Toys. Toys ending up everywhere and me nagging the kids to clean it up, and me needing to supervise the entire process to ensure they didn’t get distracted and me losing my cool because toys EVERYWHERE. And repeat. Day in, day out.
If you have little kids, I know you know what I am talking about. The toy clutter in every nook and cranny possible is enough to make anyone’s chest feel tight. And so day in and day out, my kids would witness a full blown mom tantrum brought on by the sight of toys everywhere.
We didn’t need a better organization system because if you know me, you know that organization is my jam, and the playroom has a...
Television has been a popular topic of discussion in our household lately as my husband and I are navigating the sea of what our children should and should not be watching. It got me wondering about my own television habits. What does a person’s T.V. watching say about them?
Disclaimer: I am not a psychologist. I’ve never even taken a psychology class (although I think it would be super fun). These are just the ponderings of someone who tends to overanalyze most things in life.
I consider myself what I’ll call a “monogamous television watcher.” I rarely watch more than one show at a time. Part of the reason is obviously the fact that I have 4 small children, and I...
My husband and I glamorously rang in 2021 by watching TV in bed as our children slept. Like many people, we were hoping to put the challenges of 2020 behind us, but things were off to a rocky start. I was running a 101 fever and felt like I had the flu. It wasn’t the flu, however, it was the dreaded mastitis. Despite having breastfed my older daughters until they were each two years old, ten months into breastfeeding our baby, this was my first run in with mastitis and things were not pretty. Thankfully, however, I managed to get over it pretty quickly by using every home remedy possible.
I truly believe that God used mastitis to save my...
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Red Stick Mom has partnered with the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence to help bring awareness to this important topic. Resources for getting help or reporting domestic violence can be found at the bottom of this page.
Amidst the pandemic and families being stuck in their homes over the last couple of years, domestic violence is thriving. East Baton Rouge Parish reported its highest number of domestic violence fatalities in 2020 than in the ten years prior.
Additionally, we are in the midst of hurricane season. Domestic violence increases following a natural disaster. New Orleans saw a 45% increase in domestic violence calls following Hurricane Katrina.
1 in 3 women in the United States have experienced some form...
My beautiful, sensitive, emotional first-born child sat in my bed last night, screaming in my face that he could not take it anymore. And then he said the words no parent EVER wants to hear:
I am having suicidal thoughts.
My entire world ground to a halt.
HARD. STOP.
When your child- your entire reason for being, tells you they want to die, NOTHING else matters. Not. A. Single. Thing.
I sobbed hysterically as I called my sister- a doctor, for advice. My stomach roiled as I talked to the pediatrician's after-hours nurse who had just recently gone through the same thing with her own child. She comforted me as I cried softly through her directions. When she asked if he would be admitted...
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