When my first child was born, I was very strict about what she ate. Once she started solids, all her food was made at home and I only bought “organic” snacks, including little puffs and cereal bars. It is possible she didn’t try Goldfish until she was almost two! Things were different when our son …
Since the pandemic started over a year ago, many of us stopped eating outside our home. Some people stopped going in to work and most children are eating more meals at the house as well, especially if doing virtual schooling options. I have heard or seen around Facebook groups many mothers complain that they simply …
As promised earlier in the week, here is a bonus blog post on getting the best day ever! The good news is that there is only one step in this guide. The bad news is that for some of us it may be hard to do. What is the secret you may ask? Tell your …
As Mother’s Day approaches, I have been thinking about what kind of day I would like. Do I want to be with my kids? Alone? Girlfriends? Date night with my husband? Am I a bad mom for thinking that I may want to have time without my children on Mother’s Day? It was as if …
I am super excited that the weather is finally starting to get consistently warm in my area. As a transplant from Florida, the winters in the Northeast have not been easy for me. Spring and summer seasons mean lots of fresh, local ingredients and even going to pick fruit with my littles. I know a …
Since I am participating in the Onboarding Summit #Match2021 hosted by Buddies Space, I wanted to write a special blog post for our recently matched doctors! Congratulations on this great achievement! Even if you haven’t matched yet, know you eventually will if that is what you want to do, so this post is for you …
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the noun balance can be defined as ‘mental and emotional steadiness’ and the verb to balance can be defined as ‘to bring into harmony or proportion.’ There are many other definitions listed in this entry but I really felt like these spoke to me. I recently read and heard women …
I did not want to let February end without highlighting an African-American professional. In the past year, I have bought some really great children’s books to introduce my own kids to a wide variety of characters and also real life heroes that we don’t typically talk about. We have read Baby Goes to Market, All …
When 2020 started, I was full of hope, probably like many people. 2018 had been a very hard year with my son being born so early and 2019 had been hard in the beginning due to many ongoing medical issues between my two children. Towards the end of 2019, things were looking up. Naturally, when …
I did not want to let the month of November end without a blog post about epilepsy. November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month and I wanted to share with everyone a little bit about epilepsy, which is the 4th most common neurological disorder. It also happens to be my area of specialty within Pediatric Neurology …