My son swears he loves his toys. But every week I find myself suggesting, begging, bribing or threatening him to actually use them. He mostly wants to do something involving screen time, which I’m told can be unhealthy for...
I know the holidays are just around the corner which means my life, like most of you, gets more hectic. Planning holiday meals, attending multiple family functions in the same day, and getting shopping done on top of the...
I'm a full-custody, full-time, high school teacher trying to make ends meet with a side teaching job one night a week. Other women often tell me they don't know how I do it all. But, like everyone else, I’m...
As Thanksgiving rapidly approaches, there’s no one I can think of who embodies the virtue of giving more than a mother. We give to everyone else and willingly put the needs of our family first. If you’re like us,...
St. Louis Mom contributors and readers have shared some of their favorite Thanksgiving recipes! Try them out and let us know which ones you loved!
Ingredients
1 20oz can pineapple chunks
6-8 tablespoons pineapple juice (from can)
1 cup crumbled...
Winter is a hard time to be a parent, especially the parent of young children. Each year since my first child was born, November 1st hits and I start racking my brain for activities to not just keep my...
The house is a mess.
Laundry is piled up on the bedroom floor because time ran out to fold the clean laundry from last weekend. I told myself I’d get to it during the week during my spare time.
Mail from...
There’s something about cooler weather that translates into an obsession with my Crockpot. Maybe it’s the hectic evenings filled with homework and activities. Maybe it’s daylight savings (I blame nearly everything in fall on this, don’t you?) Maybe there’s...
No one told me that parenting would come with so much stuff. It starts with the baby registry, the claustrophobic sense of overwhelm as you stare down forty-five varieties of pacifiers and sixteen different shapes of breast pumps and...
An Unexpected Beginning
5AM: Alarm goes off. I drag myself out of bed and throw on the workout clothes I laid out the night before, brush my teeth, swipe on some deodorant, and head to the gym. After some quality...
In + Around STL
2024 St. Louis Mom’s Shop Local Guide
'Tis the season to shop local! The St. Louis Mom team recently gathered for our annual holiday Favorite Things party and exchanged gifts from...
