Ages + Stages

There are some pretty crazy and sometimes quite hilarious things we do as moms. Often times we are the last person to take care of ourselves. Once the family is taken care of, then it's finally mom's turn, and...

As a mom, I often want encourage more creative play for my kids. When the colder months roll around it can be easy to find yourself dealing with extra screen time and extra bored or whiny kiddos. At least...

May holds International Day of the Midwife.  Midwives have attended to my prenatal care and delivery in two of my three pregnancies.  They have played a vital part in the success of my birth plans and have encouraged me...

{Photo credit: JaneCane Photography} “New Year New You.” “Bikini Body.” “Get Your Pre-Baby Body Back.” Having worked at an eating disorder facility for nearly a decade, you can imagine I have quite a few feelings about these statements and a...

To the mother of my beautiful grandson, Rowan, thank you! Thank you for reminding me what it feels like to be a mom for the first time, for making my heart swell with love from the moment I met him,...

It is a difficult time of the year for me. The busy-ness of the holidays is over. Reese’s birthday is just around the corner, and with each birthday it gets harder. As he gets older, there is more to...

It was one of those days where things kept falling apart. I had a baby who was stuffed up with a cold and couldn't sleep. My three-year-old didn't understand why I wasn't engaged in what he was doing and...

When motherhood happened for me, I quit my teaching job to be a SAHM. It was a hard decision, which was ultimately made for me due to medical situations. (That's another story.) But, within that, I needed to carve...

Through Her Eyes: The Teenage Perspective is a short series highlighting the written works of two young students from Marshall School. During Marshall’s iTerm series, eight writers took a class with teacher (and Duluth Moms Blog contributor) Heather Call...

If you know me personally, I think it would be fairly easy for you to assume that Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, but I’ll let you in on a little secret: it's not! I am a WOO...