Moms

This is one of my favorite All Things Mama TV episodes.

So many hospital-based "experts" visited Nicholas when he was in the NICU at Honor Health (formally Scottsdale Shea Medical Center).  One visitor was Alicia, a very sweet masseuse who specializes in teaching parents how to pamper their newborns.

Yes, there is such thing as infant...

Running a household in the Valley – or anywhere – can be pretty overwhelming.  Kids. House. Work. Spouse. And don’t forget that “me” time that’s so important!  It’s nearly impossible to check off all your daily to-do’s. Clean. Cook. Clean more.  Cook more. Throw changing a handful of dirty diapers in, some scheduled time to work from home (or go to work,) maybe walk a dog?  If you’re like me, the first task to slip through the cracks is usually cleaning the house.  I “straighten up” several times per day. Sometimes I even do laundry.  However, babies and toddlers certainly don’t make it easy to bleach or mop or even hang up clothes. Although my toddler loves her new tiny mop and dust...

If you have a toddler, you KNOW energy-busting toys are necessary.  Here are three fun and interactive toddler play sets I highly prefer, as featured on All Things Mama TV.

Included: a kids-only roller coaster, a toddler's first swing-and-slide, and the hoop every kid needs.  (Featured companies: Little Tikes and Step2.)

Thanks for...

I left my heart in Los Gatos.  And San Diego.  And by the beaches of the Bay Area.  Oh, and my heart is also in Scottsdale. 

I’ve lived a handful of places—a handful of amazingly beautiful and wonderful places. Even though my heart, home, and family is now in Scottsdale, there are pieces of me everywhere I’ve lived, and everywhere I’ve ever loved.

There’s nothing like taking your children to the places you’ve lived. It’s like recreating moments of the past, while making new memories.  And so for this post...