Health Archives - Missionary Mama https://lauramthomas.com/tag/health/ Missionary Mama Homeschool Blog Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:06:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 97442083 4 STEPS TO STAVE OFF MASTITIS http://lauramthomas.com/2016/09/28/5-steps-stave-off-mastitis/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/09/28/5-steps-stave-off-mastitis/#respond Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:00:23 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=16286 Mastitis is the worst, right? My daughter is almost 17 months and we’re still breastfeeding. I enjoy it, she enjoys it, but we are finally in the process of weaning due to some upcoming travel and my tendency to get breast infections. We had a...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/30/control-issues-mommas-heart/feed/ 1 15740 Incrementalism: Making Habits Stick http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/27/incrementalism-new-way-make-habits-stick/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/27/incrementalism-new-way-make-habits-stick/#respond Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:00:57 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=15608 My home “studio” Incrementalism: A totally made up word that means introducing new habits in tiny increments to increase the likelihood of effecting permanent change. Sounds like a pretty good idea, right? I made “incrementalism” up a few weeks ago as I was trying to...

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