Mama Drama: Potty Training On The Go
September 3, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comment

Dear Mama Drama:
My two year old is potty training and has moved into wearing “big girl panties.” I am freaked out about taking her out of the house because I’m afraid she’ll have an accident and will become too discouraged. How can I take her out and help her to be successful?
~ Stuck in the [...]

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What every parent should know: signs that your child has type 1 diabetes
September 2, 2010 – 7:00 am | Comments Off
What every parent should know: signs that your child has type 1 diabetes

Without fail whenever I was excessively thirsty as a child, my mom would query is I was becoming a diabetic.
Turns out she was not too far from the truth because that is one of the warning signs.
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation wants every parent to be “T1D Aware” – type 1 diabetes aware. [...]

R Baby raises money to save babies’ lives. Walk with us!
August 26, 2010 – 6:30 am | One Comment
R Baby raises money to save babies’ lives. Walk with us!

Lots of mothers will tell you their lives changed forever the day their child was born. That was true for me, too, but then just nine days later, my life changed again.
That was the day my daughter died.
I didn’t expect to get pregnant. After years of being told my husband, Dan, and I could not [...]

School is Denver’s first to offer contraceptives in fight against teen births
August 22, 2010 – 8:39 pm | Comments Off
School is Denver’s first to offer contraceptives in fight against teen births

Condoms, birth-control pills and emergency contraception are available to any Bruce Randolph School student whose parent has signed them up for services at the school-based clinic operated by Denver Health.
The northeast Denver school for sixth- through 12th-graders is the first in the city to provide students with contraceptives, although a task force in 2007 recommended [...]

The Children’s Hospital Q & A: Clean Clothes & Clear Skin
August 20, 2010 – 7:00 am | Comments Off
The Children’s Hospital Q & A: Clean Clothes & Clear Skin

Every month, Mile High Mamas features a Q & A from The Children’s Hospital on a different health topic. This month’s topic is all about choosing the laundry detergent that is best for your child’s skin. Read up on clean clothes and clear skin.
Kids come in contact with laundry detergent on a regular basis – [...]

To Hell and Back: A Denver Mom Faces Her Worst Fear and Emerges Grateful
August 18, 2010 – 7:00 am | 7 Comments
To Hell and Back: A Denver Mom Faces Her Worst Fear and Emerges Grateful

I must confess that I have been procrastinating this post. I blogged once a month last year about my surprise pregnancy and the journey that I went through emotionally, physically and financially to prepare for our third child. By the time the baby was due in January, I had arrived at a very excited and [...]

The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children Celebrates Grand Opening Week
August 17, 2010 – 2:00 pm | Comments Off
The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children Celebrates Grand Opening Week

Denver’s kids just got healthier!
The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children (RMHC), HealthONE’s “pediatric hospital within a hospital,” will mark the grand opening of a campus expansion at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center Aug. 19-22 and will begin treating patients Aug. 31. Grand Opening activities include:
Kaleidoscope Ball: Through the Eyes of a Child
What: The Kaleidoscope Ball is [...]

Colorado schools taste change in student meals
August 10, 2010 – 7:00 am | One Comment
Colorado schools taste change in student meals

One day in April, Durango students sat down to a lunch that included Tuscan blend vegetables, a choice of fresh fruit and a salad bar.
For parents who remember school veggies as limp green or orange wads floating in watery brine and smelling of tin cans and steam trays, Durango’s fancy local produce and grass-fed beef [...]