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Tracey Princiotta, interactivity editor at The Journal News and LoHud.com, joined the company in 2000 as news editor for The Patent Trader weekly. You can recognize her from the glazed look in her eye from staring at the computer screen all day. She lives in northern Westchester with her husband, son and their two dogs.
E-mail Tracey Princiotta at tprinciot@lohud.com
JD had his 2-year check-up at the beginning of August, at which point we got the all-clear to introduce peanut butter. However, since we’ve gotten into a routine with our eating habits and menus, I find we still haven’t tried it several weeks later.
Over the past few months, we’d slowly been testing the allergy waters [...]
Joseph may have trouble enunciating words in his ever-expanding vocabulary, but one comes across loud and clear—cookie.
Almost immediately after waking in the morning, he tries to drag me down to the kitchen pantry chanting, “cookie, cookie.” After we walk in the door in the evening, he makes a beeline for the pantry. If I don’t [...]
We have officially entered the “I want what you’re having” phase. JD could have cleaned his plate, but as soon as he sees either Dad or Mom chow down on something, he’s clamoring for a bite—or two or three. Ahhh…the joys of life with a 20-month-old.
So it was no surprise the other day when JD [...]
A trip to the grocery store with the kids can be a nightmare, what with all the begging for sugary stuff that’s not on the shopping list. So, I had to share this with everyone because it made me laugh. I was in the cookie aisle at the neighborhood supermarket Saturday enjoying a rare childless [...]
I love this time of year. The air gets a little cooler, perfect for a sweater and an extra blanket on the bed at night. The leaves turn brilliant shades of red, gold, and orange. And pumpkins take center stage as decoration and as food.
I came across a recipe for pumpkin waffles that I’ve been [...]
Admit it—sometimes things get so hectic in the evening after trying to feed the kids, get them ready for bed, get the parental units fed, get the dogs fed, etc. that some things fall by the wayside. Like immediately cleaning the tray on the high chair. No? So, OK, it’s just me. But no more. [...]
(We interrupt your regularly scheduled kid nutrition blog to bring you some mommy nutrition.)
I’ve been remiss in posting recently—mostly due to a crazy work schedule and taking a class for my master’s degree that involves a ton reading and writing. In addition to reading a novel a week, we are responsible for a chapter a [...]
I love late summer because it means fresh corn. I grew up in the Philly suburbs & we’d spend vacations at the Jersey shore. I can remember driving across the Garden State, stopping at farm stands along the way to pick up fat red tomatoes; plump blueberries; juicy peaches and, of course, sweet corn on [...]
OK, I feel a little bad posting this after those inspirational posts by Swapna and Hema, but I’m not going to wallow in mommy guilt!
We recently celebrated JD’s first birthday & what celebration is complete without cake! We were having a small family & friends BBQ so when the local bakery said it wanted $50 [...]
We’re coming up on a major milestone in our house this week—JD will be 1 tomorrow! And that means starting the transition from formula to milk. Our pediatrician’s office recommends making the transition over a couple of weeks, starting by mixing 3/4 of formula with 1/4 whole milk. As long as there aren’t any adverse [...]
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As most parents soon discover, feeding a family is rarely that easy, whether its nursing a fussy newborn or trying to get a hot meal into a squirming toddler (or attempting both at the same time.) And that's not even the days when work runs late, the main course burns, or your adventurous little sushi eater announces from now on she will only eat food that is pink. As parents ourselves, we've been there, done that, even learned a few tricks along the way. And we're pretty sure so have you. Maybe together we can make eating together as a family -- gulp! -- fun again.     Hema Easley has been a reporter for The Journal News since July 2002, first covering municipal government and then nonprofit agencies, women's issues and the South Asian and Muslim community in the Lower Hudson Valley. In her previous job, Hema was a correspondent for the Associated Press in South Asia. She lives with her husband and two sons in Orange County. Katie Ryan O'Connor, a Journal News editor and 35-year-old mother of three, never quite appreciated the work that went into feeding kids until she had to do it herself as a mother. If she had a food-and-kids philosophy it would be something like this: try your best to offer as much healthy food as possible, but sometimes fruits just have to be counted as vegetables and there are far worse things than chicken and spaghetti. Again. Tracey Princiotta, a 37-year-old mother of one, loves to cook, bake and eat, and is relieved that her son appears to be equally willing to chow down -- even if it's baby food and formula right now. Despite her husband's intense aversion to vegetables, she has high hopes of nurturing a true chowhound who will try everything at least once. And if all else fails, she's not above sneaking veggies into other foods. Marcela Rojas has been a municipal reporter with The Journal News since January 2003. She is a native of Putnam County and grew up eating Peruvian food. She didn't realize until she was 13 that rice did not come with everyone's meal. After several years of living in Los Angeles -- where she grew a fondness for Thai food -- she returned to Putnam County where she now lives with her husband and daughter. Zyla (rhymes with Lilah) just turned 1 in March and, so far (her mother is pleased to note), loves to eat everything. Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, a Journal News reporter, started her career as a journalist in 1999 after graduating with a master's degree from New York University. Before joining the paper in 2006, Swapna worked as a municipal reporter for the Home News Tribune in New Jersey, and took a baby sabbatical to care for her two children, now ages 7 and 5. She has currently outsourced feeding her children and husband to her mother, who is visiting from India. Her friend and colleague Katie O'Connor, informs Swapna that she wouldn't mind being fed Indian food by her mother, too.
 Randi Weiner has been a reporter with The Journal News since 1989, having covered police, government and schools in Westchester and in Rockland. An Ohio native and 1976 graduate of Bowling Green State University, she worked for daily newspapers in Ohio and Michigan before moving east. She has tended bar and danced in a beledi troup and sat on the boards of two community theaters. She plays mandolin with the Shamrogues, ConnecticutÕs largest Irish band. Randi lives in Connecticut with her husband and has three children. |
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