Understanding Expectations for Pediatric Specialist Visits Specialists in a particular field of medicine have taken additional training to become really good at managing a special area of the body. If your child has been referred to a specialty physician, it means the problem your child is facing has not responded well to initial management by […]
Understanding the 3 types of physician visits your child may need Physician visits are an important part of your child’s healthcare management. Most mothers have already chosen a pediatrician before the baby is even born…am I right? Yes, I did, too. The pediatrician, our child’s primary care doctor, is meant to serve as our rock, […]
The importance of each of the 3 levels of care your child may need Healthcare has become a national hot topic, and it becomes a greater concern for parents trying to figure out how to navigate the system for their children. Welcome to my three part discussion series designed as a general overview of how […]
The words you say to your children may not show their impact until much later in life. Choose your words carefully. I am a physician who was trained since medical school to have a dislike for lawyers because of the few who constantly look for ways to point out that physicians are not perfect. These […]
Defiance is described as an act of bold resistance and disobedience. More simply, an action that is done even though you know it is wrong, and you do it regardless of the consequences. These acts are clearly recognized in older children, and they smack you in the face with teenagers! Many Momma Addicts do […]
Eye Speak is a term I use to describe a mom’s ability to let her kids know that their actions are reaching a point where a new level of discipline is going to be needed. My previous post describes why I believe developing an Inner Dragon is an important tool for parenting. This dragon […]
I believe an Inner Dragon is a part of our personalities that many people never use. It is what I would consider the protector of our core values, possibly the gatekeeper for our “fight or flight “abilities. There is a level, some place deep inside of us, where we can go when we need to […]
Electronic device manners are vital to teach our kids. Adults and kids use these devices daily in personal and professional lives. Infants stare at iPads. Toddlers can change settings on iPhones. Teens have become so inseparable from their devices that many schools have changed their policy about allowing kids to use devices in classrooms. Look […]
We need to breathe. Period. Let’s not forget that. Sometimes in your attempt to support your child, you worry, an unhealthy amount, about their reactions to failure. Failure should be viewed as an opportunity to learn and grow and succeed in the future. But does failure need to be extremely public or potentially humiliating? I don’t […]
A Momma card is an imaginary card that is given to every woman as soon as she gives birth, adopts, fosters or becomes a guardian to a child. She is then officially deemed to be a mother and agrees to honor the duties of a mother. What are mother duties? Well, I looked it up since […]