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2026 Summer Camp Spotlight: Modern Mission Laser Tag

03/05/2026 nwamamas

Editor’s note: Modern Mission Outdoor Laser Tag & Indoor Battlefield is a paid sponsor in the featured section of our 2026 Northwest Arkansas Summer Camps & Activities Guide. This featured post offers additional information about Modern […]

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Pet Parenting: Why dogs sometimes sit on your feet

02/27/2026 nwamamas

One of the interesting parts of being a pet parent is trying to figure out what our dogs are actually trying to communicate to us when they do certain things. Sometimes, the dog’s true intent […]

Baby Gear & Gadgets

Pregnancy & babies: Is there lightning in your crotch?

02/19/2026 nwamamas

If you’re pregnant, congratulations! And also… has anyone warned you yet about “lightning crotch“? We never knew it had an official name, but we’ve definitely felt it before during our own pregnancies. It feels like […]

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Funny Friday: Need a nap? Same here

02/06/2026 nwamamas

If you love naps, or Hamilton songs, or funny people who are also talented performers, this is the Funny Friday video for you. When Shannon and I began nwaMotherlode in 2008, our oldest kids were […]

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Don’t ask ChatGPT for baby advice

01/26/2026 nwamamas

When it’s the middle of the night and your baby STILL won’t go to sleep, sometimes sleep-deprived, exhausted moms turn to ChatGPT because they’re desperate for answers and suggestions for what they could try next. […]

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The Rockwood Files: The best friend check-in

01/24/2026 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 If you opened my text messaging app and scrolled through it, there’s one question you’d see repeated over and over again, year after year, between me […]

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Tweens & Teens: 10 things to say to your stressed-out teen

01/23/2026 nwamamas

It is NOT easy to be a teenager. It wasn’t easy when we did it, and it’s definitely not any easier now. So, if you’re noticing signs that your high schooler or college kid is […]

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Recipe for ravioli with sun-dried tomato cream sauce

01/19/2026 nwamamas

Mamas, we’re always on the lookout for a great recipe that takes 30 minutes or less. None of us want to be stuck in the kitchen cooking for hours on a busy school night. So, […]

Fitness

Short Pilates workouts to try at home

01/05/2026 nwamamas

We found a great article on the Well+Good website which has short instructional Pilates videos for a week-long plan.  The videos range in length from 10 to 30 minutes, and there’s one for beginners, too. […]

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The Rockwood Files: Coming of phone-age

10/25/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 I don’t know how old I was when my parents let me answer our family’s phone, but I was younger than most. In the early 1980s, […]

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