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31 Days of Large Homeschooling Family

Managing Health in Our Large Family

Prevention is better than cure when it comes to managing health in our large family. Also, for us, I try to avoid medications as much as possible. But how? Sleep is critical. So is drinking lots of water. And then there are a few vitamins and supplements I automatically reach for when we fall sick. In this post, I share what we use. Read more…

Gatekeepers of our children’s health

Who decides what baby’s first food will be? Or what goes into your child’s lunch box for recess? And who decides what the family will eat on a daily basis? Mom, I believe it is you. Like it or not, mothers, we are the gatekeepers of our children’s health. What we decide to store in our pantries and cook in our kitchens affect their taste buds and habits. Even after they leave home. Read more…

Home-cooked food is not necessarily healthy. It all depends on what ingredients you use.

Home-Cooked Food is Not Necessarily Healthy

When you have health challenges that involves your diet, eating is a complicated affair. Eating out of the home even worse. So please understand when someone queries you about the recipe of your home-cooked dish, it is because she is really cautious about her child’s or even her own health. Because…home-cooked food is not necessarily healthy, and for us, safe. Read more…

Just What Does It Mean to Eat Healthily?

Food fads come and go. It is hard to keep up with the various trends that keep popping up, especially in today’s age of the internet. You just need someone to suggest an idea and boom! suddenly this idea gains credence coz someone blogged/tweeted/facebooked it! As with all fads there will be testimonials from people […] Read more…

My health resolution for 2011

Last year I blogged about my one and only resolution for 2010. Did I do that? Yes we did! But unfortunately it was forced upon us. Due to dd’s increasingly bad attacks of eczema we brought her to a doctor who recommended an IgG test and we found out that according to the test she’s […] Read more…

Healthy Eating is Hard!

I was a little amused and rather comforted to know that eating healthily is not just difficult for me but for others too. I found out recently that a friend who spends a huge amount of grocery money each month on organic food and is into healthy eating feeds her family instant noodles and canned food […] Read more…

Myth #7 : Our Meals are Always Balanced and Healthy

MacDonald’s, Rite Pizza, instant noodles, food cooked with pre-mixes… Yes, we resort to eating such stuff. Sometimes once in a while, other times a few times a week! So no, our meals are not balanced nor healthy. There are even many meals where no vegetables or fruits appear! Why? Well, the intention is always there […] Read more…

7 PSLEs 7 Benchmarks

7 Children, 7 PSLEs, 7 PSLE Benchmarks

In Singapore, homeschooled children need to not only sit for PSLE the year they turn 12 but also clear the benchmark set by the Ministry of Education (MOE). This benchmark is pegged at the 33rd percentile PSLE aggregate score of all students taking four standard-level subjects in the PSLE that year. What this means is […] Read more…

Before you decide to proceed with something or to stop doing something, start with your why. Why are you doing or not doing what you are doing?

Start With Your Why

Start with your why. Do you know why you are doing what you do? To stay the course, you need to know your WHY. Because all of us will falter along the way. And when we are shaken, discouraged, challenged, put down, we need to be able to go back to our WHY, remember WHY we are doing what we are doing and press on. Not give up.  Read more…

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