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The Rockwood Files: Why we all need a massage

10/20/2018 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 About 17 years ago, my husband Tom did a wonderful thing. For our third wedding anniversary, he booked a massage for me at a local spa. […]

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The Rockwood Files: The Great Sort of 2018

10/13/2018 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Since late March, we’ve been building a small guest home attached to the back of our house. After five months and a few frustration-fueled meltdowns, it’s […]

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The Rockwood Files: Humpty Dumpty House

10/06/2018 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It feels good to be home. Even though we’ve technically been home all along, it hasn’t felt that way during the past few months of home […]

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The Rockwood Files: The Infamous Warren

09/29/2018 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Warren. That was his name. I didn’t know who he was, but I knew he was a very, very bad kid. Sometimes I wondered what kinds […]

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The Rockwood Files: Charlie’s all-nighter

09/22/2018 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It happened again. Charlie, the 6-year-old Beagle whose mission in life is to make me a crazy person, escaped the fence at dusk yesterday. As previously […]

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Mama to Mama: What it’s like to be pregnant when your firstborn’s a (brand new) toddler

09/19/2018 nwamamas

By April Wallace, writer mama I’m expecting again. My husband and I, along with my stepson and my 15-month-old son, will welcome another little boy to the Wallace family around Valentine’s Day. At 18 weeks […]

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The Rockwood Files: Oh Happy Day

09/15/2018 nwamamas

A long-awaited day has finally come. As a woman who has spent the past 5 years driving her offspring to two and then three different schools during rush-hour traffic, I’m thrilled to report that the […]

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The best breastfeeding stories + weaning advice

09/12/2018 nwamamas

By April Wallace, mama writer My son was 11 months old before I realized that I had given no significant time into researching how to wean him from breastfeeding. I knew I would wean gradually. […]

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The Rockwood Files: Hurricane Renovation

09/08/2018 nwamamas

I’m typing this week’s column with my laptop perched precariously on an ironing board in my bedroom. My door is shut in a futile attempt to keep out the thunderous noises happening downstairs, which no […]

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The Rockwood Files: Insulted by my iPhone

09/01/2018 nwamamas

There are benefits to being an “early adopter” of new technologies. If you’re a parent, the ability to navigate new technology makes it tougher for your teenagers to write you off as completely clueless. If […]

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