Ages + Stages

It’s funny, isn’t it? The lessons our kids teach us. This time of the year, we tend to shift our focus. We tend to become acutely aware of our blessings. We shouldn’t have to wait until the holidays to recount our blessings,...

I am a new mom to a beautiful 7 month old baby girl. Inevitably one of the top questions my wife and I get asked is are we going to have another child. The answer is yes, but for...

The greatest thing we can create between our kids is a dialogue with us, so rather than getting the typical responses of “fine,” “it was boring,” “nothing” from your teens, try these out and feel a shift! I have...

I tend to get attached to things that mean something to me, they hold emotional value. I really love routine…so I find that the transitions in our little ones lives SUCK. I remember when my baby grew out of his...

The role we as parents play with our adult children doesn't come with a new playbook as they enter adulthood.  I have been learning how to parent in this area for a couple of years now. All of my children...

At the beginning of the summer I made the mistake of showing my little girl pictures of some moms and daughters dressed as mermaids on the beach. After that she decided that she and I NEEDED to take mermaid...

Sensory bins have been increasing in popularity over the past few years as creative ideas flood Instagram feeds and Pinterest boards. Essentially, a sensory bin is a tub filled with items that stimulate a young child’s senses, particularly the...

I will never forget the day I first heard the story of Maggie’s death. Maggie was a beautiful two-year-old little girl who was killed by her caregiver one afternoon while her parents were at work and her older brother...

Summer is here, school is out, and you are about to hear the endless onslaught of “But, Mom….I’m bored!” It is so tempting to think we need to fill every moment of the summer with fun activities and events....

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...