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Appointments to Expect When You Get Pregnant
Prenatal care is an important first step on your journey to parenthood. You should make an appointment with an ob/gyn as soon as you know you are expecting. Throughout your pregnancy you will be asked to have regular appointments and have testing performed to make sure that both you and your baby remain healthy during this wonderful journey together. Understanding what appointments you can expect will help you prepare for the nine months ahead.
A Busy Mom’s Guide to Whole Family Oral Health
As a modern mom, juggling countless responsibilities often leaves little time to focus on yourself, let alone the dental health of your entire family. However, maintaining good oral hygiene is essential for overall well-being. Fortunately, with some practical strategies and time-saving tips, you can ensure your family’s smiles stay healthy and bright, even amidst the…
Hug Your Mother Today: Life Lessons from My Formidable Mother
This Mother’s Day marks my third holiday without my beloved mother, and no matter how I celebrate with my caring 18-year-old son, I will miss her. My mother, Marilyn Wallace, passed away on December 12, 2020, at age 89. There are many days when something monumental happens – like my son excelling in school and…
Life in the Trenches from a Special Needs Parenting Advocate
If we can all agree that parenting is difficult, frustrating, and overwhelming mixed in with the many joys of nurturing a young person; then special needs/autism caregiving is like parenting on steroids – everything is heightened. This means that the challenges as an autism mom and advocate often bring me to my knees, and the…
101 Ways to Make a Difficult Divorce Easier on Your Children
The following is a list of things you can do to make your children’s lives easier after a divorce. Read these tips as reminders of what you and your co-parent should be doing to ease the stress of divorce on your children. Remember that the reason why you should do these things is that if you don’t your children will join the ranks of those who become emotionally hurt by the process of divorce.