May is "Better Speech & Hearing Month," and as moms we know how valuable the gift of speech and hearing are. For the next few weeks, I will be sharing methods and tools to help foster good speech and language development in your child as they develop from baby to early childhood years. As a Speech and Language Pathologist, I will provide you with a series of posts that address developmental milestones, activities to enhance your child's speech and what to expect if you feel like your child might not be reaching their milestones.
Speech and language milestones are a set of skills that are achieved within a specific time frame. These skills are divided into receptive and expressive language skills. Receptive skills refer to...
December 22nd was a chilly, downright cold Sunday that started the same as any other. Except I was 41 weeks and 4 days pregnant. Tim and I were going for a walk, and on our way back I kept feeling weird pressure. Tim suggested I call my doula Carolynne to let her know. She suggested that I take it easy so we had a movie Sunday. Around 4 pm, I heard a strange popping noise, and it felt as if the baby had passed gas inside me. I can’t explain it any better. I mentioned it to Tim and then had the urge to pee like I had so many times during pregnancy. But, this was different. When I...
Traveling is one thing that brings joy to my life. We live in an amazing country that has everything from beautiful beaches to stupendous mountains to grassy plains to chaotic metropolises. So far our family has traveled to Disney World, the Gulf Coast beaches and St. Louis, but I am determined to expose my children (and myself for that matter) to as much of our country as possible. I have compiled a thematic list of vacations so that I have plenty of options to choose from when I feel that my children are at the age where they can experience and appreciate different vacations.
Adventure
Gatlinburg/ Smokey Mountains: A trip for any season. White water rafting during the Summer. Hiking and watching the leaves change in...
Growing up, my family always had at least one dog. So when I bought my first home in 2009, it didn’t take much convincing when my then boyfriend (now husband) told me that his chocolate lab needed a friend. All I knew was that I didn’t want a puppy, so I started scouring petfinder.com. I came across a picture of D3, a 1.5 year old Siberian Husky/German Shepherd mix at a shelter about 30 minutes from my house. A few emails later I learned that he was a sweet dog, loved to be outside, and was very smart. He had figured out how to sneak under the gate that kept him in his kennel. They couldn’t figure out how...
Infertility :: My Story
I have two amazing children. Matthew, my three-year-old, is an inquisitive, bright, tractor-loving country boy, while Ben, my almost-two-year-old, is a playful, hilarious, sweet bull in a china shop. I cannot imagine not being their mother.
But for years I could not imagine that I ever would have the chance.
In 2006, after two years of marriage, Kenny and I decided to start a family. We didn't really know many people with young children, and only a very few of our friends had experienced a pregnancy in their marriage. So we really had no idea what to expect in the process. I truly believed that we would become pregnant immediately. In fact, I remember that we started trying to conceive...
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The Best Coffee in BR is Actually in Ascension
The Best Coffee in BR is Actually in Ascension
Like a lot of moms I'm often in need of caffeine on a regular basis and...
