Chattanooga Moms

If you read my other post You Are Not a Failure, you will know that I had an unexpected C-section. Sometimes you know ahead of time and can prepare for the process. Other times you can't. Once I was...

It's been another long day. You're tired with too little energy left to give. You rush bedtime and finally breathe when everyone is in bed. After you finish cleaning the dishes, putting shoes away, and then squeezing in a little time...

In our house, Wednesday night is Pizza Night. With a family consisting almost exclusively of hungry — and notoriously picky — boys, Pizza Night is practically a sacred event. What is it about that magical combination of cheese, tomatoes...

We hope you didn’t miss our spring family event, WILD for Mom! Our Chattanooga Moms Blog team and our favorite sponsors worked hard to make sure that it was a perfect afternoon to celebrate mom together as a family...

 Let’s start by calling this what it is: May is a hot mess of crazy! Projects, recitals, end of year parties, hat day, critter day, summer camp planning, teacher gifts, field trips and programs. Whew! Our school is seriously the...

May is only second to December in the rankings for most chaotic months of the year. On top of all of the normal life demands there are field days, graduations, two holidays, and all the kids' spring sports tournaments....

Last week, I left my family for three nights to attend a conference across the country. Now that my youngest (17 months) is learning to walk and my four-year-old acts more like a 14-year-old, life has been a bit...

Switching to apartment life is no small feat with small feet. I'm the lucky mother of a three-year-old and a four-year-old. They were two and three when we moved halfway across the country from Spearfish, South Dakota to Chattanooga, Tennessee....

Kindergarten has changed a lot over the years. The year I started school, we only did a flannel board about the weather, played dress-up, had show and tell, milk and cookies and then we’d all go home. Nowadays, I...

Maybe you relate to this situation: You had one, perfect child. You spent a lot of time washing her pacifiers off, refusing to let him watch any TV, and making only organic baby food. None of these things are...