Lafayette Mom

I'm trying to remember what I thought parenthood would look like when I first told my husband, "Let's have a baby!" I mean, I don't think I was expecting it to be all sunshine and rainbows, but I didn't...

Dr. Melanie Fowler: On Board Certification and Motherhood Disclosure :: A local mom and friend of LAFMB, Dr. Melanie Fowler, sponsored this post. Early in my orthodontic career, one of my goals was to become Board-certified. Board certification is not required to practice...

The Truth. The truth is, I have never had the desire to be a stay at home mom. My mother, raised all of her children never having worked outside of the home. I was not that person. Being a mother...

Things in life happen, but the good thing about living in the South is that everyone will quickly rally around you.  The best, no one ever shows up empty handed.  When a friend of our's recently lost a parent unexpectedly, my...

Not many people know that one of my more recent jobs ended in termination. The company I worked for decided to terminate my employment after working for them for over 5 years. I was a success; in fact, the...

I am wrapping up my third pregnancy in a couple of weeks and it feels bittersweet, mostly because I am pretty sure that it will be my last one. Cue the tears ... So of course, I have been...

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Change is good. With change comes growth. A new season in life that presents budding possibilities but is also partnered with many struggles and obstacles to an otherwise accustomed way of being. So, it comes as no surprise when...

When I became a mother, there was a whole new side to myself that I never knew existed. The animalistic, violent, mother-bear-esque strain of my personality RAGED after my first child was born. I can remember my husband coming...

Phone beeps … new text message pops up from the friend I love with no kids.  “Hey! Do you want to plan to take Poppy to dinner tonight about 6:30? It’ll be fun.”   Honest to God, my first thought through...