Newborns

My son William is my first-born; he is the one that made me a mother. My husband and I truly had no preference on sex when we found out I was pregnant; we prayed only for a healthy child....

May brings with it heat, sprinklers, swimsuits and all those flowers following April showers. It's also Better Speech and Hearing Month. As a speech-language pathologist, it's my time to shine, lol. During my practice, I specialized in pediatric speech and language disorders, and...

Step 1: Remove all the carpet from your home. I kid. I kid. Unless you can. Then do it. Potty training. Eeesh. One of the crappiest (see what I did there?) jobs a parent has.  Our first was basically potty trained by daycare....

I don't want to brag (well, maybe I do), but I had an amazing pregnancy. I know that some of you want to throw your shoe at me right now, but I did. I loved being pregnant. Everyone told...

{read my "You Were Brave for Me" :: A VBAC Birth Story here} I dreamt about the day you’d be born. It was like a movie trailer that played on repeat in my head. That perfect scene where your daddy...

My first two children were born 12 months apart. You know what they call that? Irish Twins Oh we have the luck o' the Irish in our blood. Walking around wearing a baby, while holding a baby, is a tough gig. You...

“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." -Osho, Indian Spiritual Teacher, Enlightened Master, All-Around Guru This is a beautiful sentiment,...

I am a mother to four children ages 6, 5, 3, and 1. No, those were not typos.  We are beginning to reap the benefits of children so close in age. Our oldest two are BFFs and our middle two...

So many people posted on social media this past week about gun violence. The recent school shooting that took the lives of so many children once again reminded us we aren't safe anywhere. We should be angry. We should...

When Magdalen reached 18 months, I started considering Mother’s Day Out programs. I had a thousand reasons why I wanted to send her. The list started with getting her more socialized with children her age, and it ended with...