Welcome to My Nurtured Child! My name is Maura and I am an occupational therapist by trade. My husband and I have an infant daughter and I currently stay home with her. I am passionate about child development and empowering parents. Facilitating your child’s development does not need to be expensive, complicated, or time-consuming! In the (little) free time I have, I enjoy reading and writing and catching up on favorite TV shows with my husband.

On this blog, I hope to make child development easily understandable, provide accessible activity and toy ideas, and make nurturing your child simple and fun! You can expect to find ideas for sensory play, ways to help your child struggling with a specific area of development, toy and activity suggestions (and affordable alternatives!), and encouragement to show yourself grace as you navigate your child’s unique development. I’ll probably also be including some specific tips for small space/apartment/city living with a baby since that’s our current lifestyle!