Ages + Stages

As I wait to hear the results of my COVID-19 test, my anxiety threatens to take over. Is my throat sore? Is my chest starting to feel heavy? Am I extra tired, or am I simply exhausted from being up...

By now most of us have seen the memes that compare "How It Started vs. How It's Going." Way before the social media trend, my high school Home Economics teacher had us each write a letter during our senior year...

Looking for family photographers in Fargo, Moorhead or the surrounding area?  We've all heard the saying, "the days are long, but the years are short." Time moves by so quickly, and our kids grow so very fast. There is nothing...

We all know, love isn't measured in numbers, but rather in our capacity to love. Unfortunately, that doesn't make it any easier to weigh the considerations of how many kids to have. The Path to Motherhood Before I go any further,...

Get your shoes on. Get your shoes on!! GET!!!  YOUR!!!  SHOES!!!  ON!!!! Our mornings nearly always went something like that. The kids being poky. Not listening. Me repeating myself. Me eventually yelling. Every. Single. Morning. And the most shameful part? I realized it wasn't...

It was just another routine pregnancy check-up in October 2020 when Stephanie Thompson’s care team at Essentia Health noticed what initially appeared to be an irregular heartbeat. Additional testing revealed her unborn baby had a rare condition known as...

Engaging toddlers in outdoor activities during the winter season can be a wonderful way to encourage their physical development and sensory exploration. It can also help foster appreciation for our freezing-cold climate! Make sure to bundle your babies up,...

A few weeks back a teacher at my son's school posted a picture of a typical school lunch in Fargo. This photo began to circulate around some social media groups with similar reactions of shock and disappointment. I understood those...

That’s right. We taught our three-year-old son to potty train in a weekend. I went into it pretty terrified, but it turned out to go more smoothly than I thought! Okay, maybe not easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy, but potty training turned out to...

If there is one character trait parents want to teach their child in 2020, it would be resiliency. It seems a better time than ever to encourage resiliency in our kids. Resilience is the ability to achieve positive outcomes -...