parenthood

  • Deployed for Father's Day

    When one family member is enlisted, "the entire family serves, too." Younger members, trying to understand a parent's long absense or that empty chair on big holidays, make the biggest sacrifices.

  • Podcast: Keeping Fit Without Frustration

    Episode 6: Keeping Fit Without Frustration: Fitness Guidance from Getting Pregnant to Parenthood with Alex Allred - September 3, 2009 Listen Now

  • Laughing Through the Chaos - "Awyoowamooooom?"

    An inquisitive little 4-year-old stopped me after my Mommy and Me class at the YMCA today and asked me this. I had to laugh as she cocked her head to one side, furrowed her tiny little brow, scrunched her eyes together, and asked me the question with all the seriousness in the world

  • Laughing Through the Chaos - Well, that's just crap-tastic

    She's got a huge grin plastered on that sweet little face of hers. That horrendous smell couldn't possibly have come from her. I'm noticing that her little, tiny legs are moving very fast, sliding around rather easily, when normally, she meets some resistance. Hmmm, what ever could that be about?

  • Sex and Parenthood

    How important is sex to a marriage? Sex seems to be the emotional barometer for most marriages. Not in the sense that the more sex the better the marriage, but in the way couples can discuss openly and with concern for each other their feelings about the intimacy in their relationship.

  • Transition to Parenthood, 21 - 24 Weeks

    In the second trimester, your now-visible pregnancy helps confirm the reality of a baby on the way and also gives rise to specific concerns that will affect you, your partner, and other members of your family.

  • The Real Gift of Parenting

    As we brave the holiday shopping crowds -- trying ot decide whether to give Barney or Big Bird, action figures or dolls -- one can wonder about the tru gifts of parenting.

  • Tristine's Triumph -- The Birth Story

    The Birth Story
    Editor's Note: Here is the long awaited final entry! Oops! Did you not read the rest of her journal from the beginning? No worry, at the end of this entry is a pull down menu and you can read all of the entries in order, or not. Enjoy!

  • Transition to Parenthood, 21 - 24 Weeks

    In the second trimester, your now-visible pregnancy helps confirm the reality of a baby on the way and also gives rise to specific concerns that will affect you, your partner, and other members of your family.

  • The Real Gift of Parenting

    As we brave the holiday shopping crowds -- trying ot decide whether to give Barney or Big Bird, action figures or dolls -- one can wonder about the tru gifts of parenting.

  • Tristine's Triumph -- The Birth Story

    The Birth Story
    Editor's Note: Here is the long awaited final entry! Oops! Did you not read the rest of her journal from the beginning? No worry, at the end of this entry is a pull down menu and you can read all of the entries in order, or not. Enjoy!

  • Laughing Through the Chaos - Well, that's just crap-tastic

    She's got a huge grin plastered on that sweet little face of hers. That horrendous smell couldn't possibly have come from her. I'm noticing that her little, tiny legs are moving very fast, sliding around rather easily, when normally, she meets some resistance. Hmmm, what ever could that be about?

  • Laughing Through the Chaos - "Awyoowamooooom?"

    An inquisitive little 4-year-old stopped me after my Mommy and Me class at the YMCA today and asked me this. I had to laugh as she cocked her head to one side, furrowed her tiny little brow, scrunched her eyes together, and asked me the question with all the seriousness in the world

  • Podcast: Keeping Fit Without Frustration

    Episode 6: Keeping Fit Without Frustration: Fitness Guidance from Getting Pregnant to Parenthood with Alex Allred - September 3, 2009 Listen Now

  • Sex and Parenthood

    How important is sex to a marriage? Sex seems to be the emotional barometer for most marriages. Not in the sense that the more sex the better the marriage, but in the way couples can discuss openly and with concern for each other their feelings about the intimacy in their relationship.

  • Deployed for Father's Day

    When one family member is enlisted, "the entire family serves, too." Younger members, trying to understand a parent's long absense or that empty chair on big holidays, make the biggest sacrifices.