Healthy Mama

It’s not a workout… it’s a work-in. Just small bursts of movement that you can work into almost ANY kind of day. Seriously. We know you’re short on time. Of course you are! You’re raising […]

This week’s weather was SO cold! If you’re already battling a stuffy nose, here’s a link to an article I spotted on the website Well + Good that talks about a couple of videos (on […]

By April Wallace, Northwest Arkansas mama and Early Childhood Editor for nwaMotherlode.com We’ve hit a bit of a milestone—Elliott, my 2-year-old, and I. Six months into speech therapy and we just learned that he’s finally […]

Shannon sent me this article from Time magazine that I am still thinking about weeks later. It’s a must-read for parents, and we guarantee it will change the way you think about trying to help […]

Most Northwest Arkansas moms are waist-deep in back-to-school season and everything that brings with it. This year, unfortunately, back-to-school season also brings unexpected exposures to Covid in various situations including school, sports, birthday parties, family […]

Maybe it was the stress-eating. Maybe it was all that time we didn’t have to wear pants with buttons and zippers. It doesn’t really matter how it happened but, for a lot of us, it […]

Nothing grosses me out quite like a tick does. It’s one of the ultimate “eww” experiences. And when you find one on your kid? Oh, don’t even get me started. If you have a maternal […]

By April Wallace, nwaMotherlode Early Childhood Editor Late last year I began to notice that Elliott, my youngest son, wasn’t picking up words as fast as he should have. It was bizarre, a realization I […]