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Potty training the second time around

02/18/2021

By April Wallace, nwaMotherlode contributor and Northwest Arkansas mama This time last year we were potty training our older son and now here we are again, potty training our youngest! Winter has been great for [...]
The manners checklist for your kids

02/15/2021

When I was pregnant with our first child, Tom and I went to the home of one of his co-workers to have dinner. Shortly after we arrived, the couple’s two little kids appeared in the [...]
The Rockwood Files: Leaning into the light

02/06/2021

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In my mind, I’m sitting on a sandy white beach. I’m lounging in one of those fancy cabanas the size of a full-size bed, bordered by [...]
Funny Friday: Brother? Is that you?

01/29/2021

Happy Friday, mamas! My teenage daughter showed me this video, and we were still cracking up even after we watched it twice. Make sure you pay special attention to the look on this little girl’s [...]
A stepmom’s childhood ride-along

01/25/2021

By April Wallace, nwaMotherlode contributor and local mama Five years ago this month, I returned from a whirlwind trip to New York City with a big, shiny rock on my finger. It was time to [...]

Beauty Buzz: New makeup releases for February 2021

02/09/2021

Mamas, we have a weakness when it comes to a new beauty product. We’ve never met a new eye shadow palette or a lipstick we didn’t want to try at least once. So that’s why [...]
The Mamas Recommend: Products We’re Loving Right Now

02/03/2021

Mamas, we realized recently that we haven’t talked about our favorite things in a long while. We used to regularly share on our radio show about the products or services we were loving at the [...]
What We’re Reading: Winter in Paradise

01/27/2021

Hi mamas! Ready for another book recommendation? This one will give you not one but THREE books to keep you entertained with complicated people in a beautiful, sunny, warm setting — the perfect escape from [...]
Custom-made t-shirt? From Amazon? Yep.

01/20/2021

Mamas, I think we can all agree that the pursuit of the great-fitting bright white t-shirt — either to wear alone or layer under other clothes — is a real thing. It’s so tough to [...]
Mealtime Mama: Meatball Baked Ziti recipe

01/15/2021

I don’t know about you, but January’s weather always makes me hungry for warm comfort food. Even though I’m not a huge meatball lover, when I saw this photo of Meatball Baked Ziti on the [...]