Whether you and your family celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah, or any other cultural and religious traditions, the holiday season is here. As moms, we often expend lots of energy and considerable time creating holiday magic for our children,...
We at Birmingham Moms Collective love Urgent Care for Children. Not only do they have three Birmingham area locations (Trussville, 280, and Vestavia Hills), convenient operating hours, telemedicine visits, and curbside COVID-19 testing, they now offer curbside COVID, flu,...
Mental health is at the forefront of the country's issues right now. In the midst of the pandemic and racial injustice is mental health. Depression and anxiety are on the increase in men, women, and children. While mental health...
October, the month I can’t decide what to hang on my door. Alabama football? Down syndrome awareness? Or a pink ribbon?
Our daughter has Down syndrome. At 10 weeks old, she had heart surgery. She is the one who...
I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Quyen Vu Ying of Liberty Park Children's Dentistry recently. She is a business owner who values diversity and seeks to expand not only her offerings to patients, but to open dialogue and...
Our journey began in the fall of 2013 when I was 32 weeks pregnant with twin boys. Being pregnant with twins means you have a lot of extra appointments and ultrasounds. Up until this appointment, I had received glowing...
I was at my son’s end-of-the-year kindergarten parent-teacher conference. “I think it would be wise to pursue testing for ADHD.” These were the words the teacher had just spoken. Really? I had heard words like that before. While in...
I just couldn’t let the month of October go by without doing a breast cancer post. One of my first posts for Birmingham Mom Collective was about losing my sister to the disease, and I always want to honor...
When is enough, enough? At what point in your relationship do you decide to walk out the door and never look back? What buttons must be pushed for you to walk away from the love of your life? To...
Pregnant, doing yoga at the YMCA during my lunch break, I caught a glimpse of an employee. A young lady with Down syndrome. She rode the bus by herself to work. Focused on her job, she would fuss at...
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Getting Dirty:: Kids in the Great Outdoors
That feeling of the cool, smooth dirt between your toes.Maybe the sound of crystal clear water pouring over the mossy rocks as it bubbles...
