A friend told me about a poem she recalls from her birth class. The gist of this poem is that your child takes his...
One morning, earlier this summer, I was helping my almost two-year-old daughter, Tenley, get dressed and she kept pointing at me and saying “Hippo...
Sight. Touch. Sound. Taste. Smell.
Take a deep breath and imagine yourself at your happy place. Take in everything around you- the sights, the sounds,...
A long, long, long time ago (okay, maybe ten months ago,) both of my kids were in a fantastic daycare that had them on...
I am really happy that both of my kids are active in sports this year.
Sports are great for both physical and mental health. I...
I never planned on donating breast milk. Milk sharing wasn’t even something I knew about until I stumbled across it on a mom page...
Author’s note-- I use identity-first language (e.g., autistic person) in this blog post as many autistic adults have said they prefer- in lieu of...
Did you just get an overwhelming sense of anxiety? Fear? Frustration? Excitement? Did you hear the magical sound of money, not being spent? Or,...
My daughter went to sleepaway camp for the first time this summer.
I had been to sleepaway camp myself as a kid, but the nineties...
In the long line of behavior-building choices we make as parents, I have found naptime to be a surprising topic of debate and opinion.
I...
I hope you were able to read my post about Early Autism Diagnosis yesterday. As April winds to a close, I still feel a...
I have Googled variations of “kid-friendly activities near me” countless times and always end up short-handed. The results are invariably the same: too expensive...
In + Around Vermont
The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families
Late into the evening on Monday, December 16, I lay in bed while my three kids were asleep, watching the Men’s National Collegiate Soccer...
