Jul 2, 2020 | Children's Health & Wellness, Family Time, Health, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Guest Blogger Diane Olsen, certified yoga instructor, local entrepreneur, and mother of three How many times in the past few months have you had to remind yourself, or someone you love, to take a deep breath. Pause. Relax. These are trying times. Breathe. Inhale,...
May 30, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Parenting & Family, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Neely Turlington June is Acne Awareness Month, but for millions of teenagers every day is a reminder of the devastating effects acne has on their lives. In the United States alone, 85 percent of young people between the ages of 12 and 24 experience...
May 1, 2020 | Babies, By Location, By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, Elementary Age, From the Doctor, Health, Toddlers & Preschool, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Alison Gardner, MD, MS, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Brenner Children’s, Wake Forest Baptist Health If your child is in need of immediate care that is not life threatening, our pediatric emergency medicine specialists are available to have a video...
Apr 13, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, Exercise, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By TMoM Team Member, Anna Keller This is such a strange season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and if you’re a parent it can often feel especially trying. You and your kids are together ALL THE TIME, and it’s just…a lot. There are high highs and low lows and...
Apr 8, 2020 | Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Michelle Griffith My 5.5 year old boy was recently diagnosed with ADHD and ODD. I think by now, most people are familiar with ADHD. ODD or Oppositional Defiant Disorder might be a term you’re not so familiar with. A quick Google search defines ODD...
Apr 1, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Location, By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health, Hot Topics, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Dottie Shepard, RN, BSN Fear of the unknown, getting sick, and our families getting sick are a few of the fears that my coworkers and I are experiencing at this time during the pandemic of COVID-19. I am a Registered Nurse in the Orthopedic Clinic for...
Mar 30, 2020 | By Stage, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, Education, Education for Special Needs, Greensboro, Health, Hot Topics, Parenting & Family, Preschool, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Guest Blogger Christine Murray, PhD, LCMHC, LMFT, Director of the Healthy Relationships Initiative in the UNCG Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships Last month, I got to go somewhere that I never even could have dreamed would be possible when I was a...
Mar 11, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Safety, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Sandie Mauk author of TreasureSeeker blog National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 So it took me four weeks to get up the courage to ask my daughter, Grace, if she had left a note when she tried to kill herself. I’d been too afraid to find...
Mar 7, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Hot Topics, Safety
By Guest Bloggers Angela Smith and Meredith Shaw, School Psychologists with WSFCS It seems like everywhere we go people are talking about COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Working in the schools, we not only hear teachers, parents, and guardians talking about the virus, we also...
Feb 29, 2020 | Children with Special Needs, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Christina Holder It’s official. It’s hand-sanitizer season. I mean, every season is hand-sanitizer season, but I buy it in bulk November through April. My kids are always catching something. For instance my youngest has RSV as I sit and write this! If...
Feb 13, 2020 | By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Safety, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By Anonymous I think we’ll all agree that, if your phone rings or buzzes after a certain hour, it’s 99% a guarantee that it’s not going to be a pleasant conversation – especially if you have kids who drive. If you’re lucky, it will be their number coming across...
Feb 11, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, Children's Health & Wellness, Greensboro, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Juanyetta Beasley, DHA, RN-CNML Nursing Director, Neonatal ICU The Cone Health Women’s & Children’s Center at Moses Cone Hospital opens Sunday, Feb. 23, at 5:30 a.m. Hospitals construct new buildings all the time, but Cone Health has very...
Dec 18, 2019 | Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, Developmental Concerns, Food & Nutrition, Food Allergies / Diets / Restrictions, Health
By Guest Blogger Rebecca Jordan Ever been on a diet? Yeah, most of us have, so hearing someone’s on a diet doesn’t really surprise most of us. But here’s one that may surprise you – my thirteen month old has been on a diet since she was eight days old. Two days...
Dec 11, 2019 | Babies, By Stage, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, Developmental Concerns, Health
By Guest Blogger Brandi Blaylock Every smile has a story. Stories of happiness, joy, peace, and understanding. This story is no exception. While lying on the examination table with the chilly and sticky conducting jelly on my belly at my 20 week ultrasound, I had one...
Nov 30, 2019 | Children's Health & Wellness, Health
By Angela Smith and Kathleen Kirk There is a dirty little secret at your child’s school, but we know it all too well. When we were asked to write this blog, we considered being anonymous authors. If we used our names, what would our friends think? Would they ever let...
Nov 8, 2019 | Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Local Resources, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Safety, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Elizabeth Miller, Executive Director at The Parenting PATH Raising children can be very tough! All moms know this. And it can be especially tough when parents face additional challenges with employment, housing, transportation, healthcare or...
Oct 24, 2019 | Adult Health & Wellness, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health
By Guest Blogger Dr. Bill Satterwhite “Is strep throat going around?” “What about mono?” “Are you seeing flu yet?” “ Is there anything else going around that I should be aware of, since I’ve got you on the phone?” These were common early morning questions from parents...
Oct 18, 2019 | By Stage, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Parenting & Family, Safety, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By Camila Dos Santos, M.Ed., Program Coordinator of the Healthy Relationships Initiative Our Healthy Relationships Initiative (HRI) team is excited to partner with Triad Moms on Main on this blog series. In this series, we offer general guidance to relationship or...
Oct 1, 2019 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Greensboro, Health, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Kalie Moore, LPCA, clinical therapist at Wynns Family Psychology Have you ever wondered what happened to the “spark” in your relationship? Or why the emotional chasm between the two of you just seems to keep getting bigger, no matter what you do? Even...
Sep 27, 2019 | Babies, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Lisa Peaty, LCSW Can you recall how many times that you asked yourself these questions, while your crying infant was wailing in the background? Sleep deprived, perhaps with spit up on your shirt, and matted hair from the last 15 minute “rest” on the...
Sep 17, 2019 | Adults, By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Christine Murray, PhD, LPC, LMFT, Director of the Healthy Relationships Initiative Our Healthy Relationships Initiative (HRI) team is excited to partner with Triad Moms on Main on this blog series. In this series, we offer general guidance to...
Sep 5, 2019 | By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health, Teens & Tweens
By Guest Blogger Betsy Armentrout, MD, Wake Forest Baptist Health – Ford, Simpson, Lively and Rice Pediatrics Just before I sat down to write this article, I read an email briefing from the American Academy of Pediatrics that Pinterest is changing its search engine...
Aug 17, 2019 | Babies, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Local Resources, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Raising Children
By The Early Check Team What’s Early Check? Early Check is a research study that offers health tests for all babies born in North Carolina. The testing is free, no travel is required, and nothing is needed from your baby. All that moms need to do is visit...
Aug 8, 2019 | By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health, Parenting & Family, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Regina Alexander, MSW, LCSW Someone recently said to me, “It’s scary to be the parent of a teenager these days.” I agreed – there are so many problems that teens face and so much pressure to fit in that sometimes it seems we don’t even know our own...
Jul 23, 2019 | Babies, By Stage, Children with Special Needs, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Aeroflow Healthcare The average family can spend $200-$300 a month on diapers or pull-ups per child or disabled adult. This astronomical cost can take away other necessities such as food or clothing. It’s no surprise nearly 1 in 3 American families...
Jul 19, 2019 | Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Toddlers & Preschool
By Guest Blogger Tiffany Lazenby The thought of my 13 month old being put to sleep no matter how minor the procedure might be, was simply horrifying. My oldest was never sick. I think he may have had one ear infection in his 13 years. This time around however was a...
Jun 24, 2019 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition, Teens & Tweens
By Guest Blogger Suzy Fielders Whether you are the struggling one, your child, or someone you love, eating disorders are scary for all of those involved. There are various types of eating disorders, each of which are serious and very disastrous for your body. It takes...
Jun 7, 2019 | Children's Health & Wellness, Education, Health, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens
By Christine Murray, PhD, LPC, LMFT, Director of the Healthy Relationships Initiative Our Healthy Relationships Initiative (HRI) team is excited to partner with Triad Moms on Main on this blog series. In this series, we offer general guidance to relationship or family...
May 24, 2019 | Children's Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health, Winston-Salem
By Nia Williams, RN, BSN, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Nurse, Brenner Children’s Hospital I just completed my first year as a nurse. For the past 12 months, I’ve had the honor of working in the pediatric hematology and oncology department at Brenner...
May 18, 2019 | By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens
By Christine Murray, PhD, LPC, LMFT, Director of the Healthy Relationships Initiative Our Healthy Relationships Initiative (HRI) team is excited to partner with Triad Moms on Main on this blog series. In this series, we offer general guidance to relationship or family...
