For today’s Ask Dr.Mom, we will be talking about thumb sucking. This is a topic near and dear to my heart because…well…I was an avid thumb sucker as a child and I certainly remember having difficulty kicking this habit. Fortunately, most children who suck their thumbs give it up on their own volition and without…
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I Should Have Packed the Kahlua
My husband and I love the beach. We are beach people, no doubt about that. Give us the ocean in the background, sand beneath our toes and we are all set. It can be a sunny day or a cloudy day, it really doesn’t matter. We love the beach. Put a coffee in my hand…
Growing Up Can Really Hurt
Dear Dr.Mom Are growing pains real? My older daughter has had them for years. They are always at night, always in her legs, and sometimes the pain brings her to tears. What can I do for her? —Tara Yes, growing pains are a real condition that can affect 25-40% of children between the ages of…
More than a Babysitter
It’s Christmas morning and there you are, with your drill in one hand and a complicated list of instructions in the other. You spent a tedious three hours building that gigantic dollhouse for Little Sister. I could see it in your eyes, you wanted to hurl a couple of pieces out the window once or…
Happy New Year
I honestly cannot believe that today is the last day of 2010. When other, wiser people, told me that time will fly once you have children…I had no idea what they were talking about. Until now of course. Seeing as I still have my wall calendar on March 2010, you could say that yes, time…
Fake and Clumpy
What we did this Christmas that I hope to continue for years to come: Cruise a nearby neighborhood where each house is lit up like a winter wonderland. We get the kids all cozy in their PJs and make a loop or two. We probably make this drive 3-4 times per week. I love to…
The Santa Wrap Detective
Last Christmas I was trying to be very unlike myself and get all my presents wrapped before Christmas Eve. Usually, I am up until 3am wrapping the Santa presents while watching one of my favorite Christmas movies, fire crackling in the background. This all sounds very quaint and oh so Christmasy but I pay for…
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