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Babies First Dental Visit

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month and Baton Rouge Moms is partnering with local dentists to bring you  helpful information, tips and support to help your children achieve good oral health! Did You Know Your Child Should See a Pediatric Dentist by His/Her First Birthday? To many parents I speak with, this comes as […]

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Cauliflower Crust Pizza

We’ve partnered with Red Stick Spice Co.  to bring you some delicious and unique recipes for our “Menu Mondays.”  Today, Red Stick Spice is sharing a tasty “Meatless Monday” recipe. First, if you’re not familiar with locally owned Red Stick Spice Co. and its robust collection of gourmet spices, herbs and oils, we’d like to

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Mother Knows Best … Eventually.

There are many, many things I’m terrible at. Basic math, for example. Folding sheets and towels properly. Any game where I must hit a tiny ball over a net. Sticking to budgets. Giving the silent treatment. Running. Swimming. Packing light. I could go on and on listing things I either have to really work hard

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The Life Of A Tired Mom.

Do you like coffee? Man … I love it. I love the smell, the warmth, the energy it gives me. Nothing says “I love you” like my husband bringing me a cup of coffee in the morning. I have read The 5 Love Languages and I came away from it fairly certain that caffeine is

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How does your garden grow?

A story about letting your soul shine & maybe eating your veggies… I sit at the table and stare at my plate. It is covered in rice, gravy, pork-chops. You know the plate of a good ole “south of I-10” kind of girl. To combat that, I drag myself into the my gym clothes and

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Just Say Thank You.

The other day I was lunching with a group of moms when the conversation turned to a set of twins belonging to one of the women present. The twins are strikingly beautiful; the kind that makes people stop and stare. We were telling the mom how gorgeous her daughters are, when she waved her hand

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Fill The Valley — Get A Life!

Recently I was going through my pajama drawer and found a pair of tiny women’s boxer shorts – the kind 18-year-olds buy from American Eagle – that I haven’t put on my body in years. I’ve lost a little weight so I thought I would try them on, and amazingly they fit! I think you’re

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Running Through Jell-O

Today after Zumba class, I acknowledged my repeated absences to my instructor, Erin. “I’ve got to get my life back on track,” I said, referring to the fact that everything got turned upside down during our recent move and I basically became unable to do anything except water and feed the people around me. As

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