St. Louis Mom

If obedient children are a garden of neatly-lined, labeled rows with pea shoots curling gently up the climbing trellis while the sprinkler mists them from afar, then my children are a tangle of vines and dandelions and the flowers...

  The Missouri History Museum celebrates education and family learning with History Exploration Days!     The Missouri History Museum celebrates education and family learning with History Exploration Days! One Friday and Saturday per month from September to May, families with kids of...

It’s Back-to-School time again! At St. Louis Mom, we want to celebrate along with you by sharing our First Day of School Printables! Whether your child is just starting out in preschool, or heading off to high school, we...

  You will want to save this oatmeal cookie recipe to bake on repeat!   In St. Louis, August means back-to-school is here. As a mom, this has brought with it a lot of emotions in recent years. As my oldest enters Kindergarten,...

Raise your hand if you’ve ever been personally victimized by starting the year with routines in place that quickly get forgotten by the second or third week of the school year …   It's me. Hi 👋 Here’s the thing y'all. You’ll find...

As we get ready to send our kids back to school, we are resharing our Seasons of Motherhood: College post with you!     In life, there’s a season for everything, including motherhood. Just like winter transitions to spring, moms transition from...

In honor of World Breastfeeding week, we are resharing this post that ran in August, 2021.     I'm four months into nursing my third baby, and I'd love to share with you what I've learned in the past five years of...

Are your art-making invitations to your child met with unenthusiastic groans? Is the box full of broken crayons and unsharpened colored pencils not sparking joy for them? Looking for ways to reinvigorate your art-making at home? I know I...

With back-to-school around the corner, we’re resharing our post about the dorm items that will make your child’s room cozy!   Do you have a high school senior heading to college in the fall?  It may seem early to think about...

Hi moms!   Well, it’s my first written contribution to St. Louis Mom, and I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful organization.  Here’s the thing that you'll learn about me almost immediately: one thing I’m going to...