Healthy Mama

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 […]

By Lisa Reichelt, M.Ed., Parent Coach Champion Your Parenting Nothing can make the pain of a trauma disappear, but you can help your child learn and grow in the face of sorrow. Trauma-Informed Parenting skills […]

Ask a neurologist or a therapist how someone with anxiety can help themselves calm down even when the mind is spinning, and they’ll tell you the same thing — breathing. It sounds too simple to […]

Update (as of April 5, 2021): Vaccination appointments are a little easier to find now for those who are eligible. Click here for a list of vaccination clinics (in Springdale, Fort Smith or Berryville) via […]

As someone who helps care for an elderly parent with dementia, I have seen up close and personal what this disease can do to someone who was once incredibly sharp, active and strong. If it […]