How Do I Turn my Foot-Dragging Child into a Real Hiker?
When I was three years old, my parents took me on a camping trip in the mountains. We have lots of great memories from that trip: the yellow jackets swarming...
I’m going back to work and not pumping enough milk. Help!
I'm going back to work and not pumping enough milk. Help! Recently, Mommy Medicine received a question from a new mama going back to work and trying to pump enough...
How Do I Get My Kids to School on Time?
How Do I Get My Kids to School on Time? This morning I was woken up far too early, by my 10-year-old looking for her school uniform. Of course,...
Can I Potty Train my Child at 18 Months?
 Can I Potty Train my Child at 18 Months? Yes, yes, and yes! Those sphincter muscles are fully developed at around 18 months of age, which means your little one...
When Do I Start Potty Training my Child?
One way to ensure that your child is potty-trained by age 2 to start young-- very young. Younger than you would really even think is normal or accepted. In many...
How Do I Survive a Road Trip With my Kids?
How do I Survive a Road Trip with my Kids? I can barely remember the days when it was just me and my husband in my car. In those days...
What is Mommy Medicine?
One night a few years ago...when I was having a rare and wonderfully deep sleep, I had a vivid dream. In my dream I was Mary Poppins. I wore the...
Breastfeeding for New Moms: How Much and How Long
Currently, I have a lot of friends with fairly new babies, most of them first time moms like me. One of the hot button topics I find we touch on—but...
What is a good program for my preschooler to watch?
Have you ever found yourself drawn into TV for preschoolers, like a Sesame Street episode — mesmerized by the art of the “edutainment†of young children? More than once...
How to Get Baby to Sleep Through the Night: Baby Is Too Big For Her Swaddle
As a new parent, we all wake up...quite literally, to the harsh, new reality of sleepless nights. God knew to make babies cute and cuddly. If they weren't so darn...