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 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 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...
