Tag: Milestones
Bittersweet Transitions:: One Mom’s Thoughts on a School Year Cut Short
Each year, as the school year begins to wind down and summer preparations begin to take shape, I am usually excited and full of...
Big Little Things:: When Small Milestones Make a Huge Difference
Ahhh, a beach holiday, even just to Galveston, is just the thing to put me in a summer vacay kind of mood. It was...
The Childhood Milestones that Really Deserve to Be Celebrated
So we all know the "big" milestones, right? The ones that you put in your baby book {clearly, first kid only, amiright?}, post a...
When Your Intuition Tells You Something is Wrong with Your Baby
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. When a mom finds herself with the gut feeling that something isn't quite right with her baby or...
Parenting Milestones :: They Don’t Have to Be Landmines
Our family is experiencing some major parenting milestones. Last month, my husband added another line to our cell phone plan, because we now have a...
Y’all…I’ve got the Kindergarten Blues.
A couple weeks ago I sent my oldest babies to Kindergarten. Armed with alllll the gear, the cutest uniforms you ever did see, and...
Why We’re Not Potty Training Yet {And Why We’re in No...
When you become a mom, it seems like life is turned into one big calendar, marked by milestone after milestone. The moment when your child sleeps...
Delayed Milestones :: My Kid Doesn’t Walk
Hello, my name is Chelsea, and my seventeen month old son is not yet walking. Before you gasp, get judgy, or pat yourself on...
Delayed Milestones :: My Kid Doesn’t Talk
Trust me. I know how it feels. Filling out those pesky developmental checklists and checking 'no' for not just one skill, but a whole...