by Shadra Bruce | Health, Parenting, Pregnancy and Your Newborn
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce The process of brain development is nowhere near complete once your baby is born. Proper continued development relies on healthy engagement the first two years of life, as babies are created to absorb information at a shockingly high...
by Kira Hazledine | On Motherhood, Parenting
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine I grew up with a unique name – at least in the 90’s it was – and at this point I’ll respond to almost anything that remotely sounds like my name. It’s short and sweet, but people have always had a hard time with it. Growing...
by Megan Gregory | Parenting, Toddlers
Getting Real with Megan Gregory Brace yourselves; some real talk is coming. I have always been interested in gender and sexuality; it’s something I actually minored in during college at one point. When I was growing up, I was never ultra-girly. In fact, my mom says...
by Shadra Bruce | Healthy Eating, Money Matters, Work at Home
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce What would happen if you or your partner were suddenly too ill to work? What if you have a business to maintain that supports your family, but major surgery requires you to stop work for an extended period of time? Would your business...
by Kira Hazledine | Creating Balance, On Motherhood
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine There are parents out there that look completely polished. I am so envious of the moms that look gorgeous with pristine hair and makeup every day. I honestly wish I had the skills, because even when I do put on makeup twice or so per...
by Shadra Bruce | Healthy Eating, Pregnancy and Your Newborn
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce If you are planning a pregnancy or are already pregnant, there are certain dietary rules that will improve the chances of a healthy pregnancy. There are obvious adjustments that you should make to your lifestyle, like not smoking or...
by Kira Hazledine | Breastfeeding, On Motherhood
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine Right now, I am blessed to be a work-at-home-mom. However, I did time in the workplace as a pregnant and breast-feeding mom. I was at work at 41 weeks on the morning of my induction, and I returned to work 6 weeks later (and yes, I...
by Shadra Bruce | Creating Balance, Self-Improvement
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Would you have ever guessed that life would bring you to the moment that you’re in? Life never turns out as expected, and if it had, I might have been retired on a yacht somewhere in the South Pacific. Instead, I’m working...
by Kira Hazledine | Breastfeeding, On Motherhood, Pregnancy and Your Newborn, Toddlers
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine In case you missed it, breastfeeding a toddler was on my unfulfilled list of “nevers”. Yet here we are. My daughter, Hallie, is 16 months old and the little gremlin (bundle of joy) has no intentions of being weaned anytime soon....
by Megan Gregory | Creating Balance, On Motherhood, Stress Management
Getting Real with Megan Gregory To the mom who is ignoring her screaming child in the cart at the grocery store – I’m with you. To the mom who is overwhelmed and crying in her closet because she hasn’t been alone in years and needs five minutes to...
by Kira Hazledine | Parenting, Pregnancy and Your Newborn, Raising Healthy Kids, Toddlers
As a new player in this game we call parenting, I have done some stereotypical first-time mom things. Not that I feel bad about any of that, because my daughter did not pop out of the birth canal with a manual in hand. Sure, there’s a ton of parenting advice but it’s...
by Megan Gregory | Toddlers, Travel
Planning to travel with kids? Good for you! But if you’re taking a toddler, heed this advice from MomsGetReal’s Megan Gregory! You don’t need the car seat on the plane. It turns out, every other mom must already know that despite the written policy, you...
by Megan Gregory | Parenting, Stress Management, Toddlers, Travel
Getting Real with Megan Gregory It’s happened to me twice: My kid had such an epic meltdown in public that a stranger felt compelled to comment. Parenting in public is a strange phenomenon because people stare, people judge, but occasionally we get my favorite people...
by Kira Hazledine | Toddlers
Hallie’s teeth came in late according to standards. While she began teething at 2 months, nothing appeared until she was about 8 months old. Now that she is into toddlerhood, the molars are appearing, and it is horrendous. A monster has replaced my child, and I would...
by Megan Gregory | Kid Safety, Toddlers
Getting Real with Megan Gregory I never had pink eye growing up, and I had truly been convinced the only way to contract it was by getting feces in your eye. Yes, up until my mid-20s, I honestly believed you needed to get feces into your eye in order to get pink eye....
