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Disclosure :: this post is sponsored by Children's Hospital of New Orleans. The Power of Pause In today's world, with a heightened awareness on safety, in critical situations multiple pauses have been put in place to make sure things are done correctly. On assembly lines, operators are empowered to hit the stop button whenever they feel that something is wrong. In surgery, a surgical team will take a ‘timeout’ to ensure the correct procedure is done on the correct part of the body and on the correct patient. In high risk industries, employees are encouraged to pause and process any time they feel uncomfortable. With much attention being placed on the “power of pause,” we seem to have forgotten that it...

Rude, Mean, or Bullying - And What to Do About It Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by Episcopal School of Baton Rouge. Seeing their child in pain is one of the hardest things a parent can experience. When it is physical pain - a scraped knee or bump on the head - parents can put on a bandage and make it better. But what if your child’s pain is emotional rather than physical? What if another child at school is the source of your child’s pain? What if your child is being repeatedly targeted by a group of children? What if your child is being bullied? At Episcopal, we encourage our students and families to report any bullying or harassment and...

Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by Pinch A Penny. Our New Favorite Way to Keep a Pool Clean? :: Pinch A Penny I think we can all agree that swimming pools and Louisiana summers are a match made in heaven…am I right?! Our 100 degree days have us longing for a snowball and a dip into ANYTHING that will take away the misery that is a hot August day. As for me: a legit obsession.  The hangup? Taking care of those suckers. It’s no doubt that swimming pools are great AND that they are work. They are sparkly and blue and cool and a freaking sanity saver for parents everywhere BUT pools cannot maintain themselves, and that’s a fact. The key to...

Disclosure: This post is part our series in observance of World Breastfeeding Week and is sponsored by Woman’s Hospital.  Gilmore Girls and Breastfeeding I had all these plans when I found out I was pregnant. I was going to have a medication free birth, in a birth tub, and I would rock it. I would breastfeed and my child will be well adjusted and sleep perfectly. All of these things seemed pretty reasonable.  The plan slowly unraveled. I remember coming out of the operating room, and between the zofran, epidural, and 43 hours of labor, I was stoned, and my nose itched, and my padookie (pony tail holder for future reference) was busted. I carried this perfect specimen in my arms as they pushed...

Disclosure: This post is part our series in observance of World Breastfeeding Week and is sponsored by Woman’s Hospital.  High Lipase and Bottle Refusal: The Part of Breastfeeding and Pumping No One Told Me About When I was pregnant with my first baby, Lillian, I intended to breastfeed from the get go. Like many new moms, I wanted to do everything "right" (spoiler alert: there is no one set "right" way to do things when it comes to raising children), so I read as much as I could get my hands on in relation to breastfeeding and joined a breastfeeding support group on Facebook ahead of time. One of the things that I kept reading over and over again and hearing in the...