If you’re like me, I was raised in the era of stern voices and spanking. Just the threat of the wooden spoon and we snapped into order. But what we know now begs for a different tactic on this discipline style. Spanking and yelling at kids teaches them that …
Read More »Sunscreen Woes: What Now?
Skin cancer is the #1 diagnosed cancer in the world, and we are all layering ourselves and our children in sunscreen these days trying to prevent them from this same future. And it’s all over the internet-the newest studies are showing the active ingredients in sunscreen are absorbed at high levels! …
Read More »This Year’s Flu Season
Flu shots! What’s new with this year’s flu vaccine? Not looking to stir up any controversy here, just give you the stats on flu shots this flu season and a little blurb on the difference between a cold and the flu. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released the current …
Read More »How To Manage the Symptoms of a Cold or Flu
Cold and flu season is comin’ in hot, as temperatures are winding down and we say goodbye to long summer days and hello to the fall chill. And along with it all the fun of runny noses and coughing to keep your kids, and you, up all night. So how …
Read More »Meanderings at the End of my 3-Month Maternity Leave
I started back to work last Monday after an amazing three months of maternity leave (13 weeks, actually) with my two littles, baby Scarlett and my almost-4-year-old, Juliette. When I had Juliette four years ago, we were only in a position financially for me to take seven weeks off, and although it was definitely hard …
Read More »Terrible twos? Try Threenager! A Few Tips to Survive These Trying Times
I don’t know who came up with the term “Terrible 2s,” because in my personal experience, and based on pretty much every parent I talk to, it really isn’t the 2-year-olds that are the problems — it’s age 3 that’s TOUGH. I think in my mind, when my oldest was …
Read More »Having a C-Section? Our Resident Momma Doc Gives the Scoop on “Gentle” C-Sections
As I’ve talked about in previous blog posts, my oldest daughter was a planned C-Section for being in the breech position, despite our best efforts (we even did a formal attempt at flipping her in the hospital, but she was stubborn from the start!). I did not have a birth …
Read More »Reflections on the Arrival of Our Second Baby
‘Twas the night before the new baby And all through the house Not a creature was stirring Not even a mouse The hospital bags were hung by the garage door with care Knowing a new baby Soon would be there Our daughter was nestled All snug in her bed While …
Read More »The Facts About Gestational Diabetes
So all you pregnant mommas know and love the infamous “1-hour glucose tolerance test” — or if it’s your first pregnancy, and you are early on, you will come to know and love it! If you’re like I was, particularly with this pregnancy, I had to psych myself up for …
Read More »Is Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section (VBAC) an Option?
Cesarean section (C-section) rates are high — per the CDC, in 2015, 32 percent of all deliveries (first child or beyond) were C-section. For the state of Nevada, in 2012, 23.5 percent of all first deliveries were a C-section. And the data shows that if you have a C-section, the …
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