December 8, 2015
By Kristen Burke, OT TEIS Occupational Therapist I was at a party with my family a couple of weeks ago and I watched as my friend’s […]
December 4, 2015
By Andrea Chiarchiaro, RD TEIS Nutritionist Navigating the holidays’ crazy schedules of family, kids, work, and extra parties and events is like a marathon. Eating right […]
November 29, 2015
Wasn’t it just summer? Not sure where the Fall went, but anyway, the holiday season is upon us and that means as families we are often […]
November 21, 2015
By TEIS Registered Dietitian Emily Novak, RD, LDN Wasn’t I just sitting on the white sand beaches enjoying the summer sun? It feels like I blinked […]
November 18, 2015
What are you thankful for? Gratitude doesn’t come naturally to everyone, but it does come with a lot of benefits. We’ve all had days when we […]
October 21, 2015
As parents today we are so very aware of the dangers in every aspect of our children’s lives. Not that our own parents were not aware, […]
September 24, 2015
Today’s entry is from our guest blogger Tamara Guo, M.Ed. I love music, and I can’t imagine my life without it. Do you share my love […]
August 27, 2015
Today’s entry is from our guest blogger Tamara Guo, M.Ed. You’ve been counting down the days until your older children return to school, right? Yikes! But […]
August 3, 2015
When I was growing up, we traveled from Pittsburgh to Connecticut in the back of a station wagon, lying on our bellies with no seatbelts, coloring […]
July 14, 2015
One of the hardest things to handle as a new mother is when your baby is crying, and nothing you try will settle them. Or when […]
June 10, 2015
I don’t know about you, but there are definitely days when I long for a girls’ weekend away, or I’d even be happy with a night […]
May 1, 2015
How many times do you pick up a box of diapers from Target or Sam’s Club, only to toss it out in the weekly trash when […]
April 21, 2015
This is a frequent concern of parents…oh my goodness, the back of my baby’s head is FLAT! What can I do? How did this happen? This […]
April 8, 2015
Sitting in the pediatrician’s waiting room, waiting for Joey’s 9 month well visit… I was a nervous wreck! He wasn’t crawling yet, and while I KNOW […]
March 26, 2015
In the Fall of 2014, we decided to start a Blog on our website. In today’s day in age, there are so many AMAZING technological and […]
January 6, 2015
Who would have thought, but researchers out of CMU have come across some information that will make you hug the next person you see! And it […]
December 31, 2014
I was flipping through a magazine and saw an advertisement for a necklace that read “A Hope & A Future”. It made me think of all […]
December 15, 2014
Walking in to drop off my youngest to preschool this morning, I got in to a very funny conversation with another mother, and it really got […]
September 29, 2014
I had been in a “funk” lately, and just couldn’t put my finger on what the reasoning was. Sharing this with another mom after the usual […]
September 26, 2014
This is a funny and TRUE little poem that will hit home with parents and caregivers of our toddler population! Just wanted to share! “Toddler Creed” […]