Month: January 2018

Tiny Tot Tuesdays: Pink Fur Fabulous!

Tiny Tot Tuesdays: Pink Fur Fabulous!

Jordyn is putting her Christmas gifts to good use! She was headed to church when we decided to take a few photos. She is rocking her pink fur coat from The Gap and her brown boot wedges from DSW. The matching pink purse was donated from a friend this past weekend and she hasn’t put…

Sip Tea, Spill Tea, & Flaunt Tees: A Mom Ditch Day Party!
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Sip Tea, Spill Tea, & Flaunt Tees: A Mom Ditch Day Party!

Tees and Tea! Our mommy group is at it again! We sipped the tea, spilled the tea, and showed off our tees! Welcome to Mom Ditch Day, where moms take a break from it all to celebrate ourselves! We throw our day party event 4 times a year to do nothing other than chat, laugh,…

This Week In Parenting News: Flu Epidemic, Slavery Baby Bibs, Free Range Parenting and Teen Sleep
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This Week In Parenting News: Flu Epidemic, Slavery Baby Bibs, Free Range Parenting and Teen Sleep

This week in parenting news is a roundup of the biggest stories you ought to be following right now.

What to Wear Wednesdays: Black on Black

What to Wear Wednesdays: Black on Black

There are many many reasons why the color Black will always be in. From the slimming effect to the fact that it simply makes essentially everything look great. But there is something special about black on black looks. They are effortless and moody yet still chic and edgy. I paired this look together using some…

Moms Making Moves: Co-founder of Facebook’s Moms of Beverly
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Moms Making Moves: Co-founder of Facebook’s Moms of Beverly

Lauren Kent, mother of three young boys, was sitting in a park in Chicago’s south-side Beverly neighborhood with her fellow neighbor and mommy friend Shanya Gray in June of 2013 when they came up with a brilliant idea.

Racism At Play? Serena Williams Nearly Dies After Childbirth
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Racism At Play? Serena Williams Nearly Dies After Childbirth

Everyone is talking about the new Vogue cover story that details Serena Williams’ six-day ordeal after giving birth to baby Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. Williams had a c-section and afterward felt short of breath. The tennis star assumed her continued issues with blood clotting were at play. She told her nurse about her thoughts and…

Birth Control Causes Breast Cancer? There’s More To The Story

Birth Control Causes Breast Cancer? There’s More To The Story

In December 2017, the New England Journal of Medicine released this statement: “Women who use hormonal [contraceptives] for more than a year are at a 20 percent higher risk for breast cancer, [though] the overall risk remains low,” and is called “safe and effective.”

7 Reasons People Favor One Child Over The Other

7 Reasons People Favor One Child Over The Other

We were on a routine trip to the grocery store when I realized how my 20-month-old noticed how much more his younger sister was favored. When people would look their way, instead of his bashful “hi” like he would sometimes say before his baby sister, his greeting became, “Baby cute?”, “Sissy ad-o-ble!”. People usually only complimented…