by justaskyourmompodcast | Aug 9, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Wellbeing
What happens to us as kids shapes who we are as adults. That’s not a newsflash, but more and more, we’re hearing about the health effects of our childhoods. From epigenetic influences to the trauma we carry in our bodies and minds, what happens to us...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Aug 2, 2021 | Health, Toddlers, Wellbeing
We’ve all been there as first-time moms. We have one, maybe two young children and they are who we know. It may not be until we encounter their cousins, other children on playdates or in a daycare setting, or maybe a pointed question from our pediatrician that...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jul 26, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Wellbeing
As moms, we take our children regularly to the pediatrician. The doctor checks height, weight, head circumference and all the developmental milestones. At some point, those visits become less and less frequent and eventually stop. Our children grow up and leave all...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jul 19, 2021 | Family Topics, Health, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
When you’re a first-time mom, you have nothing to compare your child to. Unless you’ve had lots of exposure to other kids, you imagine what your child does or how she behaves is how most children behave. True, most children fall under the large swoop of...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jul 5, 2021 | Family Topics, Health, Marriage, Toddlers
1 in 7 babies born in the US spends time in the NICU for issues as varied as prematurity, infection, birth defects, and gestational diabetes, to name a few. On this episode, we spoke with a friend who’s all too familiar with hospitals, NICUs, and procedures—and not...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jun 21, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers
“Caught in the middle” caring for children and elderly parents. Support both ends financially, emotionally, or physically. This term was coined by Dorothy Miller in 1981 to describe adult children of the elderly who are “sandwiched” between caring for their own...
