Ages + Stages

I appreciate all the great family shows available for our kids.  As a mom, it takes intentional effort to connect with our kiddos. Screens can come between us and our kiddos if we allow it or they can bring us...

Becoming a new parent can be overwhelming and confusing. Everyone has advice, from your mom to your neighbor, and it can be difficult sorting facts from myths. One person you should definitely have on your parenting team is a...

When children have problems in their esophagus or moving food through their gastrointestinal tract, receiving an accurate diagnosis can be a challenge. MercyOne recently acquired the EndoFLIP, a state-of-the-art minimally invasive diagnostic tool. This imaging technology allows them to look...

Winter is great time of year to snuggle up with our kids and watch movies. It’s too dark and cold to be outside in the evenings. The holidays are over and our family is in a bit of lazy...

My daughter who just started 6th grade is kind, generous, really, really good at math, a Girl Scout who just got her Bronze Award. She also happens to have turquoise blue hair.  It may surprise some when they realize...

Jack of all trades, artist,  life saver, talented designer, photographer, wife, mother......and so on. We want you to meet the amazing Crystal Newcomb. She has come to be very important and appreciated here at DMMB. Why should you get to...

Baseball season has begun. Along with the peanuts and Cracker Jacks come endless days and nights at the ballpark and an aching crimp in my back. The bleachers at the fields are either getting harder or I’m getting older,...

Man vs. Wild. Husband vs. Wife. Cat vs. Dog. This is my life. Mine is actually... Mom vs. Daughter. But, not in the terms that you may be thinking. For me, it is balancing my roles of being a mom and being a daughter---a mom of...

I don’t consider myself an “old” mom, but I’m not a young mom, either. I’m a thirty-something mom to a toddler. And I love it. I am so thankful and blessed to be momma to a bubbly, sweet two-year-old. Here are...

While many children and families experience so much fun and excitement with Halloween, it can be a hard time for those with food allergies and other disabilities. My son, Easton, is autistic and has food allergies, making Halloween doubly hard....