Are your kids as obsessed with the Splash and Bubbles show as mine are? I have to admit that I fully support my kids watching the popular PBS Kids Show primarily because 1) they learn so much and 2) that song is just so darn catchy. Regardless of whether or not it’s intended for my…
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Photo Series Takes On The Many Ways Moms Are Shamed
Abbie Fox, a Las Vegas-based photographer and owner of Foxy Photography, is known for her “Fed is Best” viral photo shoots that beautifully portray mothers feeding their babies in all possible ways. Fox is an advocate for highlighting the struggles that mothers face today in a society that seems to demand so much of them,…
There’s One Big Reason I’m Dreading Back-to-School Season
As other parents are happily checking items off their children’s back-to-school lists and looking forward to a life of structure once again, I am over here sobbing as I look at the calendar. Why am I dreading back-to-school season so much, you may ask? Is it because I love my kids so much that I…
Here’s Proof You Should Relax and Take Care of You, Pregnant Mamas
I was one of those pregnant women who felt determined to prove that pregnancy wouldn’t slow me down. Take the hike? You betcha! Paint the house? I’m all over it! Keep weightlifting? Of course! While I definitely had my moments of complete pregnancy exhaustion, for some reason, during all of my pregnancies, I was hell-bent…
Is It Possible To Get Postpartum Depression After a Miscarriage?
When a woman has a miscarriage, often times we don’t warn her of what comes after the physical experience of loss–we warn pregnant women who deliver a full-term baby about the hormone changes they can expect, the way her clothes will fit differently, how her body will feel different in almost every single way, and…
How to Identify Your Biggest Parenting Triggers
This morning, with my kids tucked safely away playing in their rooms with some Legos, I took some time to sit outside on my deck, coffee cup in hand and an actual, real, physical notebook (gasp!) to do something that I’ve been meaning to do for a very long time: I wrote out all of…
Smoking During Pregnancy Is Now Linked to Hearing Loss
A new study has found that tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy and during infancy is linked to hearing loss in children. While most of us know that smoking during pregnancy carries serious risks with it, including a low birth weight, premature delivery, and respiratory problems with the baby, it is clear that even with all…
My Goals For The Rest of Summer + Being in a Waiting Season
I just went to check my latest goal list that I had made for 2018 in order to check my goal setting progress and I instantly felt like someone had sucker punched me. Because I remember writing my 2018 goal post with a very different type of announcement and saving it in my drafts folder,…
4 Ways To Reset Your Day When All You Want To Do Is Run Away
We’ve all been there. The days when you wake up and hate motherhood. The days your kids can sense your bad mood and decide to act out even more. The days you just want to start over. But what if you can? I’m not saying I’m a mothering guru by any means, of course, but…
It’s Time To Start Thinking Christmas in July!
Thank you to @basicinvite for sponsoring this post! Yes, you read that correctly. I did just drop the “C” word: Christmas. But we are in the middle of summer! you might be protesting. But I am still spending my days slathering my children in sunscreen! you are sputtering. But I barely am recovered from the…