This weekend, my husband and I took a baby moon. Mostly, it was an excuse to leave the house for a few days and sleep in for the first time in FOREVER. But it was also perhaps the last chance at alone time as a couple before our second child …

Don’t cancel that safari just yet! The media has a way of causing wide spread pandemonium. Remember Ebola? Everyone is talking about the Zika virus right now, and this topic is particularly important for pregnant women currently, so here are a few take home points I thought everyone should know …

Maintain Your Motivation:  Making resolutions is easy. Unfortunately so is breaking them. Here are 3 tips to help maintain your motivation throughout the year from Natalie Cooks, Health Coach Supervisor. If exercising regularly and staying healthy were easy, everyone would do it.  One of the biggest challenges in meeting any …

When I was little, my brother had a job at a mom and pop pizza place. It was owned by a guy named Tony, and he made amazing pizza. Think simple red and white checked tablecloths and drinks in cans you picked out from the cooler. Also, Tony made me …

By Megan Clowers, OMD at Saint Mary’s Center for Family and Integrated Medicine.  Have you ever been curious or perhaps even skeptical about acupuncture? You’re not alone. In recent years, acupuncture has been gaining in popularity…we’ve seen it on the news, on the Instagram feeds of celebrities and yes, even …

Most mornings for me are a blur and I’m just happy to get through the work week. It’s the little things we celebrate in our home.  No matter how prepared I am, I am never prepared enough for my toddler’s hurricane of emotions. YAY for being a Mommy! I’m finding that …

Today, a friend and fellow parent who leans toward the tech nerd side of the spectrum (sorry Adam!) pointed me in the direction of a new Kickstarter campaign for a product I would have LOVED to have when our kids were smaller – and still may use even with high …

When my daughter was named her class’s student of the month for October 2015, we were all thrilled, but she was most excited about one thing: getting the monthly pizza luncheon for SOMs in all grades (an elite group for sure). The monthly lunch with pizzas, CapriSuns or bottled water, …

Geckos. Apparently geckos are scary. They haunt the dreams of a toddler, which results in a 4:00 a.m. wake-up call to the already over exhausted mommy. An hour and 45 minutes later child one is asleep again, and child two in utero is kicking up a storm, creating feelings of …

Poop is a daily and abundant topic of conversation in my household. It is, I would suggest, for most moms of a potty-training toddler. And by “potty-training toddler,” I mean “child who sits on the toilet for 1.8 seconds about seven times a day because I cajole her with treats …