Food Network star Katie Lee Biegel just welcomed daughter Iris in September, so the little one isn’t quite ready to enjoy her mom’s delicious cooking. But when we caught up with the co-host of
The Kitchen, it’s clear that the new mom is doing everything she can to feed her daughter’s mind in the meantime, with books, music, podcasts and more.
While Biegel has been at home with Iris and husband Ryan Biegel, she’s been working quite a bit, too. She’s still whipping up gourmet (but, she says,
easy) meals for the holidays for her family and her TV viewers. Plus, she has a new cookbook,
Written by Bob Curley on January 12, 2021 Fact checked by Dana K. Cassell
Experts say children need to return to the classroom as soon as safely possible. Rich Legg/Getty Images
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says it’s important for children to return to the classroom as soon as safely possible.
The organization has released guidelines on how schools can remain safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among them are physical distancing, mask wearing, disinfecting classrooms, and COVID-19 testing.
The AAP adds that schools need to receive state and federal funding to achieve these goals.
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Embracing flexibility.
Even before the pandemic hit, parents were doing more work with less help than any other generation throughout history! And now, with COVID pushing many to the brink, parents are cutting themselves a bit more slack and starting to climb down from the mountain of shoulds that so many of us find ourselves stranded upon ( I
should cook instead of getting takeout, I
should be better at disciplining, etc.). Whether all this rule relaxing means being okay with a bit more screen time or a cheese-and-cracker dinner, parents are trying to should on themselves less and embrace flexibility! In 2021, I expect we ll continue to see parents give themselves some well-deserved grace…and I hope this is a trend that will outlast COVID!
Is it still safe to swaddle your baby?
Many parents and paediatricians swear by it, yet some maternity-ward nurses tell new moms and dads that it’s too dangerous to try at home. What gives? Photo: Stocksy United
When Melissa Romain had her first baby at a Toronto hospital in 2016, the nurses demonstrated how to swaddle him and encouraged her to continue doing it at home. But by the time she
had her second baby four years later, things had changed. The nurses swaddled her baby the whole time they were on the maternity ward; then, as she was being discharged, they told her she shouldn’t swaddle at home because it was too dangerous. They said this was because the baby was under closer supervision in the hospital, but Romain says there was plenty of time that she and her baby were alone together in her room. “I was confused and a little frustrated,” says Romain. “Nobody explained why swaddling is no longer a best practice. They just said that this is how it is now.”
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