When I first heard about hypnobirthing, it sounded like the type of birth experience where you hold crystals in your hands and chant while laughing the baby down the birth canal — under the light of a full moon,...
When I was pregnant with my first baby, I spent several months researching and reading books on pregnancy, natural birth, baby sleep, and nutrition. I thought the hardest part of having a newborn would be labor and delivery itself......
When you walk into The Learning Experience Academy of Early Education in Mandarin, you instantly get a sense of being amongst family. The entire facility is immaculately kept and a friendly face is there to greet you as you...
When I became a mom I had the overwhelming need to get out and connect with other moms, but Jacksonville seemed so big and intimidating to me. I had no idea where to start, so I would stake out...
My younger sister, and only sibling, welcomed a sweet baby boy on March 7, 2020. Literal days later, the news about COVID-19 hit and turned the whole world upside down. Travel plans were canceled with the hope of a...
I will not leave you as orphans. I will come to you…
This Bible scripture from John 14:18, pretty much sums up the journey that lead my children and how I discovered my life’s purpose.
As an 8-year-old child, I read...
Dear New Mom,
I know that right now it feels as if things are never going to change. You may have quarantined all of pregnancy. You may have had a virtual baby shower instead of an in-person one. Depending on...
Over the last 100 years, immunizations have become one of modern medicine’s greatest success stories. With the introduction of vaccines in the twentieth century that provided protection against some of the most common and deadly childhood illness like measles and mumps, polio, and smallpox, the last several generations of parents in the United...
Medications are the leading cause of poisoning in children. Follow this prescription to keep your kids safe.
Open mouth, insert object.
As every parent knows, small children are really good at putting things in their mouths. That instinct can be a...
In a filthy parking lot at a rest stop on the side of I-95, I stood by the car while my baby gushed out of me. Rain dripped on my head and oily puddles soaked my shoes. Miscarriage after...