Sometimes I think dads get a bad rap. After all, they are just a bunch of couch-loving, tech-crazed, incompetent, glorified babysitters that we put up with on a day-to-day basis, right? Thankfully, most dads I know don't fall into a single one of those categories. But when moms gather and talk, we do tend to get a little crazy with "dad bashing" because usually it gets a laugh and a sympathetic nod of how hard we all have it as moms. "Can you believe what he sent my poor child to daycare dressed in??"
My husband and I just came back from a great vacation at the beach and on the way home, I thanked him for being so willing...
Disclosure :: We appreciate our wonderful sponsors for making our Slide Into Summer event possible! Huge thank you's go to Lil Bambinos Playtorium for hosting this event (and adding the coffee!) and Painting and Pinot for providing a fun coloring activity and sweet treats for guests! Thank you to Pelican State Credit Union and Hollis Orthodontics for joining us! Thank you to Tiger Deauxnuts and Newk's Eatery for providing delicious food for all guests!
Slide Into Summer With Red Stick Moms Blog At Lil Bambinos!
We are so excited to slide into summer in Baton Rouge with all of you for this ultimate playdate at Lil Bambinos Playtorium! This is going to be such a great event for Baton Rouge families with lots of fun...
Before I was a mother, I envisioned my family's meal times, especially dinner, as nothing short of perfection. I'd serve up deliciously prepared meals a' la June Cleaver, and my family would eagerly gobble them up while praising my culinary efforts. Boy was I WRONG!!! Despite the fact that both of my children eat a pretty wide variety of foods, my 4-year-old daughter enjoys dragging meals out for what sometimes feels like an eternity. Her reason behind the desire to make dinner time about as long as a professional sporting event remains a mystery. The agony of getting her to eat a decent amount of food within a reasonable amount of time has become one of the most dreaded...
Soda, pop, cola and Coke; whatever you call them soft drinks have become a main stream beverage in our country and are readily accessible to quench our thirst at check out lines EVERYWHERE! Confession: I'm a self proclaimed former diet soda addict. Growing up in the land of potluck dinners and southern barbecues two-liter beverages were ever present at all meals. Believe me, as a child and well into adulthood I drank my fair share of soda (and other sugar laden beverages). I myself gave up the addictive soda drinking habit many, many years ago when, with a little self-guided research, discovered I was having some nasty side effects when I didn't get my daily dose of soda.
In my...
I had several expectations about what life would be like when my son was born -- sleepless nights, thousands of diapers, sweet baby snuggles, a love like no other ... the list could keep going.
What I didn’t expect were bizarre/rude/unsolicited comments that strangers would make regarding my child and/or parenting. Comments from strangers often leave me feeling annoyed, like the lady who asked me how old my son was shortly after he was born. When I told her that he was nine weeks old, she accused me of lying, saying he was too small to be nine weeks old. First of all, he was a preemie. Secondly, why would I lie about that?
But this story isn’t about those...
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