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.
It’s a new year, and the word “resolution” has resurfaced everywhere – in the news, on your Facebook feed, from your friends, even on your family goal list.
We associate the word with a fresh start or new beginning, typically made at the start of the new year. Some resolutions can be brand new, but I prefer to categorize many of them as continued improvements.
Some of you may know I’m a little bit of a control freak. It has become even more glaring as my kids grow. So much of being a parent is not having control of much, especially since it involves raising tiny people who are growing into their own personalities and having their own thoughts. I started...
Disclosure :: this post is sponsored by our friend and fellow Baton Rouge mom, Kortney, the owner and founder of West Pediatrics, LLC, Baton Rouge’s ONLY concierge pediatric practice.
Pediatric House Calls Now Available in Baton Rouge
In January of 2017, Dr. Kortney West, a board certified pediatrician, founded West Pediatrics, LLC in Baton Rouge. Dr. West steps outside of the boundaries of a traditional brick and mortal pediatric practice and brings her practice directly to your Baton Rouge area home! Sick visits and well visits are conducted in your very own living room. We are honored to have the chance to ask her some questions about this new and innovative model!
Why did you start West Pediatrics?
I wanted to do things...
This blog post is the first installment of a collaborative 5-part series entitled The Mother Within.
"What is my purpose?"
I must ask myself this countless times a day. I know I must be good at something. Everyone has something they are good at, I’ve heard. I once listed out the things I felt I excelled out and came up with: Googling, reading, finding indie bands, dressing my kids, putting on makeup (on myself only), looking up various things on Google Earth and decorating my home.
That’s it.
SURELY there are real things that I have talent in. I just can’t for the life of me find what they are.
I have always felt that I was meant for great things. Even as a small...
SAD Season :: As Told by a Mom with Anxiety
The most wonderful time of the year has just passed, and you feel like you're drowning. You wake up and it's dark; you get off work and it's dark. Schedules and expectations overwhelm you. There is no time to dwell on these thoughts, and you have no clue how to make yourself feel better. For the longest time I would feel these things, and I thought that I needed a medicine adjustment every year.
In the months of November through early March, I would begin to feel over overwhelmed and unsettled. I would also have days of feeling extremely heavy, fatigued, and even hopeless. As a busy mom of three, I...
Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
The Mission to Help Kids Move More
Three quarters of children in the United States are not meeting physical activity recommendations, according to a recent report authored by concerned health experts from around the country and by scientists from Baton Rouge at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The report, compiled by the National Physical Activity Plan Alliance, indicates that nearly 63 percent of children are exceeding screen time guidelines, meaning that a majority of kids are sitting more and moving less. These habits put our country’s children at risk for obesity, diabetes and related chronic disease as they get older.
Here in Louisiana, one out of every two children is considered overweight...
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