Newborns

I am a mother to four children ages 6, 5, 3, and 1. No, those were not typos.  We are beginning to reap the benefits of children so close in age. Our oldest two are BFFs and our middle two...

So many people posted on social media this past week about gun violence. The recent school shooting that took the lives of so many children once again reminded us we aren't safe anywhere. We should be angry. We should...

When Magdalen reached 18 months, I started considering Mother’s Day Out programs. I had a thousand reasons why I wanted to send her. The list started with getting her more socialized with children her age, and it ended with...

Hello, my name is Lauren and I never had a strong desire to have kids (is that bad?). I was happy just the way I was; married to my college sweetheart and starting our official journey together as adults....

I knew early on that I would breastfeed my children. That was a given in our family; it's just what I was raised around. Plus formula costs so much money that I knew if I could tough it out...

Think of a sorority. Your mind probably pictured a perfectly put together group of young girls with Greek letters across their shirts “woo-ing” with one arm up in the air and solo cups in the other. Am I right?... Most likely. What...

A new year is upon us and pretty soon we'll be hearing the words "spring cleaning." Out with the old and in with the new! So why do I have so much trouble with the first part of that phrase? Out with...

Tuesday mornings begin like most other mornings: 2016 wakes us up, we drink our coffee and start cooking oatmeal for the other three. 2012 and 2015 are up next, followed shortly by 2013. They sit and eat in groggy...

As brand new parents, the best gift that was given to us was two very large black trash bags of hand-me-down clothing.  A few days after giving birth, a close friend of mine showed up at our house. Brand new...

We moved to Lafayette a little over four years ago. I stepped into unknown Cajun territory with my husband and 6 month old baby girl. We had followed our hearts and our faith to Acadiana, yet I was miserable....