St. Louis Mom

Welcome back! We started this conversation a couple of weeks ago with Part 1, if you haven’t been able to read that you may want to start there. Here are some more worries that can hold parents back from...

School safety has always been a critical component of education. With virtual learning coming to the forefront, parents need to take the reigns and take the necessary precautions to ensure safety in the virtual classroom. Schedules are in flux. We...

CHANGING YOUR PERSPECTIVE It’s often hard to keep a sense of perspective in our lives, especially in the midst of constant change (I'm looking at you, COVID-life). We’re constantly bombarded with urgent-seeming stimuli like texts, phone calls, instant messages, tweets,...

Oh, the clean dessert recipes, mom hacks, relatable stories of children washing their hair in the toilet, I need you. Where to find it? Instagram. Ask yourself, what would happen if you intentionally unfollowed accounts that make you feel...

Feeling guilty because you don't love every moment of time home with your kids? Let the guilt go, Moms!   Quarantine has got me in a real funk.  I don't NEED to be going anywhere, and I don't even mind that...

My eldest child gets invited to a lot of birthday parties, and over the years, I’ve tried to get smarter about ways I can stay ready so I don’t have to worry about last minute gifts.  Enter the party...

If you have a baby or toddler under two and are considering swim lessons, you might wonder what to expect from the experience. Will your little one master the backstroke? Well, no. Will they practice critical water safety and...

Moms, we all know the value of a good babysitter. Their information sits right there in your contacts, immediately under “family” because a good sitter feels like an extension of your own family. They care for your kids, spark...

This mom-truth needs to be heard ... so pay attention. After the collective gasp settles, please stay with me, because I know I am not alone.  Remember the days of being all things to all people and keeping an immaculate...

If you had told me years ago that I’d be intimately familiar with the word relapse, I would have laughed. I thought that word only applied to those struggling with forms of addiction, but I was wrong. I’ve suffered from...