital, recently shared ideas for indoor activities that put a smile on a…
Imagine this: you’re a new mama, holding your sweet smelling, squishy little newborn, just taking her all in. Your body is a little beat up, but that’s to be expected, since you just gave birth. You hop onto Facebook to share yet another photo of your beautiful sleeping newborn, and the first thing you see on the sidebar is an…
PEPS asked me, “What advice do you have for dads in terms of “self care” after the baby comes?” What a tricky question. I don’t mind telling you…I got a vasectomy a few weeks ago. As far as major medical procedures go, it was actually pretty simple. I was in and out of my appointment in about 20 minutes. But…
We are misled to believe that having a new baby will the best thing that ever happened to our relationship. It’s a lie! And yet no one talks about how hard the first year is on a partnership.
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