Ask any Baton Rouge mom what she wants for her children, and health + wellness will be one of her first responses. Whether it’s the mental health of her teenagers, how much screen time to allow her toddlers or struggling with breastfeeding, moms simply want the best outcome for their children’s overall health.
The first night of sleep training was rough. 42 total minutes of crying with mom popping in and out of the room to comfort my baby girl.
I kept telling myself, I'm doing this for her and for me! We both NEED sleep.
Now, I can honestly say hiring a sleep coach was one of the greatest things I ever spent money on as a mom. Every night, we have a bottle, bath, jammies, story, zipped into sleep sack and my daughter is laid in the crib. She falls asleep independently and sleeps a glorious 11-12 hours each night. She may make a little noise once or twice in the night, but she immediately rolls over and goes back to sleep....
Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by Lake Urgent Care Hydration & Wellness.
Lake Urgent Care Hydration & Wellness Offers a Little “Mommy Magic”
Moms are a curious bunch. We’re always on the lookout for tips on raising kids, household life hacks, recipes to sneak more veggies into meals, you name it. And with so much focus on our families, sometimes we don’t take quite as good care of ourselves. So, if you’re looking to put a little bit of an edge back into your game, IV therapy is a little “Mommy Magic.”
IV Therapy? Tell Me More.
We’ve all stayed in the hospital at some point and been administered an intravenous line. Hospitals have used IVs for decades to deliver fluid, medicine,...
As someone who struggled with undiagnosed anxiety for YEARS before seeing a specialist after my second child was born, I am no stranger to the wild things that anxiety can do to your physical body. From breaking out in a random sweat to feeling every emotion in my gut, over the years I have learned with the assistance of professionals and Lexapro, how to cope with my condition. However, there are still days that I feel a bit out of control and cannot calm myself down despite all the things mentioned above.
On days when my anxiety is at an all-time high, here are things that I do to help myself.
Simple Movement. Key word here is SIMPLE. For me, this...
My infant has a dairy allergy and I've learned a lot about allergens in the last few months. In hindsight, there may have been signs. I was nursing and consuming dairy and, while she was a "gassy baby," she nursed without issue, was sleeping fine and there was no concerning vomiting or stool. She did do this sort of strange backbend thing, but we chalked that up to her learning to move her body. (A pediatric PT said that may have been a way for her to relieve some belly pain.) We really didn't see this coming.
Introducing Food...Discovering An Allergy
Baby-led weaning (BLW) has been our preferred method of introducing food to our babies. It was a fun, exciting, and...
If you are from Louisiana, you are probably a steel magnolia.
We live in a beautiful state with cypress trees and bayous, but we pay for it during every hurricane season when we roll the dice. We wait to see if a big one (or ones) is going to threaten our property, day-to-day life, and our world as we know it.
But if you are going to live here, you do it. You roll your eyes when they cancel school even though it was just a strong breeze. You celebrate when November comes and the season was relatively quiet. You prepare, worry, and mourn when the worst-case scenario hits too close to home. But if you have been here long enough,...
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Oni225 :: Baton Rouge's New Japanese Street Food Pop-Up is Worth Visiting
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