Megan Bayer
Megan has lived in Wichita since 1999, graduated in 2003 as an RN, and received her MSN in Nursing Education in 2016. Megan loves teaching and works in healthcare as Director of Simulation at Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is a survivor of childhood cancer that led to some complicated reproductive issues, including the loss of their son Lincoln (18wks, 2008) and daughter Basil (23wks 2010). With a best friend to spend a life-time with and a vision of a family David and Megan embarked on three amazing adoption journeys. With active kids (London 2012, Locklyn 2013 & Ronnie 2015) and busy careers, life is anything but slow-paced.
Curly Hair Diverse Care – Summer Hair Routines
Pool time and swimming is a vivid childhood memory. Every summer we took swimming lessons and spent summer days as a family at the...
IBCLC Day :: Helping Women One Latch at a Time
Within hours of meeting our adopted daughter we were already breastfeeding. She was a barracuda with a little mouth and my nipples were sore....
Lessons Learned on the Farm
At least once per year we visit our family farm. We love the open spaces, big farm equipment and small town feel. Our family...
One-on-One :: 5 Ideas for Spending Individual Time with Kids
Our girls are just 16 months apart in age, and it was a little hairy out of the gate. I knew it wasn't going...
Curly Hair Diverse Care :: Yarn Extensions
We love and embrace our daughters' natural hair. As our confidence in hair care has increased yarn rope twist extension have become a staple...
Bathtub Science :: 3 Cheap and Easy Activities
Bath time is a great opportunity to interact and have fun with my girls. Now that they are preschool age and far less of...
The Business Side of Infant Loss :: A Thank You to My Husband
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
-Lao Tzu
Together we held our son, who...
Surviving a Broken Bone
During an evening dance party my 3-year-old slipped while jumping off the fire place and broke her arm. I knew from the first scream...
Curly Hair, Diverse Care – Tailored Hair Routines
Curly hair is awesome! Our daughters have very curly hair with different hair care needs. We adore the versatility of their afro-textured hair and have...
Love, Platinum :: A Glimpse into Our Open Adoption
Frequently we are asked if we have contact with our daughters' biological families. When we explain the open status of London’s adoption, common responses...
Back to School :: Choosing College After Kids
As any good list maker would do, when I considered going back to college as the mother of small children, I made a Pros...
Black History 365 :: A Year Round Celebration
As a follow-up to my post “Those Dogs Don’t Like My Black Skin” I wanted to discuss some positive actions we take in our...
“Those Dogs Don’t Like My Black Skin”:: The Challenges of Being An Interracial Family
Growing as an interracial family has delivered gifts, challenges and experiences that have forever changed me. I can only hope that I can positively...
Find the Board Game Geek in your Relationship
I must admit we are a little less adventurous on our date nights nowadays. We go out for afternoon or evening dates and are...