Premium Parents

Who are our Premium Parents?

Welcome to the Dr. Smith’s Diaper Ointment blog. We’d like to introduce you to a special group of parents – our Premium Parents. Just like you, they are real parents who are learning as they go. They’ll share their experiences, family stories, problems, and solutions. We hope you not only enjoy reading the blog, but that you also learn new things that you can apply to your own family and life. We invite you to comment and share your stories, too.

As an added bonus, you will also hear from the most famous name in lifestyle advice, Heloise. She will be a guest blogger for Dr. Smith’s Diaper Ointment, sharing her great and proven lifestyle advice and trusted hints. As many of you know, Heloise is a monthly columnist and contributing editor for Good Housekeeping, her Hints From Heloise column runs seven days a week in over 400 newspapers in the US and Internationally. She has also appeared on national television and published over 11 books filled with hints for easier living

Coming Soon: We are adding to our Premium Parents repertoire so stay tuned for new introductions.

Meet our Premium Parents

Traci Shannon (Austin) - Traci is a wife and mom of two overly dramatic children, a longtime out-of-work actress, and a lover of movies, books, and great thoughts. Life is an adventure and she's here for the ride. You can also catch her on www.38andgrowing.blogspot.com.

Stepfanie Bishop Cuevas (San Antonio) - Stepfanie recently celebrated the arrival of her baby. She has one other little one and a stepson. She's a fantastic writer (freelance pro)- honest, open, engaging, good style, and knows how to use commas. She offers a lot of good parenting ideas while relating it directly to her life. In addition to parenting, she juggles work and college. You can also follow her at www.stepfaniestimeout.com.

Erica Vallejo (Austin) - Erica is committed to quality, natural and healthy choices for parents. She's the mother of an adorable baby girl. Her writing style is professional, thorough and very engaging. She tends to write about helpful information and good to know things for new parents, including “what's in the food” and “vaccinating.” She also talks about everyday parenting, including birthday parties, dealing with a sick baby, and baby pictures. She also takes great photos. Other places to find Erica: www.halemom.com.

Caroline Jorgensen (Tampa) - Apart from writing about the everyday calamities occurring in her household, Caroline writes editorials, articles, posts, you name it about parenting, politics, local happenings for children, international perspectives and everything in between. She writes a personal blog at www.morningsidemom.com. She is also the Tampa City Editor at Savvy Source.com and the Liberal Moms editor at Type A Moms.

Isabel North (San Antonio) -Isabel is a work-at-home mom to a walking, talking, bubbly toddler who love the great outdoors. She’s a vegetarian who strives to live a natural lifestyle, which includes everything from cloth diapering and shopping at local farmers markets to making homemade cleaning products. She’s a modern mom passionate about creating a toxic free environment for her family all while trying to make our planet a better place to live. She works as an advertising account executive by day and blogs on www.thenorthlife.com by night where you can read more about her green lifestyle.

Ryan Reagan (Houston) - Ryan is a husband and a father of three. You can find his usual peeks into his life in written form, video blurbs, and podcasts over at www.daddydigest.com. Here he covers parenting topics, reviews, giveaways, general rants and raves about the thing we all have in common...life!

Fred Goodall (Houston) - Fred has been a freelance writer and blogger for more than 10 years. He uses his blog, www.mochadad.com, to not only capture his experiences as a father, but also to motivate other fathers to be more actively engaged and involved in their children’s lives. In addition, Fred and his wife write a marriage blog, www.makingitlastforever.com. He is a music fanatic and I recently started playing the guitar and singing in the shower. You can read about my experiences on www.sixstringtheories.com. He also enjoys traveling, reading, photography, and square dancing. Fred's greatest joy comes from spending time with his wife and three kids.