Parenting Wisdom

Milestones are moments in our child's life that mark accomplishments in their development. Most children meet them at or about the same rate as their peers. When a milestone is not reached as fast...

With summer quickly approaching, the weather is heating up! While we all love getting outside to enjoy our sunny Texas weather, this is the time of year when we all need to be a...

  - "Seriously?" - "Is this for real?" - "Can I seriously not even _________, without __________?" - "Shouldn't I be able to just ________?" A few days ago, I realized that all of the above questions, are questions...

My sweet, adorable, snuggly boy is in a less than sweet, less than adorable, definitely not snuggly phase: hitting. A week or two ago, my just-turned-two year old started hitting us when we don’t give...

    The other day while scanning my Facebook newsfeed I chanced upon a literary quote posted by a fellow mother. The excerpt started off by stating that the relationship between mother and child is inherently...

Hello to my beautiful boys. You have brightened my world in a way I couldn’t have ever even imagined. The way you look at me with such love and complete trust warms me to...

I can remember sitting in front of my computer researching strollers, dreaming about all the time I would spend just browsing in the mall with baby riding happily in our new stroller. That was...

I'll give you three seconds to gather the pitchforks and torches....ready? Good. Deep breath in, deep breath out--let's do this. I had an elective C-section for no medical reason. None.  I was simply scared out of...

We all know this simple fact - life with a newborn is hard. New moms are hard on themselves. She thinks she has NO idea what she's doing. She doesn't sleep when the baby sleeps....

My mother is one of those women who has been a mother since she was a kid. As the oldest of four, she was a mother to her sisters and once she had me...