Our Austin area MOMs started what we hope/plan to be a new tradition this year. We teamed up with sMiles 4 Sammy and the Palliative Care Team from Dell Children’s to host a special dinner and craft event. We invited families that have lost a child. sMiles 4 Sammy provided dinner, palliative hosted the event …
Tough on Goo – Easy on Skin
As parents we all do our best to keep our baby’s skin healthy and clean. Sometimes this can be a lot harder to do than others. If your child has ever had an EEG for example, you know how hard it is to clean up all of the glue from their scalp and hair. Sometimes …
2013 Holiday Party
On Saturday, December 7th, 2013 Mommies of Miracles was very happy to team up with CPATH Texas to host this year’s Special Needs Holiday Party. Our friends at Courtyard Austin Northwest Arboretum generously donated space for the party. We held a book drive and received many wonderful books that enabled us to have gifts from …
Holiday Party – 2013
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Day to Play
Below you can find links to Flickr albums and a newspaper story about some of the events we hosted in the area before we created this blog feature: Day to Play at Round Rock’s All Ability Park- November 2012 Day to Play at Lakeshore Learning – Halloween Event October 2012 Day to Play Music at …
Whole Body Medicines for Special Kids
One of the major benefits of alternative medical practices is their actualization of methods that incorporate the whole body and all of its systems into diagnostic criteria and treatment methods. When looking at the body as ONE integrated system, rather than it’s component parts, patterns of illness and imbalance emerge. These patterns are unique to …
Music Therapy
As a traveling music therapist, I spend all day driving through the Texas sun, hauling guitars, drums, and tambourines from house to house, but still the hardest part about my job is answering, “What is music therapy?”. The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) defines music therapy as “the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions …
What is Home Health?
Short answer – Home Health is ANY medical service provided in one’s home. Home Health can be all types of things. Therapy services, nursing services, aids and attendants and hospice are some common forms of home health. Therapy Services Therapy services done in the home are pretty common, especially with children under 3 (still in …
What is Cerebral Palsy (CP)?
Before we get started, a little about myself. I am NOT a doctor, nor am I a trained medical professional in any way. I am a mom. My daughter, Casey, has very complex medical needs. I joke with other moms of children with complex needs that not only should we all be able to pass …
“Star Thrower” by Loren C. Eiseley
Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like …