Tag: toddler

In January 2025, my husband and I signed up our hockey-obsessed 3.5-year-old, Theo, for toddler ice skating lessons at the Fuel Tank in Fishers,...

Hooray! Do I get a sticker? Did I earn an M&M? I am done potty-training! Or at least my 2 ½-year-old is. I’ve been fully...

When my daughter was about a year old, she started having these... episodes. They were eerily similar to a night terror, except she didn't...

“It’s important for children to see themselves reflected in their toys.”  It is 11:48 p.m. on a Tuesday night, and this quote from psychologist Dr....

Here we go--another painful start to the week. Toddler separation anxiety is brutal. And if you’re like me, the guilt and anguish I feel...

I'm in the final "push" (pun intended) of pregnancy, and I'm tired. With this being my third, I feel like I have some knowledge...

I’m not proud of the texts I sent the first few times I ran with my daughter in a stroller.  It was hot. It was...

My mother was a four-year-old preschool teacher for many years. And not just any teacher, the kind of teacher every child should experience at...

I love to plan my kids’ birthday parties. I love writing pun-filled invitations, picking out themed menu items, and coming up with cute decorations....

Somehow the summer months pass in the blink of an eye and yet drag on for centuries all at once. The same can be...

There’s tired, then exhausted, fatigued, dead, and finally, if you take a left turn at the seventh circle of hell and go down three...

One morning, I walked by the mirror a few months ago, saw my reflection, and didn’t recognize the person looking back at me. It...

Born and raised in the Indianapolis area, I found myself moving away after high school. I moved to West Lafayette to attend Purdue for...

As a pediatrician, I have worked with many families dealing with Sensory Processing Disorder. Kelly Jones, another Indianapolis Moms writer, explains this disorder as “basically...