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I am Martha Aiyuk, AKA “Princess”. I was born and raised in Cameroon, West Africa and moved to Reno 23 years ago to meet my husband, Peter Aiyuk. My husband and I have been blessed with three amazing children, Angel (22), Brandon (17), and Maya (13). Angel is truly our angel, …

I’ll be the first to admit my fear of the dentist. It came from a long run of bad luck, bad experiences, and, well, general fear of anything drilling in my mouth. After becoming a parent, I try my hardest to keep my personal experiences from impacting my child, but …

It’s officially September, so in my mind it’s basically fall. It’s time to dust those boots and bring out those cozy fall sweaters, and grab a Pumpkin Spice Latte.  The changing of the seasons is one of my favorite things about living in Northern Nevada, because we truly get all …

It was the last week of summer before kindergarten, camps were out, and I was desperate. My son, jealous of his friends who got to start school that week, was particularly demanding without his usual play dates. Egged on by choruses of “I’m bored”, we had been to the Discovery …

As a family nurse practitioner and mom to two beautiful children, Paige who is two and a half and Levi who is six months, I thought I knew EXACTLY what to do as a mom. I mean, I have spent ten years as a health care provider educating new moms …

As a family medicine physician, I want to write this to give moms a concise guideline of what is recommended to keep you healthy for your families. The medical world can be difficult to navigate, so my goal is to give you a snapshot of what you need to do to …

A few weeks ago one of my friends went to Facebook with a medical question: should she get a flu shot this year? Apparently her doctor recommended one and she was uncertain. It seemed simple enough, but the firestorm of comments that it created was truly shocking and depressing. In …

Think about all those times when your child is sick. Heading into cold and flu season it’s probably not hard. Runny noses, unconcealed sneezes, non-stop coughing…and then the whole family has it. While it’s miserable for you too and you’re probably annoyed about taking more time off work for a …

Motherhood can be stressful!  We recently ran a post about how to put the Zen back into Motherhood with the 10 Step Mommy Zen Plan.  Today, Bethany Drysdale shares her remedies for the Mommy Ragers.  My hands gripped the steering wheel and my teeth clenched while a small voice rose …

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Think Kindness ChallengeThis post was originally published at our partner site, Think Kindness. We have joined forces with Think Kindness to provide monthly Kindness Challenges to RMB families. It was a typical crazy morning at home getting the kids ready …