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FEBRUARY 2019 www.themomandcaregiver.com VOLUME 21 ISSUE 2 ALL YOU NEED IS DATE LOVE NIGHT VALENTINE RECIPE BE MINE CREPE CAKE Wherefore Art Thou Romeo Pregnancy - Baby - Toddler - Preschool - School Age - Family A Free Magazine for Parents and Caregivers CONTENTS EDITORIAL 04 Love, Sweet Love 07 14 05 EVENTS CALENDAR February SPECIAL FEATURE 06 Be Mine Crepe Cake Recipe 07 AS THEY GROW Baby Blues 15 THE NEXT STAGE 08 Visual Health for Your Child 11 KID ZONE All You Need is Love FRANKLY FATHERHOOD 12 Date Night 22 11 14 LIFESTYLE Keto & Exercise BRACING LIFE 15 Lucky Number 7 16 BIZ SHOWCASE Shop Local Perks: London 23 ARE WE THERE YET 17 Arrowhead Provincial Park: Huntsville, ON 18 LET’S BE HONEST Maybe It’s the Flu, Maybe You Manifested It PET FRIENDLY 20 The Stinky Symptom 20 08 22 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Myth Busting: Detoxes & Cleanses BEAUTY AND WELLNESS 23 Postpartum Hair 12 If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact us at ON 519.652.9226 or at [email protected]. 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Advertising rates and circulation infor- Melissa Warkentin mation is available on request. All rights reserved. Copyright 2017 © Follow Us www.themomandcaregiver.com 3 EDITORIAL Sabina Manji - Chief Editor LOVE, SWEET LOVE t’s a chilly, windy day as I sit down to write by ending their article (page 11) with their famous Imy editor’s note. I should grab a sweater, jokes – this time, with a Valentine’s theme. but I’m slightly warmed by the thought of what I’d like to write to you – it is Having a hard time finding the passion this so important to me to get across month? Maybe you and your significant other my message during this month need a date night! Easier said than done, right of love. I think that now more parents (newborn babies, cancelled babysit- than ever it’s paramount ters, vomiting kids)? But dad, Frank, shares the that we love one another – importance of reconnecting with his husband by not just on Valentine’s Day, making time for date night on page 12. Maybe you but every day of the year. and your love are ready for a short weekend away. And not just those clos- Embrace your inner adventurer and book a roofed est to us, but everyone accommodation, complete with log cabin style – we’re all going around beds and firepit, at Arrowhead Provincial Park. this world together, re- You’ll be arm in arm skating along a tiki-lit ice gardless of nationality, trail in no time! Find details on page 17. religious or political be- liefs. Ironically, at a time that I believe our world needs a major “love reminder”, there’s a pop song We have a sweet issue running through my head, not from current radio, for you this February that but from 1965. “What the world needs now is love we’re sure you’ll love. As per sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too usual, we’re learning a lot from little of…No, not just for some, but for everyone.” our youngest authors, Ella and (lyrics by Hal David, music by Burt Bacharach) Mikaeel. They help us remember Sing along with me if you know it! From the bot- that every person in this world should tom of our hearts here at The Mom & Caregiver, have the right to love whoever they we send our love to you, our readers, and always choose, and they’re both standing up to those feel it back from you tenfold. Wishing you all a who say otherwise! They’re also giving us a laugh happy Valentine’s Day! 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London Lightning vs. th 14 Sudbury Five Budweiser Gardens th Moonlight Ski & Snowshoe www.lightningbasketball.ca Dinner Event 16 Circle R Ranch www.circlerranch.ca th 17 Family Day! th Winter Skating Storybook Gardens Skate Trail 18 www.storybook.london.ca nd London Knights vs. Hamilton Bulldogs 19 London Boat Fishing & Budweiser Gardens nd Outdoor Show www.budweisergardens.com Western Fair District 22 22nd - 24th www.westernfairdistrict.com Skateable th 22 Western Fair District Blast From the Past! Encore Sports Centre th www.westernfairdistrict.com Alumni February Concert Banting Secondary School 23 25 www.encoretheconcertband.ca For More Details and Events Visit Your Online Parenting Resource Follow Us www.themomandcaregiver.com 5 SPECIAL FEATURE Valentine Recipe MineCREPE CAKE y dear hubbie made this cake for me a cou- Mple of years ago, and won my heart all over Beagain! He reports it’s a pretty simple recipe as long as you follow each step, and I report that the results were absolutely delicious! Ingredients for crepes: 1 ¼ cups flour ¼ cup sugar ½ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons cocoa powder 3 eggs 1 ½ cups milk 1 tablespoon vanilla ¼ teaspoon red gel food colouring 2 tablespoons vegetable oil Ingredients for filling: 8 ounces cream cheese ¼ cup butter 1 ½ cups icing sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 1-2 tablespoons milk Directions: Whisk together flour, sugar, salt and cocoa. Set aside. In a separate bowl, beat eggs for 1 minute. Add milk, vanilla and food colouring. Beat for 3 minutes. Add the flour mixture and mix just until combined – don’t overmix! Cover with plastic wrap, touching right on the sur- face, and let sit for 30 minutes. When ready to cook the crepes, stir in the vegetable oil. Heat a 7-10 inch skillet over medium high heat. Pour ¼ cup of batter and swirl to cover bottom of pan. When edges of crepe start to pull away (about 1 minute), flip with a spatula. Cook oth- er side for 30 seconds and remove from pan. This should make approximately 20 crepes. Cool them completely. Meanwhile, beat cream cheese and butter. Add icing sugar, vanilla and milk and beat until smooth. To assemble the cake, spread 1 tablespoon filling on a crepe and place on a cake plate. Place another crepe on top and spread with another tablespoon of filling. Repeat until all crepes and filling are used. Top with fun Valentines sprinkles if desired. Recipe by: Melissa Warkentin 6 February 2019 Newborn - Baby - Toddler AS THEY GROW BABY BLUES he perinatal period, from the time of of the baby may find themselves feeling Relationship Clinic (https://twitter. Tconception up to one year after the sad, tearful or crying a lot. They may be com/pairclinic?lang=en). Find ways to birth of a baby, is often a time of cel- anxious, can’t stop worrying and seek build exercise into your day, even if it’s ebration and joy. This is not, however, constant reassurance. They may feel a just walking around the mall on a cold, the case for all parents! Worldwide, as range of emotions like hopelessness, wintery day. Consume a range of healthy many as 1 in 5 women are known to ex- worthlessness, guilt, or shame. They may foods from Canada’s Food Guide. Rest perience challenges with perinatal mood find little or no enjoyment in things that and aim to get as much sleep as possi- and anxiety disorders. It is an experience used to make them happy. They may ble. Find enjoyable activities that help that is common to all types of parents, find changes in their eating or sleeping you to relax and feel centered- journal, no matter their age, ethnicity, income or patterns and have difficulty sleeping meditate, listen to uplifting music, take a culture. As many as 1 in 10 partners can despite being exhausted. They may have warm bath. Accept help from family and experience perinatal mood and anxiety scary thoughts about hurting themselves friends! disorders as well. When mental health or their baby. Partners may experience concerns go unnoticed and untreated, these symptoms as well. Many parents suffer from perinatal the consequences can be long lasting and mood and anxiety disorders. If you are can impact the whole family.