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.
Last year, I made a PowerPoint presentation of my New Year's resolutions. I also made an Excel spreadsheet of all of the chores I was going to keep up with. There were sections for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual chores. Lol. I can't remember what was on them, because I haven't looked at either of them in at least 6 months. I guess I could have looked at them as research for this post, but that would probably just make me feel inadequate. So this year, I'm going with the anti-New Year's resolution list.
Here are a few things that I would pretty much really sort of like to do in 2018:
Keep the average mpg in my minivan...
She sat on my couch, shocked, devastated. As she began to tell her story, she pulled her feet up and sat with crossed legs, arms folded over the pillow she had drawn in to her chest. Even her body told the story. She was protecting herself.
“She knew. She knew because he did it to her,” she whispered.
Now in her 40’s and a mom herself, she had just learned that her own mother had been sexually abused as a child. The devastating blow was learning that the same man who abused her had also abused her mother when she was a child.
“How could she not protect me from him? She knew what he was! I mean, that’s a mother’s job!...
Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by Sherman and Balhoff Orthodontics.
Finding the Best Orthodontic Treatment For Your Child
Making the decision to seek the advice of an orthodontist brings many questions to the mind of most parents. What age do they need to start treatment? What kind of braces does my child need? Which is most effective? What is the difference between traditional braces and the newer technology of Invisalign? And lastly, how long will they need to wear braces?
Our goal at Sherman and Balhoff Orthodontics is to find the treatment that works best for each individual and then guide each patient through the orthodontic treatment process.
In this article, we will discuss the pros and cons of both traditional braces and the Invisalign...
I think that if you were to take a peek inside of my head, you would see something that would much resemble Target after Black Friday: everything everywhere, in desperate need of organizing, and too much chaos. There are wheels constantly in motion, trying to get ahead of the game but never quite succeeding.
You would see the woman who tries to be a good wife, who tries to remain calm in those moments where she wants to throw her hands up and walk away. She can’t stand arguments with her husband and apologizes at the first chance she gets. The divorce rate is increasing. She would never want to be that statistic.
There is the mom who does way too...
We've been at this special needs parenting thing for 11 years now. It's intense, scary and overwhelming more days than we will tell you about. It's never ever getting to let your hair down, because somebody in your home is counting on you to do CPR, save their life, or monitor their vitals. Even nurses and doctors get time off, but as the parents, we don't.
We sometimes get respite in the form of nurse or personal care attendant. And for the really lucky ones, sometimes a family member will step in and step up to help too. But this isn't an overwhelming majority of special needs households.
So how do you give a break to a parent who really can't...
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