Ages + Stages

Do you let your kids "mermaid?" With summer just around the corner, many South Texas mommies are stocking up on new water toys for the pool and beach. There are so many fun, new, and exciting pool toys out there. One trendy new...

Before my daughter was born, I bought all of the pacifiers and swore that I would do whatever I could to make her a "paci baby" instead of a "thumb-sucking baby". My reason? You can take away a paci,...

Reading spring board books is one way our family celebrates the season of promise and new life with our baby and toddler. And our Easter board books help us introduce our children to our family's most important holiday of...

I know lots of busy parents who constantly echo the same response when asked how they are doing. "BUSY" they always say. I can sincerely sympathize. With three jobs, two kids, two dogs and a home to care for, my...

As most people look at our friends' social media pages, we see such happy, picture perfect moments and we are filled with joy to see how beautiful parenthood is. Unless, you are a seasoned mom with three plus kids,...

As a mom, and a speech therapist who enjoys working with feeding kiddos, my poor son has had to endure multiple sensory feeding experiments that I just had to try. Most of them have been a success (I will...

MICROBLOG: What You Don't See What you don't see when I upload the highlight reel of our trip to grandma's house is how many times I had to stop and ask my children to PLEASE listen. What you don't see when...

I became a "working mom" when my firstborn was 9-months-old because we needed the extra income. I continued working through my second pregnancy and for another three years. In May 2018, we were 3 months away from our oldest...

 My kids and I enjoy doing a lot of things together. We share a lot of interests and tastes. But, there are some things that I can't stand doing, but my kids are all about it.  1. Going Outside in...

On a pretty normal day last April, I was cleaning my house and listening to a podcast while I cleaned, as I so often do. In the episode, a married couple was being interviewed about their family mission statement,...