Every 4th of July that we are home, we buy Old Navy American flag T-shirts for the kids and ourselves. This year, I wanted to do something a little different and thought wouldn’t it neat if we...
Jul 04, 2012
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This post is inspired by Pragmatic Mom’s recent post on “Why did God Make mothers? and similar questions that were asked of 2nd graders. It was an endearing post, a version of which I had read b...
Jun 10, 2012
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Children often complain of abdominal pain while growing up from the very mild to the more significant complaints of pain. One of the most common diagnoses for a child’s abdominal pain is constipatio...
May 01, 2012
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I remember vividly the comment made: “She is SUCH a natural mother.” A comment made about a friend who had recently delivered. I couldn’t help but wonder, wish even if I too would be a “natu...
Apr 17, 2012
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Children who are intrinsically motivated are easy to teach, easy to encourage and learn readily. But not all children are intrinsically motivated. Some are extrinsically (aka motivated by external...
Feb 19, 2012
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This article was originally written after a personal experience we had with our daughter. It took 3 visits in 21 hours to be allowed a referral to the pediatric surgeons at the main hospital ER alth...
Jan 16, 2012
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Sorry is the hardest word to say
Your toddler has inadvertently hit you in excitement. Or, your preschooler has hit you out of anger. Both actions require an apology: one accidental, one intention...
Dec 26, 2011
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The loss of Simplicity and Charm in our lives.
Arriving to pick up my son from a play date, I observed how intensely engaged he was in a game of Monopoly with his friend. While the mom and I cha...
Dec 21, 2011
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Should you let your child sleep on their backs once they start rolling?
This is a good question that came up on a mom’s forum.
Since 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP) has been advocating...
Dec 12, 2011
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Mama: “what’s that?” My daughter was referring to the tights I was putting on while getting dressed to deliver a speech. I said: “tights”. She looked at me as if the word didn’t regi...
Nov 28, 2011
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Dr Rajka (“Ryka”) Milanovic Galbraith is an American Board Certified Family Physician who has been practicing medicine for 14 years. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio and a graduate of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Dr Milanovic completed her Family Medicine Residency at Grant Medical Center in Columbus Ohio.
