Bad cough? Tickley throat? Try this!

I've used this recipe for a couple of years now. For myself and my kiddies.
Like tonight. When it was bedtime, my 8 year old started to cough. For the first 30 minutes or so -wet cough. Then it turned into dry for another half an hour. My kid just couldn't fall asleep. She had a spoon of honey in between, no change.
Then I have managed to persuade her to drink my favourite tincture for a bad throat and coughs - Golden Milk.
I warm up milk( do not bring to boil), put in a cup a tsp of raw honey, half a tsp of Turmeric(ground spice) and pour milk over it. Mix well and enjoy your warm tasty drink.
My kid drank her cup and was asleep in under two minutes 
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Дезодорант для детей, чем пользоваться?

Моей дочке исполнилось 8 лет и в один прекрасный день я заметила очень сильный запах пота. Половое созревание началось... На многих интернет форумах советуют учить детей пользоваться  дезодорантами. Но, в последнее время было столько научных исследований о вреде этих самых дезодорантов, что я сама уже перестала ими пользоваться уже несколько лет. Только в редких случаях типа важных встреч или вечеринок.

О вреде дезодорантов можете почитать Здесь

Я сама пользуюсь уже много лет кристал камнем и дала дочке попробовать. Вечером душ, по мокрой коже проводите камнем несколько раз и даете высохнуть самой, не вытирать полотенцем. И утром дочка проснулась без запаха, вечером пришла домой после дня в школе и тренировки Джиу Джитсу- мокрая насквозь, но без запаха! С тех пор и напоминать не надо, пользуется с большим ажиотажем. 
Буду пробовать разводить с водой и ступни обрабатывать, а то ноги даже в кожаной обуви потеют сильно и начинают вонять. 

Кристалл Свежести (алунит) – 100% натуральный продукт горно-вулканического происхождения. Это забытое вещество успешно применялось нашими бабушками, и было известно как «квасцы» алюмо-калиевые. Химическая формула продукта - Potassium Alum - KAl(SO4)2Ч 12H2O - 12-водный!!!
Кристалл берется из природной среды в натуральном виде, вмешательство человека лишь в отсечении лишнего, шлифовке и упаковке. Кристалл очень экономичен: одной упаковки весом 120 грамм одному человеку при ежедневном пользовании хватает на 2 – 2.5 года, средний расход – 2–3 грамма в месяц. «Кристалл» по мере пользования уменьшается в размерах, но сохраняет свою эффективность вплоть до полного своего исчезновения. Если Вы уронили Кристалл и он разбился –соберите осколки, растворите в воде и пользуйтесь жидким вариантом Кристалла.
Кристалл не имеет срока годности. Кристалл легок и компактен, незаменим в поездках и путешествиях.
Кристалл так же помогает бороться с проблемами кожи у подростков, мужчины могут пользоваться им после бритья, предупреждая раздражение, он обладает кровоостанавливающим эффектом и способствует заживлению порезов, помогает бороться с герпесом и молочницей, раствором «Кристалла» можно полоскать горло при ангине и рот при парадонтозе, он устраняет аллергический зуд, зуд и отечность после укусов комаров и мошек, уничтожает запахи лука, чеснока, рыбы, отбеливателя с Ваших рук.
• Абсолютно безвреден для организма, так как в отличие от многих современных дезодорантов не содержит хлоргидрат алюминия, и прочие вредные химические субстанции. • В нем отсутствуют эмульгаторы, закупоривающие поры и потовые протоки, нарушающие функцию потовых желез. • Не содержит спирта, не вызывает раздражения или аллергии. • Не имеет собственного запаха и не содержит отдушек, которые конкурировали бы с Вашим парфюмом. • В его состав не входят масла, оставляющие пятна на одежде. • Единственный безвредный дезодорант, разрешенный к применению беременным и кормящим женщинам

Камень купила года три назад и думаю еще на столько же  хватит. Отличное вложение!
Я покупала на Амазоне, по линку доставка по Британии бесплатно.

Human Growth Hormone (hGH) – The Key To The Post Baby Fat Loss Kingdom??

Some Key Points:

hGH is a hormone that is produced by the Pituitary Gland in the brain. Production peaks during the teenage years and slowly declines with age.

hGH plays a HUGELY significant and varied role in your system:

 Fat metabolism

 Growth of all tissues

 Energy level

 Tissue repair

 Whole body healing

 Cell replacement

 Bone strength

 Brain function

 Sexual function

 Organ health and integrity

 Enzyme production

 Integrity of hair, nails, skin and vital organs

hGH is responsible for the rapid growth during childhood – and for the repair and regeneration of human tissue throughout our lives. By the time we reach the age of 30, our HGH levels are only about 20% of their peak levels during childhood, and after the age of 30, they continue to decline at about 12 to 15% per decade.  By the time most of us are 30 years old, our bodies no longer produce enough HGH to keep pace with the cellular damage that is occurring in our bodies.  As our hGH levels continue to decline, the damage that we collectively call ‘ageing’ accelerates.

The NOT SO GREAT News:

Studies have shown that obese adults have lower levels than normal-weight adults.

This can make fat loss for the woman giving birth late ie., over 35, especially challenging.

The WONDERFUL News:

A 2003 study published in the British Journal Sports Medicine found that “exercise intensity above lactate threshold (when you ‘feel the burn’) and for a minimum of 10 minutes appears to elicit the greatest stimulus to the secretion of hGH.”
So…………

How Can We Increase The Natural Secretion of hGH to Boost Fat Loss and Gain The Other Health Benefits?

It’s not rocket science here, but people still stuggle to understand the off-the-scale value of implementing these basic tasks into their lifestyle…

Get More Sleep

Drink More Water

Moderate/Reduce Your Starchy Carbohydrate & Sugar Intake

Eat More Protein

Exercise at the Right Intensity & For the Right Length of Time! 
Remember: Lactate Threshold & Add Resistance Training – forget long slow cardio (not unless you’re using it as a low intensity leisure pursuit – a long walk in nature is great for the soul!) and swap to short intense bursts.

Sleep
Since the largest hGH surge in a normal day tends to occur around one hour after the onset of night-time sleep, it is vital for anyone seeking fat loss to get plenty of sleep. If the quality and quantity of sleep is inadequate there will be a reduction in the volume of hGH secreted with negative consequences for fat loss. For most people, ‘sufficient sleep’ people means around seven to eight hours.

Water
It is also important to drink plenty of water during your waking hours and more when exercising, as dehydration has been shown to significantly reduce the exercise-induced hGH response. 1 ½ – 2 litres per day is a good starting guide.

Carbohydrates & Protein
Research has also shown how high-carbohydrate diets tend to switch off hGH secretion. Many fat loss expert suggest avoiding sugar for two hours post exercise but ensuring that at least 25g protein is consumed immediately preferably in liquid form for quick absorbtion (a non sugary protein shake) or a protein bar, lean poultry, meat or eggs as protein has been shown to enhance hGH secretion too.

The Right Intensity & Quantity of Resistance Training – Quality over Quantity Every Time!

Exercising at a higher than average intensity results in the biggest volume of hGH secretion in response to a single exercise bout, with levels of the hormone declining gradually over a period of an hour. Research has also shown that multiple (3) short daily sessions of whole-body resistance training can give rise to optimal hGH secretion over a 24-hour period. Another showed an even larger human growth hormone hGH peak in response to sprints on an exercise bike.

Ultimately, to boost your hGH production and blitz your post baby fat stores you need to ensure that when you exercise on your  exercise days you….

Get hot

Get sweaty

Get out of breath

Feel the lactate burn in your muscles

In short bursts, work until you feel truly challenged

A suggested exercise strategy for optimizing hGH secretion through exercise is as follows:  Perform 3-4 short  sessions per week, each involving at least 10 minutes’ work above lactate threshold. Keep total workout time to between 20-30 mins and include a variety of styles and principles to maintain muscle confusion. Work hard, keep it short and sweet  and ULTIMATELY, BE CONSISTENT AND THE MAGIC WILL HAPPEN!

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What Your Poop Is Telling You About Your Body (Infographic)

What Your Poop and Pee Are Telling You About Your Body

Have you ever wondered if your poop looked “normal,” but were too embarrassed to ask anyone else what their poop looks like? Or has your pee ever smelled a bit putrid but you were too mortified to utter a word to your best friend, let alone your boy friend? Poop is an important part of health and affects your beauty, as everything in your body works as an interrelated system. Well don’t worry, because here is a guide to anything and everything you may have wondered about your pee, and yes, your poop.

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What’s Normal After Birth

What’s Normal After Birth

Birth to 6-8 Weeks After Delivery

You’re tired and generally not feeling like your old self yet.
Stitches and tissue damage/tears may feel tender.
Your post birth bleeding should have ceased.
You may be a little fearful of or cautious when performing bowel movements.
You may have difficulty straightening up/standing tall especially if you birthed via C-Section.
Your C-Section scar is still healing and may be tender. You will have to modify getting up and down from the sitting and lying down positions.
Your pelvis might be feeling very unstable and loose or conversely you might feel a general tightness in your pelvic region.
Your abdominal may feel loose and unsupported.
Your muscle may be tight and achy especially around your hips, shoulders neck and backs of your thighs.
You may have some degree incontinence – urinary, gas or fecal.
You may have difficulty mentally connecting to your Pelvic Floor muscles.
You might be experiencing some neck, bicep and shoulder pain and general tightness in your upper body due to the demands of breastfeeding

Your best actions: REST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, no lifting anything heavier than your baby, begin gentle stretching, get a specialist Post Natal massage and nourish your depleted body through OPTIMUM NUTRITION, homecooked good food! Ultimately , start reconnecting gently to your body especially your Pelvic Floor gently but also let Mother Nature Do Her Job too!

8+ Weeks Post Delivery

Your Post Natal bleeding should have stopped or the flow reduced considerably and the colour of your discharge become very light. If this isn't the case, please seek advice from your Health Care Professional.
You should be generally pain free but your C-Section scar might be tender or be painful if you over exert yourself. The area around the scar might also be numb.
Your bowel movements should be easier and have returned to a normal rhythm, if not take a few teaspoons of Linseeds soaked in hot water before bed to help re-establish a good rhythm.
Your pelvis may still be feeling very unstable and loose or conversely you might feel a general tightness in your pelvic region.
You may still be experiencing some degree of incontinence – urinary, gas and possibly fecal.
You may still have difficulty connecting to your Pelvic Floor muscles.
If you are still feeling tired, check with your HCP whether you need to take an Iron Supplement.
Ensure you include a high quality Vitamin and Mineral Supplement in your diet and also supplement with Omega Fish Oils.
Apply the principles of high level Optimum Nutrition to replenish your Post Natal body after Pregnancy.
Keep well hydrated with water and fruit teas.
When given the go-ahead start exercising according to your level of recovery.
Include a regular stretching programme.
Take advantage of ANY opportunity to be still, quiet and rest.
Prioritise your self-care and the care of your baby, housework and the rest of life can wait until you get your energy and strength back.

Yummy salad with grapefruit and chicken

I love grapefruit. Just got home very hungry, but didn't want to cook much. Looked around my kitchen, scratched my head and threw a salad together. It does require some cooking, but nothing too complicated or time consuming.
Ingredients:
Grapefruit
Chicken breast
Quinoa
Baby tomatoes
Fresh Coriander leaves
Clove of garlic
Seasoning of your choice

Put quinoa to cook and chicken breast on grill(or fry steam) . While it's cooking, chop the grapefruit, coriander leaves( I use amount the size of my palm), garlic, tomatoes. Put in a salad dish. Drain cooked quinoa and rinse with cold water, add to the dish. Chopp the chicken and add to your salad. I season with salt and cayenne pepper, sprinkle with a little bit of olive oil and it's ready to eat. I find it's very yummy and filling. Enough for two main meals.
Enjoy your meal!
P.S. quantity of each ingredient put to your own taste.

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Proud Mummy Moment :)

My little V is using a communication devise to speak. Or rather is learning to use it ;)

Today was very very very proud mummy moment. She can not speak. The only word she is able to say is 'Mama'. She can't speak due to oropharyngeal dysphagia as one of the symptoms of her undiagnosed neuromuscular disorder. Not being able to speak is a missing link in language development. It so much harder to learn/understand the concept of letter-sound. Reading-writing etc. She will be 6 next month, she is in year1 in school. 

Today as she was fiddling with her communication devise, she spelled a short sentence and to be honest I did not expect her to be able to spell any single word except 'mom' and 'dad'. But OH MY did she surprise me, she actually spelled a sentence! And then she signed what she wrote. Love her to bits!

Here is the video of her doing it :) 

Very tasty banana blueberry buckwheat bread/cake

Finally, I got together a recipe for a cake made with 100% buckwheat flour and no sugar. It is moist but soft and airy. Not a dense bric like most of its kind.
From my search on internet, all recipes I've found call for half amount (or less) of buckwheat flour and some sort of other gluten free variety. Or if it's all buckwheat, it is quite bitter, more savory or needs sugar added in quite a quantity.
This cake I fed to my fussy eaters as a main meal. You can easily pass it for one.
*EGGS.
Eggs are one of the most nutritious foods money can buy - they are a natural source of many nutrients including high quality protein, vitamins and mindeals.
Eggs are naturally rich in vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B12, vitamin D, selenium and iodine. They also contain vitamin A and a number of other B vitamins including folate, biotin, pantothenic acid and choline, and essential minerals and trace elements, including phosphorus.

*BLACK TREACLE
100gr of black treacle has 100% of your DVA of Iron. It is also high in calcium 50% of DVA, Magnesium and Potassium.

* BUCKWHEAT flour
1. Good source of high-quality, easily digestible proteins. This makes it an excellent meat substitute. High protein buckwheat flour is being studied for possible use in foods to reduce plasma cholesterol, body fat, and cholesterol gallstones.
2.  Fat alternative. Buckwheat starch can also act as a fat alternative in processed foods.
3. May help diabetes.
New evidence has found that buckwheat may be helpful in the management of diabetes according to Canadian researchers in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
With a glycemic index of 54, it lowers blood sugars more slowly than rice or wheat products.
4. Great for the digestion.
5.Buckwheat contains no gluten and is not a grain. It is therefore great for celiacs and those on grain free and gluten sensitive diets.
And many many more.
*FLAXSEED
Omega-3 essential fatty acids, "good" fats that have been shown to have heart-healthy effects. Each tablespoon of ground flaxseed contains about 1.8 grams of plant omega-3s.
Fiber. Flaxseed contains both the soluble and insoluble types.
*BANANA AND BLUEBERRY
If you don't know, just Google.
 
So here it comes:
5 over rippend bananas
2 eggs
1/2 cup of Apple butter click for the recipe or use apple sauce.
1/2 cup of milk
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 tbsp of Stevia
1 tbsp of Lyle's Black Treacle (or molasses)
Juice of one lime
2 cups of Buckwheat flour
2 tbsp of ground Flaxseed
1/2 tsp of salt
1 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of baking soda
1to 2 cups of blueberries
1 tbsp of cinnamon IF using applesauce instead of Apple butter.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350c or gas mark 6 (just a guide).
Mash bananas with a juice of one lime. Add bitten eggs, vanilla, apple butter, milk, treacle, stevia and beat all together for a couple of minutes. Then slowly add flour, flaxseed, salt, baking soda and powder, and cinnamon if using.
Once all beaten together, fold in blueberries.
Cake or loaf tin, grease with butter or put in baking paper to prevent sticking. Pour the mixture in and put in an oven for 45-50 minutes, check with a toothpick or knife if it's ready. You know when you stab it, the cake, nothing should be stuck to the toothpick.
I did sprinkle it with icing sugar this time for kids :)
Enjoy! And please come back to tell me if you liked it :)

Unsweetened Apple Butter YUM!

First, a bit of a story :) Last summer, when I went to Las Vegas, a friend took me for a road trip with camping to El Dorado County Wine region. We camped with Adventure Connection in Coloma, California. They provided two great days of wine-tasting and rafting!On the first morning we got together, talked about our day and departed for the El Dorado County Wine region. We visited 2-3 wineries and then stopped to enjoy a gourmet picnic lunch. 

After lunch we visited another 2-3 wineries and Jack Russell Farm Brewery, where I have been taught a super funny game (especially after all the wine and beer tasting and with really great company;) called Cornhole. 

Playing cornhole game

Jack Russell Brewery  

At the end of the day we headed back to camp for a delicious Barbecue dinner. We have returned to camp with time to enjoy the peace of the river over dinner.

Not dinner but breakfast, still the same beautiful view :)

The next day, after a delicious breakfast, we shuttled to the top of the river for exciting rapids, which included Meatgrinder, Triple Threat and the infamous Troublemaker. I have even summoned the courage to get out of the boat and swim through one of the rapids! Our trip concluded with a big barbecue lunch back at camp.

So, during that first day, one of the wine tasting stops was at the little market like shop called Apple Barn located alongside Carson Road. There were two kinds of wine I have fallen in love with. They tasted so gorgeous! One was Kandi Apple and the other was Apple-Blackberry. I have also spotted an Apple butter amongst huge variety of jars. I have heard about apple butter form movies, internet and so on but have never tasted one. So out of curiosity I bought a jar of unsweetened apple butter and brought it home to London. We LOVED IT! My older daughter finished it in one day... and was asking for more and it is not widely available here in UK... And thats how I decided to attempt to make it myself. I have searched on line for recipes, bought apples, found the over ripened dessert variety on clearance so they cost me almost nothing. And voilà! My kid can't have enough, I make a few jars at a time but they don't last long. Eaten up very quickly :))

So here is what I do: 

I do not have exact measures, never do. Always to taste. Each time you make apple butter, it will taste a bit different depending on the apples you use. The sweeter apples are, sweeter your butter will be.  

 Best buy your apples on farmer markets, where you can taste the apples before you buy. If the apples are bland so will be your butter. 

25-30 apples (depends on how concentrated you want it to be and how long you cook, it makes up to 8 pints of butter).

I start with 1tsp of:

Cinnamon(can use sticks), Ground ginger, Ground Cloves, Ground Cardamom, All spice, Vanilla (in any form you like).

1 tbsp apple cider vinegar as a preservative.
Core and slice apples and put them in the pan as you go. I love using my Ikea apple slicer . It cuts the prep time in more then half.
When it's full put on  low for about 2 hours (as they cook down add the rest of the apples if all didn't fit in in the beginning), stirring occasionally. After 2-3 hours, when apples are soft, I add spices and vinegar. As you see from the pic, I add at least 1 tbsp. of cinnamon, it's great metabolism booster(if you're dieting ;).

OMG The smell in the house is amazing! Who needs air fresheners? After I add spices and vinegar, I cook for another 2-3 hours, until the apple's skins are absolutely soft, and juice is reduced. Again, the time depends on apples, how juicy are they. Just stir and use your judgement. (some recipes call for 10 to 24 hours for cooking!) When you think they are about ready, I use hand blender to blend. I put the arm of the blender straight into the pan and blitz until smooth, just don't forget to take vanilla and cinnamon sticks OUT! Taste and add more spices I think it needs, maybe more cinnamon and cloves. If apples were too sour, and the butter tastes too zingy, I sweeten it with apple and pear spread(highly concentrated no sugar added). That's the one I use. 

But once it is blended, be very careful, it gets stuck to the bottom very very easy. So finish cooking to the consistency you like and don't forget to stir. Once it cools down, it gets thicker. Put in jars. For long shelf period use waterbath canning or similar.
We eat it with bread, crackers, smother cakes with it, use it instead of Apple sauce in baking recipes... By dressing up a jar, it can serve as a very yummy and pretty present.
Enjoy and tell me how it went :) If you liked it or not, if you tweaked the recipe to improve :)

Как ходить

Все говорят и все знают, что первый шаг к вашей цели, будь то сделать/исправить образ жизни на более здоровый, или начинаете борьбу с жиром - это начать ходить. Выйти на одну остановку раньше и дойти до пункта назначения, или вместо того чтобы ждать автобус например, дойти до следующей остановки. 
Но наверное многие из вас заметили, что мало что меняется. Может вы стали более выносливее, можете пройти большую дистанцию чем раньше, но и все. А что если я вам скажу, что вы ходите не правильно?! Положите раскрытую ладонь на живот во время ходьбы, что вы под ладонью чувствуете? Скорее всего мало чего, практически ни какой активности.
Во первых, обратите внимание на свою осанку, как вы стоите и какая она во время ходьбы. Встаньте перед зеркалом боком, или лучше всего попросите кого-нибудь сфотографировать ваш вид с боку. Обычно, не напрягаясь. От верхушки головы, вниз через ухо плеча и таза проведите прямую линию. Есть? Или не получается? Хорошее видео наглядное посмотрите здесь или здесь.

Освоили осанку? Отлично! Теперь дальше. В этой моей статье, обратите внимание на упражнение номер #2. Освойте его! Как только вы научились активировать одновременно все мышцы вашего корпусного корсета и таза не задерживая дыхания, переходим к ходьбе. Идите: у вас правильная осанка, корсет активирован. Шагаете? А теперь опять  положите раскрытую ладонь на Ваш живот при ходьбе(исполняя все чему вы научились). Если вы все выполняете, осанку и у вас корсет активирован, то вы почувствуете как сильно у вас работают мышцы пресса!  При каждом шаге, вы почувствуете как мышцы сокращаются и удлиняются. И не только пресса ;) Но это уже более глубокая анатомия...

А теперь ещё прибавим ягодицы. Подтянем попу! Надеюсь по картинке будет понятно ;) Значит так, когда делаете шаг нога идет вперед, задние ягодичные мышцы удлиняются, а теперь когда эта же нога ушла назад, и дошла до конечной точки, сократите/сожмите мышцы ягодицы. И повторяйте при каждом шаге. Таким образом вы активируете и упражняете ваши ягодицы.
Видите? Независимо куда вы идете, в каком темпе, будь то по дороге в магазин, с работы, детей по школам/садам разводите, при этом вы делаете полноценную зарядку. Приводите в порядок, придаете тонус, таким группам мышц как живота, спины, тазо-бедреного суставов, ягодиц и ног. И сжигаете намного больше калорий не только во время такой ходьбы, да ещё и в течении следующих часов после, так как когда мышцы восстанавливаются, они продолжают использовать калорийную энергию. 

'Ранние дни' работа над тазовым дном и корпусом

'Ранние дни' работа над тазовым дном и корпусом

 ‘Early Days’ Pelvic Floor/Core Work 

Вот 2 простых упражнения, которые вы можете сделать, даже лежа.

Упражнение 1: Восстановить связь отдельно с мышцами передней и задней части тазового дна.

После вагинальных родов и даже после кесарева, передние мышцы тазового дна, те, которые поддерживают Влагалище/Матку и Уретру/Мочевой пузырь, как правило, более травмированы, чем мышцы заднего тазового дна, поддерживающие  ​​Анус/Прямую кишку. Это в человеческой природе сосредотачивать свои усилия на том, что им даётся легко, и это обычно более очевидно, когда женщины начинают упражнять поверхностные мышцы тазового дна по Кегелю, обычно задние мышцы сильнее, и большинство женщин думают, что они успешны в своей тренировке, будучи в состоянии сжать и поднять свои задние мышцы, не замечая, что они в действительности не смогли соединить связь между двух, сжать и поднять мышцы передней стенки тазового дна. Чтобы убедиться, что вы не сделаете эту ошибку ...

Для начала восстанавливаем связь c, и изолируем передние и задние мышцы таза ... попробуйте это 

• Подсказка для передних мышц: Представьте себе, что вам нужно остановить поток мочи, создать напряжение в этих мышцах и выполнить 'поднятие и сжатие' внутри вашего влагалища. 
• Подсказка для задних мышц: Представьте, что вы должны остановить пук в переполненном лифте, напрягите анус и соберите мышцы как бы загоняя газ обратно в задний проход.

Практикуйте изолированно и совместно эти упражнения таким образом по крайней мере 3 раза в день. Вы не должны чувствовать боль при выполнении этих упражнений. Если боли присутствуют при выполнении, пожалуйста, посоветуйтесь с вашим лечащим врачом. 

Упражнение 2: Начните с простой «Стратегии восстановления связи с корпусом", чтобы помочь включить/активировать все компоненты корпуса т.е., тазовое дно, диафрагму, мышцы живота и мышцы нижней спины.....

•   Начните с глубокого вдоха и почувствуйте как ваши ребра и живот расширяются и, возможно/надеюсь, мышцы вашего тазового дна тоже как бы откроются ... следующее 
•   Сделайте выдох со свистящем-шипящем "С" длительностью в 3 секунды, осторожно втяните пупок на половину к позвоночнику(не втягивайте глубоко!) и, в то же время, подтяните и напрягите(сократите) мышцы таза.
•   Когда вы это делаете, вы также должны чувствовать как мышцы и ткани в нижней части вашей спины сократятся и напрягутся. 
•   Потратьте несколько минут в день на выполнение этого упражнения. Оно также очень успокаивающее и помогает восстановить связь с истинными функциями мышц и тканей корпусной мускулатуры.

Преимущество этих упражнений состоит в перевоспитании всего корпуса и заставить отдельные компоненты восстановить связь друг с другом. Это жизненно важно для уменьшения боли в спине и после-родовое недержание как мочи, так и кала, которые испытывают многие женщины после родов, но стыдятся говорить об этом. 

Easy and quick snack or light dinner

I like this as a post workout snack or a light dinner, you've got complex carbohydrates, proteins and good fats.
Take big green leaves like lettuce to use like you would use a tortilla, put in some mixed salad, green apple and any nut butter of your liking. I use mix of peanut and almond butters. Wrap-close the lettuce leaves and voila, healthy and yummy wrap 😋❤

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Calories...

Calories. Everyone is talking about calories. How much to eat, how many to burn and so on and so on and so on. But how many of you know, what a calorie actually is? So here is a definition of a calorie for you:
A calorie is a unit of energy which is defined by the amount of energy or heat it takes to
increase the temperate of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius. Nowadays we tend to
associate calories with food and drink, but in actual fact they can apply to anything which
contains energy, such as electricity or gas!
 So here you go, now you know that little fact :)

How to tell a child how babies are made

  One of my friend's preschool daughter started a conversation about where did she come from.
  It is very interesting question, and  perhaps the expression “talking about the birds and the bees”  represents the most common version of our attempts to do this with some degree of biological accuracy. The jokes and devious explanations used by some parents also acknowledge our discomfort in dealing with the subject.
  I will share my experience.
  Lets start with, my oldest was present at the birth of her sister, she was 22 months old at the time. She was in control of where she wanted to be, what she wanted to see and so on. At one point she took my mom by her hand and went to another room to play and came back when the baby was out.
  At around 4-5 years old she started asking question about how did she got there, inside the tummy. As I am a fan of natural home births, she knew about how the baby grows inside mommy, how it comes out. You can find very beautiful videos on Youtube. And she liked to watch them with me. 

    So when it came to finding an answer of HOW did they got INSIDE,  was the difficult part.
    I have found very good article, that I liked on Babycenter. It says:...Ask, then tell.Make sure you understand what your child is really asking. Linda Eyre, co-author of How to Talk With Your Child About Sex, tells a story about a boy who asked his mother where he came from. Thinking he wanted to know about the facts of life, she sat down with him and told him everything. Then the boy told her that he was just wondering where they lived before they moved into their new house.
To avoid a misunderstanding, respond to your child's questions by asking: "What do you think?" Many young children spin elaborate fantasies about how babies are created. First get a handle on what your child is thinking. Then you can use that as a launching point for a more helpful discussion.
"How does a baby get in there?" A sweet and simple explanation should satisfy most young children. You can say something as simple as, "The daddy gave love to the mommy and together they made a baby." Or "Babies are made when two adults love each other so much that they're able to create a baby inside the mommy."
If your child wants more detail, you can tell her that a sperm from the daddy joins an egg from the mommy and together they grow into a baby....
 I will also add, that in some cases it might be OK to say more, for example: an honest one that doesn't try to offer a college course in human reproduction in one session. Tell the child that, in a sheltered place inside their bodies, mothers carry a large number of tiny eggs (without shells) and that these eggs drop down into a space in their bodies called a womb or uterus about once a month. Those eggs can’t become babies until the father puts into one a special substance called sperm that comes out of his penis. When this happens, we say that this special egg is fertilized. It attaches itself to the mother’s womb and grows there for about 9 months.

Some children will get bored with these answers and will leave you alone. But ofcourse there could be children who are more inquisitive and will create more questions. In that case, GOOGLE to the rescue :DDDD
You can read more questions and answers, advice on haw to  here at Babycenter. com  Please share your experience, what would you say in comments below. I'm sure there are plenty of funny stories out there! :)  The old story about the little boy who asked his father where he came from, got a long lecture on reproduction and sex, then said, “Thanks, Dad. But Jim said he came from Buffalo and I just wanted to know where I came from.” 

Photo story of Victoria's DDH correction surgery

Victoria had a surgery to correct Bilateral #DDH on December 10, 2013. Her journey from day one and first 4 weeks post surgery. https://share.htc.com/mvb75Vx5A