Let’s Talk Babies

Last year, in the midst of the sadness of Maddie Spohr’s passing something magical happened.  All over the country people asked what they could do to help.  What they could do to support the Spohrs and to support the families of other preemies and the joined March of Dimes walks in their local community to [Read the rest]

One of my very favorite things to do is to curl up somewhere comfy and spend hours lost in the pages of a good book.  For as long as I can remember I have loved reading.  As a little girl my mom used to read to me all the time.  We had shelves and shelves [Read the rest]

For many pregnant moms who have decided to breastfeed their babies there is often one lingering fear, breastfeeding in public, and a worry that this fear will lead to them being stuck at home all the time.  I had those same fears when I was pregnant with my daughter.  However, there really isn’t anything to [Read the rest]

For most of her short little 2 year life Maya has had a love affair with clothes.  She wasn’t one of those babies who loved to be naked, and as a toddler still prefers being full dressed to being naked.   If given the option to run around naked or put on some clothes she [Read the rest]

Infant mortality is a difficult subject to talk about.  No one wants to think about the bad things that can happen.  It is often easier to sugar coat the statistics and pretend like it is something that only happens to other people.  However, in order to combat problems like preterm births and stillbirths we have [Read the rest]