I knew today was my day to post something but to be honest with you I had no idea what to write about. I’m in the middle of a series focusing on health and exercise. While important, it’s not...
My son, Grayson, was born three days before his due date. He was six pounds twelve ounces of perfection. Grayson was holding his head up by two weeks old, sitting up by three months, crawling by six months and...
Last week I took MJ into the pediatrician for his 3 year well visit. After telling our doctor that we were expecting again, he said, “You know, I’d love to keep seeing the kids but you don’t have to...
My separation and divorce were not a surprise.
My ex-husband and I took our time with the process and worked it from every angle until the end was clear. But I was surprised on the day, months after my...
This is hard. Really hard. As a physician, I take COVID-19 very seriously, and have found myself with friends and family being in the position of the “rule-following bad guy”. I’m the one insisting on not being in the...
Vermonters love the winter, for sure, but there's nothing like a gorgeous warm summer after the long months of dark and cold. I love being outside with my baby daughter no matter the weather, but I want to make...
November is National Lung Cancer Awareness month. This is a little known fact coming out of Breast Cancer Awareness last month in October. And yet, the statistics on lung cancer in this country are staggering. In 2012 the Lung...
Ectopic pregnancy is horrible. It’s every mother’s worst nightmare.
Ectopic pregnancy occurs when the fertilized egg implants outside of the uterus, usually in a fallopian tube. Sadly, this means that there is no chance for a baby to mature and...
Preparing and making meals for a family with a variety of dietary needs is not easy. Collectively, we have sensitivities to dairy, soy, gluten, and most legumes. Although this seems woefully limiting, I find it exciting to experiment in...
I remember when I was a kid, whenever we would go somewhere and someone asked my father how he was doing, he had the same response. In his heavily accented English, he would reply, “Not too bad for an old...
Please note: Vermont Mom Contributing Writer, Mario Trabulsy, MD is a board-certified emergency physician with over 27 years of experience. She is also a renowned and award-winning educator at University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, and University of...
{Disclaimer: This is a sponsored blog post; while the views expressed here were genuinely mine, consideration was paid to me by Bays English Muffins to review this product.}
While I love to cook, as a mom, some days I just...
“You ding dong,” I said offhandedly to my mother as we walked through a store with my two-year-old daughter tagging along.
Almost immediately, my daughter started chuckling and mocking me like a little parrot. “Ding dong, ding dong. Mama...
If I read one more article demanding I make time for self-care, I will burn the Internet to the ground.
I mean it. This isn't like the time I threatened to use all the women's magazines in the drugstore to...
In + Around Vermont
Moving to the Vermont Gayborhood of Our Dreams
My wife and I, with our then 2-year-old, moved to Vermont in 2021 from rural Missouri.
While we had great friends and community in Missouri,...
