Dallas Moms

I think I psyched myself out when it came to breastfeeding Miles.  I had 3 sisters who'd breastfed and I had heard ALL the horror stories.  I knew it wasn't going to be easy breezy and that it would...

When I was pregnant with my first baby, 4 years ago, I had it in my mind that my baby would be breastfed for the first year of his life. I really thought the whole thing would be so...

According to the World Health Organization, exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first six months of life with solids being a complement to breastfeeding for up to two years or more. Then why does less than 40% of the world's population...

Monday, August 12 (Starting @ 9am) We’re wrapping up our summer play dates with a Dallas Moms Blog favorite! The awesome people at Kindermusik by Sound Steps are opening up 3 classes with Ms. Lisa to our Dallas Moms Blog readers! We’ll be meeting at Greenland...

Over the last few months, I’ve gotten into a routine. When 5 o’clock rolls around, my toddler is usually content playing by himself, and my 6 month old is happy bouncing around in his jumper while I start to...

I feel like a marriage series would be missing something if we didn't discuss one of it's most important topics (if not the most important) -- SEX {tactfully, I hope}.     Most specifically -- sex after kids.  And, let's be...

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage. But after the baby is out of the carriage and toddling, walking, or jumping through the house, what comes next? I spent the first year of my...

My husband and I have been married close to nine years. I would say we have a healthy and happy marriage. We work really well as a team, we know how to communicate and know when we need space, we...

We're reaching the end of summer, and we only have two play dates left before school begins again. We hope this means we'll get to meet more of you as our play dates wind down! Join us for our next Summer...

Someone recently suggested that we stop calling marriage hard and, instead, use the word “challenging” because, "two people building a new life together shouldn’t be hard…" Excuse me? Taking two different people with different family backgrounds with their own hang-ups and baggage...

Marriage. Never has something been so fiercely contested, passionately fought for or against, desperately sought or avoided, or been the topic of such desperate heart ache.   Yet five years in, marriage is maybe starting to make sense. And by make sense...

Sometimes the best ideas are so obvious and simple. In this case, my husband and I were trying to find a sitter and dinner reservation for the over-hyped and prime date event of Valentine's Day. Then it hit me: since I...