Camping with Kids

Your kids are playing nicely and all of the sudden you hear blood-curdling shrieks. Immediately you think someone has lost a limb or the monster in the closet has taken a child back to Monstropolis. Ok, maybe I’m the only one that thinks the second one is possible, but when your kids start screaming one…

Last week a friend called me, absolutely frantic, that her child may have broken their arm. She was hysterical on the phone. Once she calmed down, I walked her through step by step what to do to look for broken bone symptoms. And then it hit me. All moms need to know the simple process…

A dental emergency can happen anytime, anywhere and require quick action. Kids fall, throw toys, run into things, and all of those seemingly innocuous things could result in trauma to their mouth or teeth. A dental emergency is slightly different compared to other medical emergencies because the care needed is highly specialized. What is a…

When you go to Target or look on Amazon and all of the baby proofing supplies on the market, it’s overwhelming. There are a ton of different brands and thousands of different contraptions all claiming to make your home a haven for your kids. You don’t need to buy every single product on the market…

Knowing when and how to use an EpiPen is extremely important. The rate of severe allergic reactions is steadily climbing alongside the steady increase in children with food allergies. If you tossed 20 kids in a room, at least one would have a food allergy. That means there’s a kid in your child’s class or on…

When you become a parent, you also earn your degree in poopology. Ok, well, maybe you don’t earn that degree immediately, but by the time your child is a month old, you can consider yourself a poop expert. You start to notice the subtle changes in their bowel movements and things like color, texture, and…