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The Perfect App For When You Just Can’t As a Mom

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Many moments in the last 15 months of my son’s life have left me speechless. The time he simultaneously peed into both mine AND his own face. When he had cat-like reflexes and pulled a diaper out from under his bottom resulting in a large poop landing smack on his stomach. And my favorite, when […]

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How We Can Fulfill Anna Dewdney’s Last Request

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As little Llama tries to keep it all together on his first day of school, the storm clouds burst and suddenly, It’s too much for little Llama . . . Llama Llama MISSES MAMA! Llama Llama Nighty-Night by Anna Dewdney was a classic for my firstborn, and Llama Llama Time To Share is one of our favorite books […]

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Guardianship :: Thinking About the Unthinkable

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I am going to ask something terrible of you today.  I promise it is for a good reason.  I want you to make a warm cup of tea or coffee, curl up in your favorite chair, and imagine one of the worst things you can…  Imagine that something happens that leaves your beautiful child/children without […]

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How To Be A Bad Mom

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Lately I’ve found myself questioning whether or not being a mom actually is the best job in the world. I’ve been questioning what exactly makes one a “good mom” versus a “bad mom.” The emotional and maternal part of me 100% agrees that motherhood is the BEST thing ever. The love, oh the love, truly cannot […]

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7 Ways to Keep Your Sanity in Traffic with a Toddler

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There’s one thing that us Houstonians know a thing or two about … traffic. While traffic costs us a lot of time, fuel, and money, I’ve found that there are a few ways we can make commutes with kiddos more enjoyable.  So today, I’m sharing my tried and true tricks for maintaining sanity while stuck in traffic with a toddler. {Hint […]

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Navigating HISD School Choice

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Did you know that Houston Independent School District is the largest school district in Texas, and the seventh largest in the country? Lucky for those of us living within the HISD attendance boundaries, this size also brings us a very diverse and robust magnet program: HISD School Choice. As a veteran {aka I have a […]

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The Greatest Peace of Mind

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Houston Moms Blog is honored to partner with Owlet to share more information on infant sleep and helpful products through this sponsored post. We hope it provides valuable info for your family too!I’m on my third sweet nugget over here which makes me feel pretty well versed in all things baby. I’ve got all the […]

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The New Law That’s Bringing Changing Tables to More Men’s Bathrooms

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My husband is one of the most helpful dads around, especially after we added another kid to the mix. When our girls were smaller, Brandon was often the designated diaper changer since I was either breastfeeding the baby or cleaning up something. And yet as you have probably noticed, it’s nearly impossible to find a changing table […]

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This November, I’m Not Running For SuperMom

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I’m out. Take my name off the ballot. I reject your nomination; please, for the love of my trashed-out minivan, find someone else to vote for. For years, I’ve tried to fake it: to dress the part, act the part, and carefully present the part on social media. But I’ve made a decision: I give up. […]

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Learning to say YES

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I’ve spent most of my adult life making things happen and getting things done. I’ve come up with and executed ideas from organizing to baking to crafting to wrapping and decorating. And I’ve done these with a smile. And I can top that with cooking fabulous meals, planning amazing wedding and baby showers, and pulling together […]

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The Spirit of Halloween

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I hustled the witch and the pteranodon down the steps and into the graveyard, careful not to trip over any of the ghosts that might be blocking our path. After adjusting reptile wings and a black fuzzy hat, I checked the light in my camera and changed my settings accordingly. I had the kids in the […]

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Daycare 101 :: Choosing The Right Daycare

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Houston Moms Blog is thankful to partner with Baumgartner Law Firm to provide helpful information through this sponsored post. We hope it provides valuable info for your family too!Leaving your child in the care of someone else is not easy. Besides being hard on your heart, it can also be tough to find a daycare that […]

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How To Disagree With Your Child’s Teacher

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If you’re anything like me, you’ve had your child’s entire education mapped out since the moment of conception. I planned for my son’s to look something like this: 13 consecutive years of awesomeness, academic excellence, and a few citizenship awards for good measure; he will graduate with honors, attend an Ivy League college {or my […]

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When Single Moms Melt Down

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When Problems Overwhelm “Yes, Ma’am, we have your credit card right here. We’ll hold onto it until you can come pick it up. When would you like that to be?” Tomorrow, I thought. Tomorrow would be easier, because tonight was full. I had plans, plans that included a mountain of laundry, a stack of dishes, and […]

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Loving a Child That Isn’t Yours :: Starting a Foster Care Journey


When Your Child Has Food Issues…

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I’ve been there. Your experience is my experience. I have, make that HAD, a child with major food issues. Pandora is our child with issues. She has developmental delays, a language disorder, possible ADHD with inattentiveness, possible dyslexia, and the cherry on the top … eating issues. It started with constant screaming and crying from […]

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Just the Four of Us

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This past Halloween my little family of four went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood, and I was reminded once again that it’s just us. While other families walked around with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, it was just the four of us because our parents live on opposite coasts, and our siblings are almost just as far […]

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Two Simple Ways to Celebrate Advent With Your Family

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I love traditions and family rituals, so it’s no surprise that when the winter holidays come around, I get really excited. Surprisingly, I have come to enjoy Advent just as much or more than Christmas. Traditionally, Advent includes the four Sundays leading up to Christmas, and it’s a time of preparation and waiting. But the […]

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On Helplessness, Unprotected Hearts, and Fifth Grade Boys

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It is easier to say “My tooth is aching,” than to say “My heart is broken.” – C. S. Lewis, The Problem with Pain Fifth grade can be rough. And while there is a pretty significant spotlight on the “Mean Girls phenomenon” and how awful girls can be to each other, {and as someone who […]

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12 of the Most Kid-Friendly Airports Across the U.S.

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If I’m being honest, I’m not a fan of flying. Airport bathrooms, walking barefoot through security, stagnant airplane smell, passengers in the row ahead of me urinating in their seat {true story}, any kind of bump while in the air – all things on my overall dislike list. So, you can imagine that I’m a […]

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