Choosing the Right Child Seat: A New Parent’s Guide

 Choosing the right child seat is crucial for parents and guardians. It’s about fitting the seat in your car and ensuring your child’s safety, comfort, and happiness. With many options available, it can be overwhelming. Understanding the different types, safety features, and considerations is critical in making an informed decision

Are you pregnant? Follow these four food safety steps!

 When you're pregnant, food safety is more important than ever because you and your unborn baby are at an increased risk of foodborne illness or food poisoning. Your immune system is weakened, making it harder to fight off infections and leaving you vulnerable to serious health problems. Your unborn baby's

When a new mom has disturbing and uncontrolled thoughts about hurting her baby, help is available

 By Gina Wong and Nicole Letourneau In January, a new mother in California became part of a viral Facebook post that described her baby’s four-month postpartum checkup. As a result of the thoughts she shared with her health care providers, the police were called and she was escorted to the

The Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre: A Unique Approach to Birth and Beyond

 Photos courtesy of the Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre Birth is a big deal. One of the most special moments in a family’s life, it simultaneously changes and creates lives. There are so many ways to give birth in the modern world we live in, but it’s important for women

Rock-a-bye Baby! Music and Beyond Goes Viral

 Photos by Anastasia Krachkovskaya / Ottawa Life Magazine cover photo by Paul Couvrette Ottawa’s Music & Beyond Festival lived up to its name this week when a clip from their annual Christmas concert ignited classical music fans the world over as it went viral on Facebook. The video features mezzo-soprano Wallis

Stay Ahead of Pregnancy Posture

 Aside from the obvious belly growth in pregnancy, many lesser known changes occur within a woman’s body. The average healthy Canadian woman will gain about 30 pounds during pregnancy. Most of this weight is concentrated around the abdominal region. This added load puts extra stress on the back, hips, knees,

Why Your Kid Shouldn’t Be Guzzling ‘Energy’ Drinks

 Anxiety, hypertension, elevated heart rates, interrupted sleep patterns and headaches are just some of the side effects commonly associated with energy drinks, and those problems are more pronounced in children, according to a recent University of Miami study. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. These drinks have also