Jun 20, 2022 | Babies, By Stage, Health, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Safety
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller If you’re the parent of a baby, summer is the perfect time to introduce them to water in the form of a pool, ocean, or lake. It’s an exciting first for little ones, and can help set the stage for positive feelings about water they can...
May 4, 2022 | Adults, By Stage, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders Geriatric pregnancy, advanced maternal age, higher risk… if you have a pregnancy over 35 then these are terms you will hear, potentially a lot. I’m pregnant with my second daughter at the age of 38 and it’s come up a time or two. When...
Apr 14, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Location, By Stage, Health, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Winston-Salem
By Guest Bloggers Dr. Jessica and Dr. Tiffany with Twin City Health All moms are rockstars, and we’re thrilled to offer holistic prenatal care at Twin City Health. Caring for moms, dads and their children is one of our absolute favorite things! Watching our team carry...
Jan 27, 2022 | Babies, By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Maryrose Nelson As parents, you are your baby’s world. Did you know that in utero an infant starts to perceive its parents’ voices as early as fifteen weeks gestation? Your voices are some of the first sounds your child hears, and it is a...
Jan 15, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Babies, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Katie Moosbrugger I clearly remember chatting with friends a few years ago when the topic of miscarriages came up. For my friends, it had been several years since our miscarriages. We had all been blessed with children since then, so it seemed a bit easier to talk...
Jan 1, 2022 | Babies, Baby Directories, By Stage, Children's Museums & Playhouses, Family Time, High Point, Kernersville, Local Resources, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
Written by Guest Blogger Jen Mearns, updated by TMoM Team Member Katie Moosbrugger This directory is sponsored by The Basics Guilford. The Basics are five evidence-based parenting and caregiving practices that can be used in everyday life to benefit young children of...
Dec 30, 2021 | Babies, By Stage, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By TMoM Team Member Dennette Bailey There are many factors to consider when planning parenthood. For this blog, I am going to focus on what I think are the six most important factors to consider. These tend to be uncomfortable topics; however, as an educator and...
Oct 28, 2021 | Adult Health & Wellness, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Sarah Scott Hypertension. Swelling or edema. Proteinuria. Sudden weight gain. Headache. Nausea or vomiting. Changes in vision. Racing pulse. Mental confusion, heightened anxiety, trouble catching your breath. Stomach or right shoulder pain. Lower back...
Oct 5, 2021 | Adult Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders Aaron As a writer and blogger, I often share so many of my own stories. I’ve written in the past about being a single mom, hardships in my life, living with Celiac Disease, life lessons I’ve learned, homeschooling my daughter, how I...
Aug 13, 2021 | Babies, By Stage, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Catherine Cottingham Registering for your baby can be so overwhelming especially if this is your first! I remember looking at all the recommendations and other friends’ registries and feeling completely inadequate. I added so many items at first and...
Jun 8, 2021 | Babies, By Stage, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller Before my daughter was born a little more than four years ago, I most definitely had a naïve view when it came to breastfeeding. I was very aware that it could be challenging, but I thought most of those challenges came from a bad latch...
Apr 23, 2021 | Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Katie Kaley, author of the blog Words from a Mama You always hear no two children are the same, and oh boy is that true! But it’s also true that no two labor and delivery stories are the same. For anyone who has been advised by their doctor to deliver...
Apr 19, 2021 | Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Guest Blogger Ana Jansen It’s every parent’s dilemma: Do I hire someone to get some time to myself, even if I feel badly leaving the kids behind? We get it… It’s tough for any parent to leave their child, but every once in a while it’s...
Apr 12, 2021 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Ashley Quinn Kibby While I was pregnant with my twins, I read many books and articles written for mothers of multiples. Some good, some horrible, many functional, mostly instructional, with contents covering sleeping, napping, nursing, wrapping,...
Mar 17, 2021 | Babies, By Stage, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller I just had my second baby on February 19, so since the hospital stay is fresh on my mind I thought I’d share a peek into what I packed this time around. When my first baby was born, I remember doing tons of research to try to figure out...
Mar 2, 2021 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Location, By Stage, From the Doctor, Health, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Winston-Salem
By Guest Bloggers Dr. Jessica and Dr. Tiffany with Twin City Health All moms are rockstars, and we’re thrilled to offer holistic prenatal care at Twin City Health. Over the course of our 10 years, we’ve seen hundreds of moms for pains, labor, overall...
Jan 14, 2021 | Adult Health & Wellness, Babies, By Stage, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Sara “RaRa” Gibson with PostPartum By RaRa Everyone will tell you that pregnancy is over once you finally meet your new little one, but is that really the case? The idea of the “4th trimester” and thinking of it as a part of pregnancy is a...
Jan 7, 2021 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Katie Allen, author of Allen in the Family Yep. You read that right. This baby is the result of an IUD pregnancy. In February of 2020 my husband and I decided to call off trying for a baby. We suffered a traumatic miscarriage the previous November and...
Jan 6, 2021 | Babies, By Stage, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool
By TMoM Team Member Rachel Hoeing and Guest Blogger Megan Berlinger Having your first child changes your entire world. You can’t even remember what it was like when there were was not a baby in the house. Then child number two comes along and your world gets...
Jan 4, 2021 | Babies, By Stage, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, Dental, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Suzanne Santomieri We were twenty minutes into our 19 week ultrasound and something felt wrong. The technician continued to switch back and forth to different views and was talking a lot. I kept thinking how many more details she was giving us than I...
Dec 1, 2020 | Holidays, Local Sales & Shopping Events, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Shopping, Shopping for Kids & Babies
By Guest Blogger Catherine Cottingham Being a first-time mom in 2020 has been nothing like I envisioned when I found out I was pregnant. There were no baby showers, we didn’t have any visitors in the hospital, we have let very few people meet our new bundle of joy in...
Oct 1, 2020 | Babies, By Stage, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By TMoM Team Member Kodia Byers When I was pregnant with my first child, I had heard time and time again from close friends and family members that Pampers are the best diaper out there for newborns and I needed to stock up. I found out the hard way…they were...
Aug 7, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Babies, By Stage, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, From the Doctor, Health, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Phillips Heine, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Executive Director of Women’s Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health Dr. Phillips Heine provided an overview of pregnancy and COVID-19 last April. As we continue to learn more about the...
Jul 25, 2020 | Babies, By Stage, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Kris Smooke Wouldn’t it be great if you had a window into your baby’s thoughts and growing personality? Actually, you do! Babies can communicate using simple signs and gestures before they are able to talk. My first son was fascinated by visual...
Jul 18, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, Babies, By Stage, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller Of course, the best way to give our body the key nutrients it needs is through our diet, but vitamins and supplements can play a helpful role in filling in the gaps when our diet doesn’t quite cut it. This can be especially important...
May 24, 2020 | Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By TMoM Team Member Katie Moosbrugger Nap time in our house was never a pretty scene. My son Henry was a terrible napper and naps were something he always desperately needed. As a toddler he fought them off miserably. But when the nap won and eventually overtook him,...
Apr 27, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Babies, By Stage, From the Heart, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By TMoM Team Member Kodia Byers It was a warm, peaceful morning in late August 2019 — you know those mornings when the season is slowly changing from summer time heat 24/7 to balmy early autumn mornings paired with excruciatingly hot NC Piedmont afternoons, when...
Apr 10, 2020 | Adult Health & Wellness, From the Doctor, Health, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Becky Hale, birth doula, postpartum doula, childbirth educator Here are ten things you can do right from your couch or your home to help you prep for birth! 1. Work On A Birth Plan/Preferences Some people call them birth plans, I like to call them...
Apr 4, 2020 | Babies, By Location, By Stage, Education, Greensboro, Local Resources, Parent & Child Groups / Support Groups, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Preschool, Toddlers & Preschool
By Guest Blogger Susan Shore Schwartz For parents, life has changed dramatically in the last few weeks. Many are now home all day, trying to find the right balance between educating and entertaining their children while sheltering in place. While older children may...
Feb 20, 2020 | Babies, By Stage, Food & Nutrition, Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By TMoM Team Member, Anna Keller Baby-led weaning is a term thrown around often, and I think most of us parents have a general sense of the concept, but it’s also something that can seem daunting or even, to some, dangerous. After all, babies have just had breastmilk...
