A Baby-Friendly Holiday Survival Guide: Traveling Tips and More
When I had an infant and a toddler, we moved to the mountains and were a good hour away from most of our family (with some members, a full day’s drive away). When our first Christmas away from family rolled around, we found ourselves facing new choices about how best to survive Christmas. If you are wondering how to manage…
And Baby Makes Three: Adjusting to Life With Your Partner After Giving Birth
For most couples, bringing home a baby is a greatly anticipated event. They host gender reveal parties with family and friends and gather for baby showers. They prepare the nursery, setting up the crib and changing station and stocking it with impossibly small diapers and onesies. They take childbirth classes and come up with a birthing plan for the hospital.…
I Had a Miscarriage
I had a miscarriage. Even now, almost two decades later, I feel funny sharing this very personal thing. My husband and I had tried for almost a year for our first baby, and we were so excited anticipating the birth of our child. I had an initial ultrasound and everything looked good. I even purchased a soft yellow teddy bear…
Christmas Got You Stressed? I Relate.
One of my favorite fun holiday movies is Chevy Chase’s Christmas Vacation. I don’t like to admit it, but I’m a lot like his character, Clark Griswold. I want more than anything to have a perfect Christmas with my loved ones, but no matter how I try to orchestrate it, things always run amuck. Can you relate? Between hosting meals…
Fall Fun for Families
When my children were in elementary school, our finances were tight but our need for fun family outings was high. We came up with the concept of “Fun Fridays” with a simple premise: if kids and parents did a good job meeting their responsibilities during the week, we would set aside several hours plus a modest budget to do something…
Spring Chicken FUNdraiser 2017 is a wrap!
Thank you to all who volunteered, ran, walked or sponsored our 2017 Spring Chicken FUNdraiser. We had 48 runners in the 5K. Congratulations to our top male and female competitors: Jordan Boyer and Samantha Snyder! All runners and times are available now online: www.AlphaandOmegaSports.com. 20 youngsters ran in the Chick Chase. Placing in the top were (first place) Caleb Marks…
10 Ways to Start a Healthy Habit
Certified Health Coach and guest blogger Carol Boston will lead a free nutrition class at our Life’s Choices Hamburg Office on July 14, 21 and 28. Attendees are encouraged to attend all three classes and learn how to adopt healthier lifestyles and get their families to cooperate! Each evening includes free snacks, games and prizes. Preregistration is encouraged: click here…
Summer Fun on a Dime
Avoid summer-time blues with these cheap boredom busters! Summer is here, and it is bound to bring the words every mom dreads: I’m bored! It’s a fact – kids may complain about school and long for a break, but long stretches of hot days soon use up the appeal of sleeping in and watching cartoon reruns. If, like me, you…
What’s going on at Life’s Choices? We’re glad you asked…here’s our newsletter!
Hot off the presses, here is our spring newsletter. So much is going on at Life’s Choices, from new staff appointments to increased client visits to opportunities to share at local schools. Please take a moment to read our newsletter – and contact us if you’d like to be added to our email list for future newsletters! P.S. All that…
Mentoring Helps Young Moms Beat the Statistics
Teenage pregnancy statistics can be daunting. Over 75% of teen pregnancies are unplanned (per the US Department of Health) and 60% of those end in a live birth. DoSomething.Org reports that three in ten teenage girls will be pregnant before they are 20 years old,and the majority of the fathers don’t marry the mothers; many are not involved long-term with…