The more we learn, the more questions we have.
As I was chatting with a nurse practitioner at Monarch Healthcare about the importance of annual exams our conversation quickly refocused to exactly what those important exams are looking for.
A pap...
Should I take her to the ER? Does he need to see our pediatrician? Am I over-reacting to this fever? Should I be worried she hasn’t eaten today? We’ve all asked these questions.
Fevers and cold symptoms are being...
Our community is experiencing a surge in pediatric ER visits and hospitalizations due to respiratory illness. RSV, and other respiratory illness, can be particularly serious for infants and older adults. Most people recover in a week or two from...
I haven’t slept since 2007. I used to live in a world where I could sleep anywhere, anytime, with minimal effort. Sleep was a sport, and I won the gold medal. Sleep in a car? A bus? A train?...
I recently viewed a TikTok that brought me to tears – and not even laughing tears! Basically, it was an animation of a figure facing a dark tunnel labeled “UNIVERSITY” and he is asking his personified childhood if he...
Being pregnant for the first time means there are a lot of important things to start thinking about. Do I start saving up for college? How many newborn diapers am I really going to need? What soap is actually...
Self-care. The words sure do sound nice, but for many of us, it can induce an eye roll. Self-care is now one of those trendy cultural buzzwords. The definition is just a little fuzzy. What the heck is self-care?...
Growing up, a huge emphasis is put on your size, how much you eat, how little you eat, etc. Just a few weeks ago, I got a scale to help me manage my eating habits and weight. My one-year-old...
Are you about to become a new mommy and feel COMPLETELY overwhelmed by the myriad of “hospital bag must-have” lists?! I am an anxious person, to-boot…and I LOVE a good checklist. I remember looking through endless blogs and lists....
I kicked him out of bed.
I yelled at him to go sleep on the couch.
Not because I had a good reason to - I didn’t like how he got up to take care of our daughter. That’s...
In + Around East Idaho
Befriend the Bats
My family had the chance to do Bat Night at the zoo in Idaho Falls this year, something that we had been looking forward...
