Jaclyn Stewart's blog

This last week, we’ve been pretty much snowed in. Since I can’t really leave the house, I’ve been catching up on my reading.

A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine went into labor. We planned to be there with her when she had her second child, so we packed up and headed north a few days before the weekend.

While I was teaching, I had plenty of kids with ADHD or ADD go through my classroom. Some of them were on meds, and some were untreated or were on special diets.

Kids know what they want in a dad, so lots of people have asked children and adults about their childhood experiences and what they would have liked their dad to do or what they loved about their d

It’s important to maintain a workout regime during pregnancy, but you need to also ensure that you’re eating enough to gain the necessary baby weight.

In the United States, telemedicine is becoming more prevalent, giving families better access to better hospital services right in their hometowns.

Today, the Take Your Child to Work Day program is still alive and it’s coming up on April 24th. Everyone can participate, even children of stay-at-home moms and dads.

All parents hope that their children will grow up to be independent children who learn how to do things on their own without depending on another person to make them happy or fulfilled.

One of my nieces is getting ready to start kindergarten in a year or so and her parents are doing all they can to make sure she’s ready.

My sister is lactose intolerant, but fortunately, I never developed this intolerance since I love milk so much.

Dads can often be lost when it comes to playing with their kids.

This last week, I broke out my Wii Fit and started exercising again.

In the last century, technology has revolutionized the way women give birth.

Entertaining your infants can be tough, especially during the winter when you can’t always go outside.

One of my favorite activities as a child was building forts both inside and out. Anything was fair game for a fort. Pillow, blankets, couch cushions, even leftover boxes from the recycling.

This last summer, a friend of mine had her first child. She was a high-risk patient because she has lupus.

Traditionally, women have a plan for children, but men don’t always know when they want to start raising a family.

These infant simulators may be good practice for women who want a little
more experience before having children. Several of my friends are only
children and have no younger cousins. This means that they often have no
experience around babies and toddlers.

Have you ever given any thought to how you want to give birth? There
are at least five different methods of giving birth and all of them are
used quite often.

It might surprise you to know that children can start learning how to
swim as young as six months old. However, they don’t actually start
swimming until they are about three years old.