Nestled on St. Andrews Road in Irmo is a building my family and I have come to adore. It is a place where the young and young at heart mix and mingle with one common goal: to escape into...
The school year is wrapping up, and kids and parents alike are looking forward to a change of pace this summer. For many of us, summer means a more relaxed schedule. But for many area churches, the pace is...
You've carried him or her in your belly for nine months, dreaming about the day your little bundle of joy will arrive! You've been able to feel every hiccup, thump, and kick. Each night while you try to find...
I graduated with my Master's of Arts in Teaching from the University of South Carolina in 2003. My focus was elementary education, but I ended up in middle school and loved it. Teaching middle school science (specifically to seventh...
This week is National Infertility Awareness Week - an issue affecting one out of eight couples. Despite the large number of people who fall into this category, it still remains one of the few "taboo" topics in our culture...
Your house looks like a frat party gone wrong and you ran out of clothes baskets two weeks ago. Basically, you need to wear your baby, i.e. strap him to yourself in some way as to give you free...
Let’s face it, as the weather heats up, the city of Columbia starts to get cooler. Farmers markets are popping up everywhere, green spaces and walking trails appeal again, entertainment options are blossoming, and festivals abound. These are all...
Libraries are always magic. But some libraries are more magic than most. Some make it easier to slip into the dreams of books, of rows and rows of possible worlds, possible people, of the ink-and-paper scent of story. And...
So you're expecting! Great! Except its not your first. You're due with baby 2. It's supposed to be a time of joy and excitement, except all you keep hearing is:
"It's going to be tough juggling the responsibilities of...
Thank goodness babies get teeth when they are small. And thank goodness babies don't whine quite like they do once they become toddlers and start talking. Because it must be absolutely MISERABLE for those pearly whites to make their...
Traveling with little ones can be quite a challenge. They don't like to sit still for long periods of time, they have tiny tummies, they make big messes, and they can only entertain themselves for so long.
Over the past...
I began using infant massage on my oldest daughter, Joce, long before it was the mainstream thing to do. She always had a very finicky stomach and was put on a medicinal regimen at two weeks old for severe...
I have three boys. They range from ages 4 1/2 to 18 months. My house is littered with blocks, trucks, trains, cars, and dolls.
Dolls? Not dolls in the traditional baby doll sense, but action figures that my boys (namely...
When my husband and I first started talking about having a family, we had our list of things we would not allow our children to do.
They would not throw tantrums in public.
They would eat what we prepared for them.
They...
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