By Lysa Parker, MS, CFLE and Barbara Nicholson, MEd
Oh, the anguish of someone you love leaving you behind! Animals feel it, adults feel it, and of course children feel it too. A lot of assumptions have been made about what is called “separation anxiety” but not many people seem to really understand it. It’s a [...]
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The Conscious Parent: Separation Anxiety
Baby Dipper Bowl Makes Feeding Time Fun!
By Angie Gilchrist
Feeding a baby can be a big mess. You use one hand to feed the baby and the other to hold the bowl. And then baby spills some on the floor. You can either stop holding the bowl or stop feeding the baby if you want to clean up the mess. Wouldn’t [...]
From Us to You
The weather suddenly feels like fall as I write this. I’m sipping a cup of rich hot cocoa and thinking about Christmas. This year our family, like many of yours perhaps, isn’t going to spend a lot of money on gifts. Instead, we are going to give a special gift to an organization that is [...]
Tiny Footprints Are a Big Step Towards Helping Babies
By Amy George
If you are like me, you cherish the tiny set of footprints that were made shortly after your child was born. They symbolize the wonder of the precious life that entered the world that day.
The footprints of my oldest daughter, Ann Catherine, are probably tinier than most.
She was born 26 weeks early and [...]
Meet the Physician: Dr. Shraddha Strestha
Dr. Shraddha Shrestha has recently come to the Athens Limestone Pediatric Center which opened at the end of October. A native of Katmandu, Nepal, Dr. Shrestha finished medical school at Katmandu Medical College. She came to the US to complete her residency in pediatrics at Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX. Her husband of a [...]
Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. Expectations Classes Help Moms Make Wise Decisions
By Freida Houck, Certified L.E.A.N. Coach
Pregnant and nursing moms are just beginning a new stage of life, and L.E.A.N. Expectations, developed by Dr. William Sears, is here to help coach them through the questions, concerns and curiosity! This program is designed to teach expectant and nursing moms current information. Topics covered include the following:
how [...]
Amber Stuart Mixes a Media Career with Motherhood
Amber Stuart is a reporter in Huntsville, AL, for WHNT News 19. Orginally from Decatur, AL, she graduated from Jacksonville State University with a degree in Mass Communications and a minor in Theatre. She has been with WHNT since May of 2005. The Stuarts live in Meridianville where they are involved in the [...]
The Conscious Parent: The Trouble with Sleep Training
By Barbara Nicholson & Lysa Parker
The purpose of our column is to help parents become more aware, compassionate and connected with their children. With that in mind, we recently read a column by a psychologist who was addressing a question that a mother had written to him. She has a 13 month old toddler who [...]
Toys Open the Door to Your Child’s Future
By Erin Kerner
It seems like only yesterday that our son was born, but he is quickly crawling his way towards nine months old. It has been an incredible experience thus far. Our home has been turned into a maze of baby gates, and our cupboards have been secured, the sockets plugged, corners covered, cords detached, [...]
WAY-FM Morning Host Helps Moms and Babies in Kabul
By Glenni Lorick
Brant Hansen is the morning host for WAY-FM in the Tennessee Valley. Part of Brant’s appeal is his straight-forward honesty about relevant issues. He doesn’t want to simply sit in his easy chair and be a complacent Christian. So in November, Brant got up out of that easy chair and headed to Kabul, [...]