Encouragement

Disclosure :: This post is part of a series for World Breastfeeding Week and is sponsored by Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s & Children’s Hospital. The Working Mom's Guide to Breastfeeding and Pumping You made it through your maternity leave! Congratulations! Hopefully,...

Disclosure :: This post is part of a series for World Breastfeeding Week and is sponsored by Women’s & Children’s Hospital. When I was pregnant with my first, I knew that I wanted to breastfeed. I didn’t realize then how difficult it...

Disclosure :: This post is part of a series for World Breastfeeding Week and is sponsored by Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s & Children’s Hospital. Breastfeeding Frustrations Don’t Have to Be So Frustrating Let’s face it, not every mom has all...

Disclosure :: This post is part of a series for World Breastfeeding Week and is sponsored by Women’s & Children’s Hospital. Why Isn't This Working?! {One Mama's Struggle to Breastfeed her Babies} I have big boobs. I just thought I should put that...

When you have a two year old on your hands, the famous question everyone always asks is “Is two really that terrible?” Some parents, grandparents, aunts, and friends will even claim that three is worse. Well momma, I’m currently...

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....

In South Louisiana, we all cringe when we hear the dreaded words “Workforce Reduction Plan” and “Lay-offs.” It is not the news you expect to receive at 8AM on a Tuesday morning via a phone call from your spouse....

This January marked one year since my aunt lost her battle with breast cancer.  It's also four years of my father being treated for cancer.  And the cherry on top of cancer treatment, this past year my grandfather was diagnosed with...

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...