Category: Health and Wellness

What is all the hype about Kefir?

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Water Kefir? (Traditionally pronounced ke-feer, but often spoken as kee-fer in the West.) What language are you speaking? It is said the word Kefir comes from the Turkish word Keif describing a state of feeling good. This is a GREAT healthy drink that is overflowing with beneficial bacteria, comparable to a probiotic! It is SO easy to prepare and tastes great. If you let it ferment for long enough it gets a natural carbonation and my boys call it their “soda”! I’m tickled that they get so excited to have their “soda” as a treat and have no idea what everyone else thinks is soda! I have also made Kombucha with which kefir is often compared. I don’t prefer it as much as the kefir and I feel like the kefir is much easier to prepare and flavor as well. (I will post more on Kombucha later.) Continue reading “What is all the hype about Kefir?” →

Cloth Diapering 101

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So…Diapers…. This is a topic near and dear to my heart for multiple reasons.  I LOVE the fact that I just have to throw diapers in the laundry instead of running to Wal-Mart when I run out of clean ones to use.  So much easier than running out at 10pm at night!  I also really like the fact that we have much less diaper rash to deal with.  I currently have an 8 week old and we are fighting diaper rash with her.  I have been using disposable at night because she has been leaking through the current cloth diapers we have.  I have been too lazy to wake up half way through the night just to change a diaper.  Since we are co-sleeping I have but to roll over to nurse.  Most amazing set-up in the world!  Her rash completely clears up when I have her in 100% cloth.  I just need to get back on my game! Continue reading “Cloth Diapering 101” →