Category: Special Needs

How to Get Your Picky Eater to Eat Healthy

How to Get Your Picky Eater to Eat Healthy

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases, at no cost to you. These little bad boys got a lot of lovin’ on my Instagram account, with a ton of requests for the recipe. The funny thing is, they sound disgusting, but in theory, […]

What to Expect at the Apraxia Kids National Conference

What to Expect at the Apraxia Kids National Conference

Well this has been a whirlwind trip to the Apraxia Kids National Conference in Charlotte, NC! It started out with my outbound flight being cancelled due to a suspicious odor on the plane arriving to take us to Charlotte. A flight attendant was taken away […]

Why You Should Ditch Your Birth Plan

Why You Should Ditch Your Birth Plan

This article might spark some controversy, but just hear me out. You should ditch your birth plan. I’m not speaking out of anger or bitterness or disappointment; quite the contrary. I’m coming from a place of love, understanding, and concern. I’ve been apart of a […]

10 Things NOT to Say to A Parent of A Child With Apraxia

10 Things NOT to Say to A Parent of A Child With Apraxia

Childhood Apraxia of Speech is a neurological disorder affecting motor speech and sound production. Children with Apraxia typically have full receptive speech language and can understand everything that everyone says to them. The best way to help improve sound and speech production is through regular […]

How To Potty Train Your Toddler

How To Potty Train Your Toddler

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our Disclosure Policy for details.   Grab your favorite bottle of wine. Remove cork. (Or unscrew cap, or open box-hey, you do you, no judgments here). Drink until empty. Just kidding! Don’t do that. You’ll be the […]

A Premature Birth Story: Our NICU Experience

A Premature Birth Story: Our NICU Experience

When my babies were born prematurely, we were immediately thrust into a new world with which we were very unfamiliar and unprepared: the NICU. I had an emergency c-section on a Saturday evening and our twins, a boy and a girl, were whisked away to […]

Why I’m Teaching My Kids To Ask ‘Why’?

Why I’m Teaching My Kids To Ask ‘Why’?

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our Disclosure Policy for details. Our daughter has a noticeable disability. She has severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Her speech is unintelligible to most, but the three of us understand what she is saying. We have been […]

Super(?)woman

Super(?)woman

Ever since I gave birth to twins, I have been referred to as “superwoman” by sincerely kind women who before me have bore children and survived to tell about it. This humbling title is very much appreciated and often gives me the motivation to keep […]