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 Most importantly it is essential to be an advocate for health and lead by example in the classroom. Modeling healthy eating habits, physical activity, and appropriate responses to stress can have a powerful effect on students, health decision-making behaviors. Having a positive attitude and placing a high value on healthy habits can affect students' attitudes as well.  (Evans and Sims, 2018) Teachers/parents have a responsibility to guide children to the best choices for their health and their future. As you can observe in this chart shown in,  Health and Physical Education for Elementary Classroom Teachers,  th ere is a huge link between better grades and healthy habits. Many things can be done to promote health that could lead to improved grades in your classroom. Here is a list of ideas to use in the classroom to get students to be healthy, concentrate and have better behavior.   Brain Breaks-  Provide guidelines and organization in advance.  These guidelines must include stop-

I do not think anything can prepare you for pregnancy, birth, or postpartum. If you are an expecting mom, you take it one day at a time. My little one was a surprise to me when I found out I was pregnant, as I stated in The Balancing Act .  He was our plan for the future but finding out we were pregnant was a huge rush of emotions. I think many people can relate to that first time seeing the pregnancy test in complete shock. I have also previously written about how challenging pregnancy was for me in  Two Easy Ways to Help with Morning Sickness . I had every possible miserable symptom. I was so ready for him to come. Then BOOM nine months passed and I was in labor.  We went to the hospital right after my husband got off of his 14-hour shift around 11 pm. It was a tight cramping pain and then it worsened into a pain where I could no longer walk anymore. While in labor my husband expressed to me that he was worried that an angel was going to be taken from this earth when another enters.

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I felt like my pregnancy was proceeding smoothly UNTIL I hit 8 weeks. It was like I hit a brick wall.  My pregnancy turned into one of the hardest and most taxing things that I had ever experienced. Morning  sickness was an understatement. I threw up doing the dishes, eating, and even getting up too quickly. I did not want to get out of bed. I tried all the "hacks" such as ginger, motion sickness bands, crackers next to the bed, and pregnancy suckers. No improvement!  If those did not work for you either you're at the right place. 1. I thought I was alone and no one could relate to or understand how I was feeling like death every day. I began to feel defeated and desperate for help. One day,  I called up my mom and told her I felt like I was about to pass out in the bathroom at my job. Thankfully, she connected the dots right away and knew I was dehydrated, and told me to grab some Pedialyte. Afterward, that was the beginning of the transition. My body was beyond dehydrat

Knowing how many diapers I would need to put on the baby registry was one of my biggest questions as a first-time mom. After searching countless websites, I never really found an answer to my question. Remember each baby grows at its own rate. You may be flying through diapers and then all of a sudden you will be stuck on a certain size for a while. My little one's weight at birth was 6.6ibs and he grew at a steady rate. From my experience, it has been something like this for the first year and beyond.  Which Brand? Throughout this post, I have linked my personal favorites when it comes to the BEST diapers. Both my husband and I were impressed with how well Huggies held up over time. The elastic in the back helps hold in all the poop. Additionally, we enjoyed the Costco Kirkland brand , which is made by the same company as Huggies. Similar to Huggies they are super soft, have a cute design, and are ideal for sensitive skin.  Amazon's Mama Bear  brand surprised us. The price wa