Child Behavior

Welcome, 2017! We live in an electronic age where our lives are mobile and constantly on-the-go. When my 3-year-old needs to use the potty, he likes for us to read to him; Eric Carle, James Dean, and Yuyi Morales...

Did you know?! Santa Claus is coming to town! My favorite time of year is upon us. It's Christmas, and you know what that means, right? Twinkle lights and tiny tots throwing tantrums. Frothy mugs of Abuelita hot chocolate and frantic...

There are many benefits (emotional and physical) and of practicing gratitude and being thankful, not just on this one special day, but all year long.

For those of you that know me (and those of you that are beginning to), know that I have been a victim of bullying during my childhood, adolescence and even adulthood in the workplace. This idea that bullying has...

One thing I've learned since having my son is kids are constantly changing.  Just when you get used to one routine, their needs change.  Their patterns change.  Teething. Feeding. Sleeping. Growing.  Talking.  Learning.  They are in a constant state...

It all started when my oldest child was three.  She discovered the Internet, and there was no going back.  We didn't see it as a terrible thing at first since she was allowed to use the computer to access educational sites that helped her...

1. Boo boos are an everyday staple, for everyone. You have unexplained bruises on your arms, legs, torso. Boys love to play, and climb, and play and climb on mommy. Like the day one son ran into a door frame,...

If you would’ve asked me that question three weeks ago I would have said, “in my daughter’s mouth.” That’s right Ladies and Gentlemen: I am the parent of a thumb sucker…well, actually as of three weeks ago, former thumb-sucker....

Have you ever let someone else watch your kids, and when you got them back, they had a new (vulgar) vocabulary, or asked to watch a particular t.v. show that made you say, “What? You shouldn’t be watching that!”...

I remember it just like it was yesterday. It was my first ob-gyn appointment after two confirmed, positive pregnancy tests and I was a ball of nerves and parched from the August Austin heat. I had no idea what...