Military Mama
Military Mama: My two dads
By Jade Stone If you’ve been following along, you’ve learned how the military has influenced my life. I had two dads: one biological and one step, both of whom I grew to love dearly. Both […]
Articles by nwamamas
Music Mama
Music Mama: A “springy” playlist for May
NOTE FROM THE MAMAS: Hey, girls, speaking of music, we’ll be on the 107.9 Magic in the Morning show on Wednesdays. We’d love for you to listen — and maybe even call in! By Jackie […]
Beauty Buzz
Beauty Buzz: Make-up for tweens & teens
By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode.com beauty editor Dear Andi, What type of makeup would you recommend for tween/teen girls who are beginning to wear make-up? Is there a certain line geared toward this age group? No […]
Giveaways
It’s Happy Birthday time: nwaMotherlode’s Birthday Girls List debut!
Happy 2nd Birthday, nwaMotherlode! May 1st officially marked the second anniversary of nwaMotherlode.com and we want to celebrate by launching a new monthly feature for YOU on the website! We’re calling it the nwaMotherlode Birthday […]
Doc Talk: Frequently Asked Questions
Doc Talk: Picky Eater answers!
If you don’t have one of your own, we bet you know one — a picky eater. So many of us struggle with how to make sure our picky eaters get what they need nutritionally, […]
Picture Mama
Just a few days left to enter Cover Kid Contest to benefit Relay for Life!
Hey, mamas, listen up because you only have a few days left to enter this contest! We’d love to see some of our readers’ kids in an upcoming issue of Peekaboo Magazine. The American Cancer […]
Artsy Mama
Beauty & the Beast tickets on sale at Walton Arts Center!
TOMORROW, May 1st, tickets will go on sale for Beauty & the Beast at the Walton Arts Center. There are lots of moms and daughters out there who are huge fans of the movie, so […]
Getting Healthy For Good
Getting Healthy for Good: One Meal at a Time
By Laurie Marshall Okay people, it’s nearly May. Remember the promises we made to ourselves, the folks at our Weight Watcher’s meetings and our office-mates to count our calories, or our points, or cut back […]
Doc Talk: Frequently Asked Questions
Haiti update by Dr. Adam Maass
This is Part 2 of a series of video clips we took of our conversation with Dr. Adam Maass of Mercy Health System. (Click here to watch the first video clip previously published.) Dr. Maass […]
Previously on Motherlode...
What We’re Reading to the Kids!
Need some new books to read to the kids? Here are two great picks from our resident book expert and bookshop owner, Marti Genge of Pages of Parenting Bookstore. What If Everybody Did That? by […]