Parenting

Recently I shared why I got rid of my wardrobe. But long before I tackled my closet, I took on the toys. I vowed there would be no more stepping on Legos in the middle of the night and...

Spring is a magical time of year, isn't it? The Dallas Arboretum is in full bloom, the gloom of winter will have left Dallas, and oh yeah - Easter! And of course, we all know that Easter means C...

Fall in Texas is prime camping weather. Cool nights make for cozy campfires, and warm days are perfect for playing outside. My family started camping 7 years ago when my kids were 5, 3, and 1. I had never...

If you are reading this, then there is a very good chance that you are a parent. That being said, there is also a very good chance that many of you are step-parents. Statistics show that one in two...

I love social media. I never rarely post anything interesting and worthy of "likes", but it's an excellent information gathering tool for me. My nerd side loves the the real-time information and news that gets fed into the palm...

If you've been following Dallas Moms Blog for awhile, you may recall the "Day In The Life" series we did a couple of years ago. Kelly, Jenny, Amanda, Heather & Cassidy did as any good blogger would do, and they...

In the last two days I've read your laments... Oh, Mom who hates snow days and Dad whose child has ruined his life...  Where do I begin? I get it. I really do.  You are trying to be funny.  Life...

**January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month. Each Friday this month, in honor of those babies, we wanted to use this time to share a few stories from local moms who’ve dealt with these trials and tribulations and provide some...

In the past week I have: (politely) lectured a UPS employee for delivering the wrong package to my house (for the 14th time), yelled at my children because they tired of helping me stuff and stamp Christmas cards before...

I don’t have many regrets in life.  But, I sincerely wish I could rewind time and have a do-over with my firstborn.  Why?  In a word (although technically it should be two): Babywise. In fact, I’d be so bold as...

I was the hover mom. Actually, I was worse than a hover mom.  I was really more of a germaphobe, milestone maniac, with an added dose of prepare-for-every-possible-worst-case-scenario, hover mom. My firstborn never touched a surface that hadn't been pre-sanitized until...

I've caught myself doing it on more than one occasion.  Every mom does it, we just can't help it! I've totally fallen into the trap that I think MY kid's poop story is the funniest.  Or I talk waaay too...