Problem: Article: Your baby is relying on you for nutrition, and your body has to sustain another person, so it's important for you to eat a balanced diet. You'll need about 500 extra calories a day while your body is making milk. Eat a diet rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, protein, and healthy fats to maximize your intake of vitamins and minerals.  Remember to keep taking your prenatal vitamins as long as you're breastfeeding. Since breastfeeding will actually burn a lot of calories, avoid cutting calories or dieting to lose weight. Breastfeeding provides infants with the best nutrition possible, but recent studies have shown that breastfeeding babies would benefit from vitamin D supplement. It's recommended that infants receive a daily intake of 400 IU of vitamin D. Talk to your doctor about  administering vitamin D drops to your infant. Most vitamin D supplements can be purchased over the counter at grocery stores. Make sure you are selecting the appropriate dose and only give infants the liquid-based form. Plan on drinking water at regular intervals throughout the day and don't wait until you feel thirsty. Since staying hydrated can be difficult when you're busy caring for the baby, keep drinks nearby and drink throughout the day. A good way to ensure that you drink enough is to connect your water drinking to a task-such as drinking half a glass every time you nurse or change a diaper.  Drink primarily water, milk, decaffeinated teas, or juices-preferably juices with no added sugar. While you can have a little caffeine every day (about 300 mg or 1 to 2 cups of coffee, or 2 to 4 ounces of espresso), you should limit your intake while breastfeeding because caffeine can be passed to your baby through your breast milk. If you notice that your baby is irritated after you drink caffeine and breastfeed, try having your coffee after breastfeeding and then waiting 4 hours to breastfeed again. While you can have a drink or 2 a week while you're breastfeeding, you should plan on having the drink 2 to 3 hours before you breastfeed.  A single (25 mL) shot of spirits (25 mL), an 8-ounce glass of beer, or a small (125 mL) glass of wine each count as one drink.  If you know you'll be drinking and your baby will need to breastfeed, consider pumping in advance. You should also avoid smoking for your and your baby's health. Smoking can lower nutrients in breastmilk, and it can change the way your breast milk tastes, causing your baby to refuse it. If you take medication, ask your doctor if it's safe to take while you're breastfeeding since some medications can be transferred through breast milk. In some cases, your doctor may be able to recommend different medications that are safe to take while breastfeeding. Remember to ask your doctor about herbal supplements too. Many of these aren't regulated or tested, and some can actually reduce milk supply.
Summary: Eat a healthy diet. Talk to your doctor about vitamin D supplementation. Stay hydrated. Avoid consuming alcohol 2 hours before you breastfeed. Check with your doctor about medications.

Problem: Article: As simple as this step may seem, it may be overlooked in a busy, noisy home. Even though a dripping faucet may not seem to waste significant amounts of water, over the course of day, each individual drop adds up to thousands and thousands of drops, or gallons and gallons of water.   Choose a time when there is little or no activity, such as early in the morning, or late at night, when the house is very quiet. Pipes that contain water under pressure can become corroded, develop loose fittings, or crack because of freezing, allowing a continuous loss of water until repaired.  Mildew or mold, darkened surfaces, or even puddles of water may occur below leaks.  If the problem is inside the wall cavity, it may be necessary to remove the paneling, plaster, or wallboard to correct it. Pipes also may sweat when cold water passes through them in warmer interior air-spaces in the home, and this water condensing on the surface of pipes may drip, causing moisture problems to appear where no leak exists. Use a flashlight to follow the path of exposed pipes, looking for droplets of water that will accumulate at the lower section before dropping off, and run your fingertips along these pipes to feel for wetness. When there is a seal leak in the water closet (toilet), the tank will drain slowly over a period of time, until the water level drops sufficiently for the float valve to open and replenish it. Sticking flush valves and leaking seals in toilets can waste a lot of water, since, like dripping faucets, the flow, although perhaps very small, is continuous.  Check the supply valves on lavatories and commodes if they are leaking.  The packing, which seals the valve stem of a typical stop (water valve) seals when compressed just enough to "pack off" leak paths, but not so tightly that turning the handle is difficult.  Turn the packing nut (top nut surrounding the stem) slightly clockwise (shouldn't require more than 1/8 turn or so) and see if this stops the leak around the stem. #*Supply valves are meant to be fully opened or completely closed.  Turn the valve off by turning the handle clockwise until it stops; Open the valve by turning the handle counter-clockwise (anti-clockwise) until it stops.  Occasionally, a very slight leak of a stem will stop if the valve was partly opened and is either fully closed or opened fully. See also How to Fix a Running Toilet and How to Fix a Slow Toilet. Municipal water systems use a meter to measure the amount of water used, and by turning off all faucets and appliances that consume water, the flow to your home will cease.  Locate your water meter, read the amount displayed, note it, then wait an hour or two, and reread it to see if water has gone through it when none was being used in your home.  Very small leaks will not appear to move the meter over a short period of time, so these will be harder to detect using this method.
Summary: Listen for dripping sounds. Look for evidence of a leak along the base board of walls near the location of your plumbing fixtures. Look under vanities and sinks for drips or similar evidence noted in the previous step. Listen for noises from your commodes/bathrooms, to determine if they are running at unusual intervals, when no one has recently flushed them. Check your water meter.

Problem: Article: One of the easiest and quickest ways to keep your hair looking good during a workout is to put it up in a ponytail with hair ties. You may tie your hair up with several hair ties so it is secure when you do an intense workout, such as running, an aerobic class, or interval training. Tying it back and high on your head can keep your hair away from the sweat on your body as you work out. You can also try using bobby pins as well as a hair tie to put your hair in a loose bun on the top of your head so it is out of your face and away from your sweat. You can prevent your hair from getting too wet and frizzy during your workout by wrapping it in a scarf. You may use a cotton scarf to ensure your hair can breath without getting too wet. You can also try using a hair cover designed to protect your hair when you work out. You may look for a hair cover that is designed for use at the gym online or at specialty Black hair stores. These hair covers are often designed to repel moisture and release heat so your hair does not get too wet or frizzy while you exercise. You can keep sweat out of your hair by wearing a sweatband when you workout. You may put your hair in an updo with hair ties and then wear a sweatband for extra protection for your hair from your sweat. Look for a sweatband made of absorbent material. Make sure the sweatband sits securely around your head as you do not want it to slip or move while you are working out.
Summary:
Put your hair up with hair ties. Wrap your hair in a scarf or a hair cover. Wear a sweatband.