Most parents give you the heads up about the terrible two’s and potty training days but not one of them warned me about the first day of school for my only child, which comes with excitement and tears.
Like many Latino families, we celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve. For the Hernandez family, that tradition simply meant twice the celebrati…
If you're a millennial then you probably grew up watching MTV, while you were getting ready for school. For me MTV Tr3s, was an experience tha…
For most moms, that maternal instinct kicks in right after birth, but for me, it came weeks later—only after I had given myself the time, both…
I think we can all agree that this year it has been extremely stressful. As a Latina writer and mother, it has been a lot to process in such a…
For the past three years, my toddler has been sleeping in our room. But about a month ago, when he was officially evicted into his own room, t…
My biggest lesson in parenthood is that you'll get sick when your child is sick. Recently, there’s been a surge in flu activity in California.…
This past June, I found myself being wheeled into a surgical room for my first colonoscopy. It had been a challenging nine months. From the fa…
I first noticed my back acne in sixth grade, which eventually worsened and spread to my chest and, in the worst place possible, my face.
If you're a toddler mom, then you've probably heard several times from your pediatrician that it’s time to say goodbye to the baby bottle for …
