Everything is planned, packed, and ready to go! As families start to load their minivans and share the open road for the summer travel season, safety is always a major concern, especially with young children in the car. On the heels of the new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the National Highway Traffic Safety [...]

“Are you done now?”  This is the question I have heard quite a few times since telling our family and friends that I am pregnant.  It’s funny how society seems to have expectations of how many kids is okay to have. With my first pregnancy, everyone was so excited, especially since it would the first [...]

“So your trying for that girl?” or  “Hopefully you’ll get that girl.”  I have heard one of those two statements (or similar ones) from pretty much everyone I have told I was pregnant.  Yes I have two boys (ages 2 and 4) and Yes I would love a girl, but I wouldn’t be devastated if [...]

So this week marked my second doctor’s appointment for my pregnancy.  I am 17 weeks (read my previous post to see why this was only my 2nd appointment).  It should have been a quick one where the doctor just checked the baby’s heartbeat with a fetal doppler but this baby was not cooperating, of course!  [...]