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Mom picks her battles at mealtime
Heather DeSimone
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Heather is a wife & Mom of 2 boys living in North Yarmouth, Maine. She runs a jewelry design company called Leetie Lovendale where she refurbishes vintage pieces, giving them a contemporary spin, as well as co-owns The Beadin' Path, a bead company based in Freeport, Maine. In her free time, Heather enjoys antique hunting and flea marketing, making things & being with her boys outside.
Other posts by Heather DeSimone
In our house, there seems to be a continuous battle between ‘meals’ and ‘snacks’. For some reason, my 2 boys (ages 2 and 7) seem to far prefer snacking to sitting down for a healthy, formal, around the dining-room-table-meal. “What kid doesn’t?” you might ask. However, it isn’t about them wanting to eat snack-type foods vs. their foods at meal time. It’s all about the format... Read more »