Health + Safety

It seems as if every presidential election season is one to be survived, but the year 2020 seems like a particularly hard presidential election season. As a mental health clinician, here are my points on how I am choosing...

The holidays are hard on my waistline.  As much as I swear I won't eat my weight in sugary carb loaded goodness, I do. Every year. Last year, as the calendar flipped to 2014, I pledged to lose weight and...

My oldest daughter has always been a bit of a daredevil, and sadly quite clumsy. While I am a fearful parent, I have never been a hovering parent. I let her explore the world around her as a toddler,...

Thank you to our partner, Blackmon Mooring, for working with Oklahoma City Moms Blog on this sponsored post with great tips for summer safety!  If you have lived in Oklahoma for any length of time, you know it can get unbearably...

  For as long as I can remember, I've had some sort of mental health issue. I don't know why that was so scary to type. Maybe because when you hear the words "mental health issue" you think of news...

I love fireworks. They're explosive. They're spectacular. But sometimes I wonder, do we really need them? Is it time to examine their purpose and rethink how we use them for celebrations? My case against fireworks: 1. They're overused One of the awe-inspiring aspects...

I'm back to the newborn phase of life with my third daughter. (It's amazing how many things I had forgotten about a baby in the last three years!) While everybody has a different take on life with a newborn, here...

"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times..."  Wait... Did Charles Dickens write a book about a mammogram? Because that is the perfect description of a mammogram. I realize that I'm a complete and total weirdo. I...

Does your kid snore like a trucker? Samesies. Maybe they have constant strep or sleep apnea. You know what might be in your future? A kind ENT looking you right in your eyeballs and telling you "Those are literally...

This is part two of a four part series.  Check back each Friday in March to hear more of Crislyn's personal story with learning about and handling her son's severe allergies. Part 2: So Much to Learn So here we were,...

A Mom’s job is to be prepared for anything that comes along, right? When we have a baby, we pack our diaper bag with extra diapers, wipes, 2-3 outfits to replace the ones that will surely get soiled. We carefully...

Disclaimer:  This is a sponsored post for Lice-ology.  However, all opinions are 100% our own and we stand by Lice-ology and all that we endorse. I was in 4th grade and I remember vividly my teacher announcing to the class "Someone...