We have a food thief in my house.
Actually, we have two food thieves. One is my dog, who loves to steal food off the counters when no one is home. She is part lab, which is a breed notorious...
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...
My son Abe was diagnosed with a very rare bone cancer in his leg in December of his senior year of high school (Read about Abe's experience in the article titled, "Patience and Persistence.") The normal excitement and milestones...
"How many times have you lost those 5 pounds (or more) only to have them creep back on?” or “I’ll try that new diet/gym/exercise – maybe that will work for me?” or countless other bargains and demands that we...
Confession time: I am 36 years old, and I still struggle with the "appropriate" way to grieve.
How can I expect to teach my children how to grieve, if I'm not even sure myself? Whether faced with the death of...
My son is four years old and still wears diapers... and not just at night. We are in a potty training stalemate.
My son, G, is four years old and absolutely refuses to potty train. G can't be bribed: king...
My family has many favorite sunscreens. Yes, that’s plural. And my guess is you are thinking- how in the world can someone have a list of 10 favorite sunscreens?
We just do. Partly because we’ve tried our fair share of...
Here’s to a new year, a new decade, and a new beginning. Each year seems to go by faster and faster. There don’t seem to be enough hours in the day for daily tasks, nor enough days in the...
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...
Earlier this month, I started speaking to a counselor again to help me with my mental health. This is the fourth one I've had in my 30+ years on this planet. Coming back to counseling was easier for me...
Where my story starts is a bit of a question mark, to be perfectly honest. I suppose that it would only make sense to begin with our son, Aedan, being sent to the NICU but I’d like to take...
Four months postpartum and I am so ready to shed some pounds and get back to my pre-baby body. This is a tough one, because I gave birth, but was a surrogate, so I don't have the baby to remind me...
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If you’re living gluten free, you might get questions from family and friends like … “How can you LIVE without eating BREAD?!?!”...
Here are three easy, healthy and very inexpensive family-friendly recipes using one of our favorite popular fruits.
Bananas! They are cheap and downright delicious.
Chock full of good, fast energy, bananas contain a good source of fiber and potassium, as...