Child Behavior

If you've read any of my posts by now, it's no secret I am a single mama to three littles...a single mama who also works full time as a third-grade teacher. So when the last day of school was upon...

In my pre-mom brain, I always said that I wanted each of my future children to be born within their own respective month, as a result, they get a MONTH long celebration.  I mean, who doesn't want to feel special...

As a mom of a rising kindergartener, my time has recently been consumed with well-child visits, immunizations, and unending searches for important documents like birth certificates and social security numbers. Getting my daughter prepared for kindergarten registration is both...

January, how I love January. There's something about the new year that just motivates me to live healthier, read more, become more generous or patient, or finish a project I started months ago. It makes me set goals. Goals...

Simple activities for helping your child meet their speech and language milestones As a mother, I wanted my baby to be healthy and meet all of his developmental milestones. As Speech Language Pathologist, I not only wanted him to meet all of...

We've now been quarantined in our house for a solid 2 months due to COVID-19. Save but for a few trips to Publix and Trader Joe's, we haven't left the house. Well, let me rephrase that...my kids haven't left...

Life is full of many hard things. My son recently taught me that sometimes we need to give ourselves a little pep talk to get through those hard things. I never realized my 2-year-old would be able to teach...

I watched proudly as my 3-year-old daughter pronounced the syllables in the word "banana" without any difficulty or hesitation. She used side-to-side movement to help her sound out its parts. "Ba"—step to the left; "na"—step to the right; "na"—step...

October 20th is National Youth Confidence Day. You probably haven’t heard much about this special day but it is a day we should all add to our mom radar. National Youth Confidence Day is designed to celebrate the energy,...

  In my 20’s a doctor told me that I’d probably never conceive a child. An unplanned pregnancy at age 37 was the greatest surprise I’ve ever been given. Giving birth to a beautiful baby girl…well, that was just icing...