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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Four Easy Things Denver Parents can do to Protect their Children from Ozone Pollution
July 2, 2010 – 7:00 am | Comments Off
Four Easy Things Denver Parents can do to Protect their Children from Ozone Pollution

With high ozone levels looming this summer, parents should be aware that their children are one of the most susceptible groups to the health hazards of ozone. Children spend 50 percent more time outdoors in the summer months than adults do. This extended exposure on days with high ozone concentrations can lead to respiratory infections [...]

One Year After Thyroid Cancer Surgery and Divorce: One Mile High Mama’s Story
June 29, 2010 – 7:00 am | 7 Comments
One Year After Thyroid Cancer Surgery and Divorce: One Mile High Mama’s Story

One year ago, on June 12th, I underwent a thyroidectomy (complete removal of the thyroid) surgery, and a neck dissection to remove almost all of the lymph nodes in my neck, because I had cancer. (You can read more about the surgery here, After Thyroid Cancer Surgery. I have posted some other pictures at [...]

A Colorado Mom’s Connection to the Food Revolution
June 23, 2010 – 7:00 am | 4 Comments
A Colorado Mom’s Connection to the Food Revolution

If you tuned into Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution on ABC this spring, you may have gotten an unfortunate glimpse of my hometown. Huntington, WV was listed by the CDC as the unhealthiest town in the country and Jamie Oliver selected the town as the place to begin his Food Revolution in the United States. His [...]

Your Opinion: Has the Colorado Rockies Breastfeeding Mom Controversy Been Under or Overplayed?
June 21, 2010 – 7:50 am | 25 Comments
Your Opinion: Has the Colorado Rockies Breastfeeding Mom Controversy Been Under or Overplayed?

Last week, I received an email about local moms staging a “Nurse In” as a protest to the Colorado Rockies’ response to a nursing mom.
And I have to admit I almost hit the “delete” button.
It’s not that I don’t believe in breastfeeding in public because I do. Nor am I one to usher women’s rights [...]

The Kindergarten Dilemma–To Enroll or to Hold Back?
June 16, 2010 – 9:15 am | 68 Comments
The Kindergarten Dilemma–To Enroll or to Hold Back?

With summer break on the horizon next week, I can almost say I survived my daughter’s first year of kindergarten.
And am fretting about my son’s entrance into it.
Why would I do such a thing when he is only 3? The reason is simple: I already feel pressured to make major decisions on his behalf. When [...]

Push to teach “other side” of global warming heats up in Colorado’s Mesa County
May 26, 2010 – 9:25 am | No Comment
Push to teach “other side” of global warming heats up in Colorado’s Mesa County

A national group that thinks global warming is “junk science” and that teaching it is unnecessarily scaring schoolchildren brought its first petition effort for “balanced education” to Mesa County Schools on Tuesday night.
Rose Pugliese, an unsuccessful candidate for a District 51 school board seat in the last election, presented a petition with 700 signatures to [...]

Plant theft from school garden teaches life lessons to students
May 25, 2010 – 6:27 am | 3 Comments
Plant theft from school garden teaches life lessons to students

The newly created vegetable garden at Smith Renaissance School of the Arts in northeast Denver already has taught students a few important life lessons.
First, and obviously, the garden is teaching students about botany and how food is grown.
Second, and unfortunately, students learned a hard truth when someone broke into the garden and stole plants.
The final [...]