Spring Break can cause panic in many parents. What do I do with my kid while they’re off school for a week? Whether you’re at home with them or working, Spring Break can be an opportunity to reconnect with your child. In this season of life, what is really important to you? My guess is …
Notes from the Nest: Inclusion brings more fun to Orlando playgrounds
When I heard that one of our favorite local playgrounds, Dartmouth Park, was closing for improvements, I was excited for what’s to come. Although I will miss playing in this perennially shady park for a bit, it made me wonder what the future holds for Orlando playgrounds. As parents of littles, taking our children to …
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Parent Perfect: Parenting, Behavior, and Discipline
It’s a common saying that having a baby doesn’t come with an instruction manual. A follow-up joke could be that there are thousands and thousands of instruction manuals in the form of books, blogs, podcasts, gurus, experts, and courses. But what if there was one guide out there for new parents? I’m on a quest to …
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Notes from the Nest – Make Way for Galentine’s Day
Let’s replace Valentine’s Day with Galentine’s Day already. For moms of young children, showing our romantic obligations to a partner comes on the heels of orchestrating the entire holiday season. What about showing love and appreciation for other moms and caregivers in general? Well, that’s where Galentine’s Day comes in. Introduced to many by the …
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Predicting your future
Science shows us that we're terrible at predicting the future. This is why I decided to share my experience about the decision to have a second child. We put more weight on speculating our future vs the better predictor: listening to others' stories who have been through it. What do you think is a better …
Lighten up in the new year
As a kid, ushering in the new year involved giving away old toys and clothes to make way for our Christmas haul. My dad would have us go through our closets, drawers and toy chests to set aside things we didn’t use anymore. Little did I know my dad was an early adopter of minimalism. …
Analyzing the CDC’s Social Media COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign
Section 1: The COVID-19 vaccine is one of the hottest issues right now, not only in public health but among any other topic in the US. So far, three companies have approved the distribution of vaccines among the American population. A couple months ago, about 40% of Americans report that they do not plan to get …
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Radiolab’s “Playing God” – everything a podcast can be.
In order to write and produce a quality podcast, you have to familiarize yourself with the gold standard. For me, this episode of Radiolab covers all bases of what podcasting can be. The following was written for my Health Communication class, so you'll see references to articles and other resources. It's not uncommon for a …
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Be Kind to Yourself
One of the perks of being in grad school in 2021 is having to record a podcast as one of my assignments. In my Health Communication class we had a group project tasked with creating a health campaign. Our topic was mental health and our target was first-time-in-college students. We came up with the slogan, …
Adventures in Cloth Diapering
In the blur of bringing Baby Girl home from the hospital, the last thing I wanted to do was slap a cloth diaper on her tush. The stack of soft, white, wash-cloth-like inserts resting in the Pack ’n Play taunted me day in and day out. Newborns need around 14 diapers changes per day. The …
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