To what lengths would you go to help your sick child recover?
This week’s guest shares her moving story! Marie Lawson Fiala, commercial litigation attorney and author of Letters from a Distant Shore, joins Marti and Erin to share her experience with her...
View ArticleWhat are the most common myths about drinking alcohol during pregnancy?
Representatives from the Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome share tips on how to have a safe pregnancy in this week’s show! Too many mothers get a mixed message about the dangers of...
View ArticleWhere do parents turn if their baby or child has complex medical needs?
This week’s guest shines light on the challenges families face and resources that can help. Whether a premature, medically fragile newborn or an older child with a complicated illness or injury, a...
View ArticleHow do you know if your child’s development is on track?
And when should you seek outside help? This week’s Mom Enough show offers helpful guidance! As parents, we often wonder if our children’s behavior and skills are what they should be for their age. We...
View ArticleHealthy Moms, Healthy Children: Understanding How Genes and Environment Shape...
In recent decades, studies of moms and children have led to critical discoveries of links between lead exposure and serious learning problems, rubella during pregnancy and child hearing impairment, and...
View ArticlePicky Eaters vs. Problem Feeders: Reasons, Strategies and Resources for...
Feeding our children, at any age, is the most basic way we nurture them and support their health and development. But too often mealtime becomes a battleground and a source of stress for the whole...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know about Bedwetting: A Conversation with...
Many of us have been there — a sleepy child stumbling into our bedroom saying, “Mommy, I wet my bed,” loading wet sheets into the washer and wondering if this will ever end! This week’s Mom Enough...
View ArticleHealthy and Happy from the Start: Understanding and Supporting Your Young...
It’s hard to imagine a three-year-old, let alone a baby, having mental health problems. But this week’s guest, Catherine Wright, knows it happens. She also knows how to recognize such problems in very...
View ArticleHelp Me Grow: Tracking and Supporting Your Child’s Development
As parents, we’re not always sure our children are learning and developing as they should. Even if we can see that our child is a whiz at language or number concepts, what about motor development or...
View ArticleSensory and Motor Development in Young Children: Milestones, Red Flags and...
From the first hours of life, babies interact with the world through touch and sensory exploration. As babies grow, their motor and sensory skills become more complex and purposeful. We sometimes take...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Early Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Conversation...
In the early months of life, a child grows and learns by leaps and bounds, making sense of language, emotions, social interactions and countless other aspects of the world around them. Between six...
View ArticleEarly Identification and Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum...
Thanks to new research, it is becoming easier to identify autism spectrum disorder at earlier ages than ever before. Although parents understandably may fear having their child identified as having...
View ArticlePicky Eaters vs. Problem Feeders: Reasons, Strategies and Resources for...
Feeding our children, at any age, is the most basic way we nurture them and support their health and development. But too often, especially with picky eaters, mealtime becomes a battleground and a...
View ArticleUnderstanding and Encouraging Your Child’s Development of Motor Skills: A...
Is your child a late walker or still struggling to find his balance on a bike while his friends ride by? Does your first-grader have trouble printing her name clearly? Or do you worry that your...
View ArticleWhat Parents Can Do to Support Optimal Development of a Child with Autism...
Children on the autism spectrum face many challenges, but appropriate therapy makes a major difference in their longterm adjustment and learning. There also are many practical things parents can do to...
View ArticleHealing Longterm Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): A...
We’ve known that adversity and trauma in childhood have long-term effects on mental health and well-being. But in recent years, groundbreaking research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has...
View ArticleSensori-motor Development in Young Children: Milestones, Red Flags and...
From the first hours of life, babies interact with the world through touch and sensory exploration. As babies grow, their sensory and motor skills become more complex and purposeful. We sometimes take...
View ArticleCultural Considerations in Identifying Signs of Autism: A Conversation with...
ASD affects a large number of children across all ethnic groups, and prevalence among Somali children in Minnesota has been cause for particular concern in this community. For many reasons, far too few...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Research on Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder:...
In the early months of life, a child grows and learns by leaps and bounds, making sense of language, emotions, social interactions and countless other aspects of the world around them. Between six...
View ArticleInfant Hearing Loss Diagnosis and Treatment: Breakthroughs that Improve...
Infant hearing loss can have a lifelong impact on learning and development, presenting particular challenges in communication and social relations. But major improvements in early diagnosis (in...
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