Guide to Baton Rouge

Whether you are planning to visit Baton Rouge for a quick weekend or have a longer trip planned, Red Stick Mom is your one stop website for enjoying Baton Rouge with kids. If you need ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Baton Rouge, we have you covered. Whether you need to entertain the kids indoors in Baton Rouge or prefer hiking adventures in the great outdoors, our goal is to make life easier and more enjoyable for Baton Rouge parents. Visiting Baton Rouge with Kids Thinking about visiting Baton Rouge with kids? Baton Rouge, or the “Red Stick” as it's affectionately known, has a lot to offer locals and visitors alike. Baton Rouge often has festivals and events filling the streets...

Editor’s Note :: all Greater Baton Rouge families should thoroughly investigate the available daycare, preschool and child care options in your area. You can also find our Community Neighborhood Guide HERE. In addition, a list of state licensed child care facilities is available on the Louisiana Department of Education-Louisiana Believes website. You asked for it and we listened! We have compiled a listing of Greater Baton Rouge area daycares, preschools, and Mother’s Day Out (MDO) programs as recommended by local moms! Don’t see your favorite child care facility on this list? Let us know and we’ll add them. Do you have older / school-aged children in Baton Rouge? Summer Camps :: Ultimate Guide to Summer Camps School Year :: School Admissions Open House...

Whether you are planning to visit Baton Rouge for a quick weekend or have a longer trip planned, Red Stick Mom is your one stop website for enjoying Baton Rouge with kids. If you need things to do with kids in Baton Rouge during summer, or are looking for the best splash pad in Baton Rouge, we have you covered. Whether you need to entertain the kids indoors in Baton Rouge or prefer hiking adventures in the great outdoors, our goal is to make life easier and more enjoyable for Baton Rouge parents. Looking for the best swimming pools and splash pads in Baton Rouge? We all know how hot these summer days get in Louisiana. There is no way one...

If you live in Baton Rouge with kids, then you know that South Louisiana gets a lot of rain. Thankfully, there are dozens of things to do with kids in Baton Rouge that are indoors. Whether your family wants to get artsy or active, we hope you can make the most of a rainy day in Baton Rouge with these ideas. What To Do In Baton Rouge When It Rains {Or It's Just Too Hot} The weather in Baton Rouge can be unpredictable. One minute it's sunny, the next minute there's a torrential rainstorm and you're getting a flash flooding warning alert on your cell phone. Other days it's so hot and humid outside that there's no way you're going to have outdoor...

Living in Baton Rouge with kids is endless fun. There is no shortage of things to do with kids in Baton Rouge, and we have the list to prove it. Whether your family is looking for a Baton Rouge splash pad or what to do in Baton Rouge when it rains, we have you covered. Might we recommend you take a picture while you're at it? Must Take Pictures in Baton Rouge On our recent trip to the Baton Rouge Zoo, my kids excitedly ran immediately to the Asian exhibit, stopping only to push the giant globe floating on water at the entrance. Once there, they bypassed the ever-sleeping tigers and instead crawled into the kitschy cage to turn around and...