Parenting

"We need to talk about your baby's heart." "We're not sure, but we think there is something wrong with your child's heart." "Your baby has a severe congenital heart defect." Once you hear these words, you've joined the heart parent club. Here...

The very day the hubs and I found out we were having twins (going from a family of three to a family of five!), I knew I had to take drastic measures to streamline & simplify our lives. Sounds easy...

As I type this, my 15-month old daughter is playing in the living room, babbling and occasionally coming up to bang on the keyboard, which is a super fun distraction.  It got me thinking about how being a mom...

When my two year old wakes up in the morning, one of the first words out of his mouth is "Chica," in addition to "fruit bar" and "hungry."  When he says "Chica," he means he wants to watch The...

In less than a week, my daughter will turn one.  I have been a mother for nearly a year and I still pinch myself because sometimes I can't believe I'm in charge of the well-being of another person.Being a...

So, you’ve got a brand-new baby who is spending most of their time eating, filling their diaper, and sleeping...or not sleeping.  Some newborns are natural sleepers, while others struggle from the start. Regardless of how it starts, there are lots...

As a parent I have found that I suck the fun out of my kid’s life on the daily.  Opportunities for me to disappoint my child are lurking everywhere; at the grocery store, at Target and even around the...

Have you ever noticed that most stories attempting to combat your child’s fear of the dark can actually make them more afraid? And there are many children’s stories that are scary in and of themselves….The Three Little Pigs, Hansel...

I recently saw this survey discussed on the Today Show with some surprising statistics about how judgmental moms are toward each other. Okay, well, maybe not surprising, but alarming. 26,000 moms responded to a survey NBC did asking them...

My idea of the traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas spent with my husband and family went out the window when I married my husband, a first year medical school student, almost five years ago. Figuring out how to split the...

As a "girly professional" mom, I watch my oldest daughter struggle between being the girly girl she has always been and deciding when to be a tomboy, when to like sports , etc. All I say to her is...

How do we wisely raise tech-savvy and often tech-absorbed kids?