If you send a text message to Jamie Maier after midnight, there’s a good chance she’ll respond right away. Maier, a family law attorney in Maryland, routinely stays up until 2:30 or 3 a.m. despite knowing she’s going to be woken up four short hours later by her 5-year-old son …
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Mom Life: Shawn Dunworth
Lives: Westminster Family: Husband and three children, ages 16, 10 and 8 Occupation: Owner, Sunset Slush of Glyndon I am the owner of Sunset Slush of Glyndon, a beach-inspired classic Italian ice dessert shop in historic Glyndon, which has become a favorite spot in the community to gather with family …
Read More »FROM A TO ZZZ’S
Overtired? Exhausted? Fatigued? As our collective sleep deficit grows, so does our vocabulary to describe it. There’s no shortage of words to accurately depict that groggy state between eyes wide open and sound slumber we so often find ourselves in. A quick search of synonyms for “tired” will return a …
Read More »Getting Your Child (and Yourself) College Ready
Many of you are going to be sending a young adult off to college soon, and that means you’ve got some work to do. I mean beyond buying all of those dorm essentials — I hope that you have already started (But if you haven’t, I have some tips for …
Read More »Is Your Child Delayed?
Your child just completed a regular checkup with his or her pediatrician who notices a developmental delay. What does that mean? And what are you supposed to do to help your child catch up? Rebecca Landa knows these answers. Landa is a speech pathologist who has studied infant development for …
Read More »Growing and Going
Developmental milestones come fast and furious, as those uncertain toddlers bloom into bigger, more distinct personalities and get ready to take on the world … and school.
Read More »Dad Life: Dale Horn
Lives: Phoenix Family: Wife, Tracey; Reilly, 14, Natalie, 11 Occupation: Senior Vice President for Wealth Management, UBS “If you can start teaching your children how to handle money in their early years, the benefits can last forever.” Tell us about your work and how you got into this field. …
Read More »When a Child Won’t Speak …
If a young child talks freely and enthusiastically at home but has difficulty verbalizing with non-family members in public or social settings, she may be classified as a child who is shy, reluctant to speak or one who has special needs. However, there’s another possibility. The non-speaking child may have …
Read More »Wake Up Ready: Quick and Easy Treatments to Simplify Your Beauty Routine
For many mothers, the last thing on their mind in the morning is engaging in a full-blown makeup session before getting up with the kids and starting their day. And, while most moms can agree that they want to look put together, whether they are heading to the office or …
Read More »Tough Crowd
The biggest surprise in going from one child to two is that I was — somehow, in spite of everything — unprepared for how much more exhausted I would be once my second daughter was born. Looking back, it sounds absurd: We were increasing our workload, so naturally we would …
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