Suzanne Juel with two of her children.

Merry-Go-Round was opened in October 2005, and was acquired by Kingwood resident Suzanne Juel in April of 2006, who combined the storefront with her existing business My Little Juel.

Combining the two businesses made perfect sense to the then mom of two. Merry-Go-Round provided a location and great products for new and expectant mommies, and with My Little Juel she could expand the breastfeeding support services provided to the community.

Suzanne's dream of having a community hub to provide new and expectant mother's with the support and help they need began to take shape.

Almost nine years ago, Suzanne and her husband Chris were first-time parents finding out just how difficult and stressful it can be to do something as seemingly simple as feeding a hungry baby. Having done all the research, Suzanne understood that breastfeeding would give her daughter the best start possible, yet none of the books she had read, nor the classes she had taken, prepared her for the reality of trying to get her baby to actually latch and feed successfully.

After seeing four Lactation Consultants and Speech Therapists and ENT specialists, a grueling 12 week schedule of nursing, pumping and bottle feeding 10 to 12 times per day and faced with having to return to a full-time job, she decided to exclusively pump milk for her daughter. She eventually succeeded in establishing a full supply by pumping and through sheer determination fed her daughter breast milk until the age of two.