• February 18, 2025
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The Playful Parent: Making Playtime Fun for You and Your Child

As parents, we often overcomplicate playtime. We think we need to schedule structured activities, buy the latest educational toys, or set up Pinterest-worthy crafts. But here’s the truth—kids don’t need complicated. They need connection. Play is one of the most natural ways for children to learn, explore, and bond with their caregivers. The best part? […]...

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  • September 5, 2024
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Building Confidence as a New Mom

Building Confidence as a New Mom: Finding that intuition they all say you’re supposed to have. by Allison Hurst, MS, LPC   Trust your gut, I would hear. You are her mama. The advice sounded like an old wives’ tale that should maybe have a silly nursery rhyme attached to it, because gut instincts about […]...

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  • June 12, 2024
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The First Three Years: An Encouraging Letter to New Dads

The First Three Years: An Encouraging Letter to New Dads I told my husband that I was pregnant during his lunch break one February Tuesday. We were smack in the middle of an ice storm that had resulted in a large portion of the DFW metroplex being without electricity, and the temps were resting in […]...

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  • May 20, 2024
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Postpartum Care Planning: Part 2

Postpartum Care Planning: Part 2 Practical Tips for Rallying Available Support If you are just dropping in to our discussion on Postpartum Care Planning, welcome! I encourage you to read Part 1 and then return to this page for some practical tips to utilize in your fourth trimester planning experience. _____________________________________________________ Kimberly Ann Johnson, in […]...

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  • May 16, 2024
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Postpartum Care Planning: part 1

Postpartum Care Planning as a crucial part of pregnancy and parenting The “fourth trimester,” or the first weeks of postpartum, is arguably the most tender and vulnerable time in a woman’s life. She has emerged an entirely new person from pregnancy into constant caregiver; it is a sacred time of transition and renewal. Yet, she […]...

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Healthy Sleep Habits for your Family

It is unfortunate how our sleep patterns can unfairly become such a defining mark of character, even from the earliest of ages. “How’s she sleeping?” strangers and friends alike would ask of my newborn, followed by “Oh, don’t you want to be a good baby for your mama?” as if her sleep patterns were early […]...

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