Motherhood

Happy New Year! We spent most of 2013 waiting for the arrival of our second baby, who arrived just before 8 a.m. on Dec. 23. What a journey it was! This labor was different in several ways from our first....

by Natalie, former OMB contributor With the holidays just behind us, if you are anything like me, you likely have tons of photos either on your camera, computer or printed out in piles all over your spare room. We have...

Hello Orlando Moms Blog readers! We're wondering if we could trouble you for a favor? The City Moms Blog Network (the larger network to which Orlando Moms Blog belongs) blogs are conducting a reader survey. We want to know what...

As a doula, I have the awesome opportunity of attending A LOT of births. Each one is unique, and every couple who hired me has had their own reason for wanting a doula. Some want a 100 percent completely natural...

A few weeks ago, my kids wanted to stay home while I returned a DVD to the Redbox on the corner. For kicks, I quizzed them on what they would do if they were left alone. It was enlightening. 1)...

In honor of the launch of Orlando Moms Blog's very own Kristen B.'s app (The Daily Mom), we thought we would share some of our favorite apps for busy families -- from news to weather to artwork to everything...

“Promise me you won’t get mad,” my daughter said in a phone call from college three years ago. It was the end of a long, hard day at work and I was tired. “I can’t make that promise,” I...

Some days I want to be a ballerina. Other days a cowgirl. Or motivational speaker. Or astronaut. And then one day I wanted to be a foster mom. It really is as simple as that. One day I’d never considered...

Our single week countdown officially began this week. Our sweet baby girl is due in nine weeks, an official due date of December 24 - that's right - Christmas Eve!  Can you think of a better Christmas present?! I...

On Sunday, July 28, 2013 I hopped on a plane to Washington, DC. Not because I was traveling for work or participating in a political rally, I flew those 850+ miles to attend a concert with my girlfriend. And,...

I lived in the same house my entire childhood and young adult life. My first experience with "moving" was to college and four years later I moved back to that same house until I was married. Since then, packing...

Hello everybody! I'm so happy to be visiting Orlando Moms Blog to share this toy box tutorial with you. It's one of my favorite projects from my little girl's nursery and continues to be a lot of fun, especially...

by Elisabeth Myrick former OMB Contributor About a year ago, I wrote about my miscarriage experience for Babyourself magazine (now The Moms Magazine). The article focused on how telling my closest friends and family about the pregnancy early on, actually helped...

My 8-year-old son recently needed a haircut and decided he wanted to go to a barbershop. Not a hair salon. A men's barbershop. While waiting for his turn, he realized he needed to go to the bathroom. Finding it...

When I’m up to my neck in teething and diaper blowouts and toddler fury, I have a go-to fantasy. I imagine that I skip town with my girlfriends and we escape for a Girls Week of chit chat, margaritas,...