The new school year is only days away, and it is time to make sure your child’s backpacks are ready and be certain they have finished their summer work. Here at Jacksonville Country Day School, our faculty and staff...
Dealing with a picky eater is like a right of passage for parenthood. One of our primary jobs as a parent is to provide proper nourishment to our kids. That's what makes mealtime so stressful. We want them to...
Last I left you I was planning a VBAC with my second daughter. I am happy to announce that my beautiful daughter Hannah Eve Pugh was born via successful VBAC on Valentine’s Day (her due date!) Since returning home...
Our spring break started with no plans other than to not work and not spend too much money! But thanks to the other writers here on the blog, we had plenty of local ideas to choose from to keep us very...
As I write this, my son is turning 5. I’m not quite sure how to sum it up, but having a son has exceeded what I ever thought it would be. If you know me at all, I am...
Let's admit it, we've all fantasized about the ideal birth. The moment you find out you're pregnant, you start looking into birthing classes. Will you do it Au Naturale? Bradley? Lamaze? Hypnobirth? There are so many options and so...
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For Liana Rothstein Hood, reading with her 19-month-old has been a high priority since the days before her daughter was born. That’s because Liana learned about Reading BrightStart! while she was still pregnant. “I was...
As an interior designer — and person of questionable sanity — who has moved seven times over the last eight years, I thought I knew all there was to know about how to choose a home and floor plan that...
I never thought I would be playing a game that's as old as my nephew (who just graduated college) on my phone, but here I am, a full-fledged PokeMOM! Lots of people are playing it, and lots of people...
"How old do you have to be to play Minecraft?"
My five-year-old son might as well have asked me how babies were made. This was a loaded question, and I needed to carefully craft (pun intended) my response. He had...
This time of year is hectic. School is back in session. Orientations, open houses, meeting the teachers, and the chaos of back-to-school shopping are all behind us. You are almost through the transition to the school year routine when...
The front office of an elementary school is a challenging, fast-paced, exhausting place to work, but it’s also rewarding in ways I never thought possible. I remember when COVID first started, there was this surge of appreciation for people...