Red Stick Mom

We LOVE that it is finally spring! After this long, cold winter, I know we are all ready for the brighter colors, warmer weather, and beautiful blooms.  While we are all celebrating the new season, the Red Stick Moms Blog team is also celebrating something new: 2,000 likes on our Facebook page! We couldn't think of a better way to show all of YOU some love by putting on a fun, little photo contest with a prize package worthy of the spring season! We will be running our first Cutest Easter & Spring Photo Contest on our Facebook page for ONE week, giving all of you the chance to vote for your favorite! Whether your little one is smocked and...

April 2014 is the 6th annual National Multiple Birth Awareness month, and Multiples of America would like to use this month to "focus...on educating our communities about the special needs and challenges of multiple birth children while celebrating the joys they bring to our families." So in honor of NMBA month and all of our readers who are moms of multiples, I compiled some very familiar moments that don't easily let us forget these challenges and joys in raising our twins, triplets, or higher order multiples. 1)      When you pull up next to the double grocery buggy in the parking lot of a grocery store: …your day is totally made! 2)      When there is only one high chair at a restaurant (or only one crib...

So you've faced the big question in Part 1, you've faced all of the emotions in Part 2 , and you've decided to stay at home! Congratulations! You have joined in with a group of awesome women who love their families, who are hard-working, who are not afraid of challenges! Life from here on out will never be the same! But, how do you actually make it happen? Being a stay at home mom will be easy right? No planning required, it will just all come naturally and flow smoothly, won't it? If it does, then I need YOU to be the one writing this post instead of me (and to email me all your secrets)! I truly don't believe there is a...

So you've faced the big question, you've faced all of the emotions , you've decided to work! Congratulations! You have joined in with a group of awesome women who love their families, who are hard-working, who are not afraid of challenges! Life from here on out will never be the same! But, how do you actually make it happen? Childcare. The absolute number one necessity for every working mother hands down. This is not a decision to make on a whim or in a hurry. Research, talk to your local mommy friends, and go with your gut. Always go with your gut. If something feels bad, walk away. The one aspect of childcare that may be hard to say/hear, but needs to...

So we've talked about the big "question" in Part 1. But more than priorities and finances, what about our emotions? I feel like this aspect gets ignored in most discussions about working because we're too busy fighting about which is better and which is worse and where the "super mom" lies in the mix. But let's set aside the competition and be honest. Any decision is going to be a tough one. Any decision is going to have its challenges. Any decision is going to have opposition. So what is the decision that we want to make? This past week I had to work a 50hr week at a job I absolutely love for a company that I adore. It was way...