Some of my greatest childhood memories have been associated with me curled up with a good book. The greatest birthday gift I could get when I was younger was a gift card to my favorite bookstore or a new...
Before I became a single mom, I knew that life was going to get tough. I don’t think I was quite prepared for just how tough things would get, though. I could complain about lots of things that I...
Soy un extrovertida introverta.. Bueno, tal vez una introvertida extroverta... O.. bueno, no sé. Básicamente, soy generalmente feliz en estar alrededor de la gente y ser una mariposa social, pero también me causa mucha ansiedad interna y me hace...
That’s right. I was a perfect mom once upon a time. And because of my perfect parenting, I sported the perfect kids.
My children never screamed or threw tantrums. They never had runny noses or dirty faces. Their hair was...
I can no longer handle bedtime with the two monsters who claim to be my children. Anyone else? My kids are 4 and 2. Bedtime has never been easy, but lately it has become an absolute nightmare. The kids...
Is your child picky, or are they picky? And at what point does your child need intervention for their picky eating? I recently visited with Peter Nieman, a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) who works in Pediatric Therapy with EIRMC, about...
In the United States, approximately 450,000 children under the age of 18 are admitted for surgery annually. Here in Idaho Falls, we are fortunate to have state-of-the-art facilities and experienced board certified surgeons that specialize in pediatrics with safety...
When I was five or six I really liked playing pinball. There was a pinball machine at the local laundromat and I loved to play on that machine every time we went. I don’t know if I was any...
As a girl, I would always dream of finding my fairytale prince and being whisked away to our huge castle where we would live happily and have a bazillion kids. Part of falling in love is the excitement of...
Parenting is like going to war. There are booby traps and minefields everywhere just waiting to blow up your ideals and good intentions. The people you’re fighting aren’t your children (although sometimes they are like tiny mercenaries tearing you...
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...
