http://valleybabies.com/magazine from Conception to Birth and Beyond Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:57:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_231" align="alignleft" width="156" caption="Glenni Lorick, Editor-in-Chief"][/caption] 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 ... http://valleybabies.com/magazine/2010/01/from-us-to-you/ [caption id="attachment_130" align="alignleft" width="252" caption="Amy George"][/caption]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 ... http://valleybabies.com/magazine/2010/01/tiny-footprints-are-a-big-step-towards-helping-babies/ 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, ... http://valleybabies.com/magazine/2010/01/meet-the-physician-dr-shraddha-strestha/ 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 ... http://valleybabies.com/magazine/2010/01/dr-sears-lean-expectations-classes-help-moms-make-wise-decisions/ 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 ... http://valleybabies.com/magazine/2010/01/amber-stuart-mixes-a-media-career-with-motherhood/ 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 ... http://valleybabies.com/magazine/2010/01/the-conscious-parent-the-trouble-with-sleep-training/ 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 ... http://valleybabies.com/magazine/2010/01/toys-open-the-door-to-your-childs-future/ 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 ... http://valleybabies.com/magazine/2010/01/way-fm-morning-host-helps-moms-and-babies-in-kabul/ By Saché Sams Sometimes in life we are left asking the question,“Why?” Although we may never receive an answer, we have to trust that there is a plan for our lives. On January 8, 2009, our lives changed forever. I was 35 weeks and four days pregnant when my obstetrician made an ... http://valleybabies.com/magazine/2010/01/a-mothers-love-leads-to-action/ [caption id="attachment_231" align="alignleft" width="156" caption="Glenni Lorick, Editor-in-Chief"][/caption] Every once in a while, you live through a period of time, then look back and wonder how in the world you made it. The months of August and September were like that for me. It all started when my husband’s cousin died of ... http://valleybabies.com/magazine/2009/11/sitting-in-the-refiners-fire/