*Please note, no tickets will be available at the door. All tickets must be bought beforehand for planning purposes. Over the past few months we've...

Almost Done

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“Almost done!” That’s what everyone keeps telling me, but pregnancy has a funny way of messing with time.  Days seem longer, weeks are anxiously marked...
I chose not to breastfeed my babies. World Breastfeeding Week has been a time to reflect on my choices as a woman and as a...
Recommendations provided here are not intended to replace conversations with your own medical care provider.  Once you have tried simpler, less expensive options to be...

Oh Boy

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I have five children. The oldest four are girls. And we just adopted a little fur-baby (puppy), yesterday, he’s a boy too. Is a large...
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is partnering with Northeastern Reproductive Medicine to bring you our latest series titled “Lullaby Wishes: raising infertility awareness." 1 in 8 couples suffer from infertility...
Recommendations provided here are not intended to replace conversations with your own medical care provider.  A nurse's perspective on any medical concern is always welcome....

All Births Count

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We cannot help but to compare our experiences with other moms.  It seems that in so much of our everyday parenting, we tend to...

A Hopeful Story

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I told the story here.  It was the one about children first conceived in a heart and then in a Petri dish. There was...
This information that I am going to share with you today deals with a very tough topic: infant loss. Please be prepared that some...
When I lost my second child through miscarriage, one of the things I found incredibly difficult was validating their existence. It seemed particularly sad...
Having kids changes everything. It changes every aspect of your life and marriage, including sex. After my second child was born, it took me...
Don't you want another one? Sometime around MJ's first birthday people starting asking us this. At that time we weren't ready, we'd had a rough...
April is host to numerous important awareness campaigns- autism, cancer control, child abuse prevention, and frogs to name a few.  It is also National...

In + Around Vermont

Winter in Vermont

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It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...