Road Trip Tips and Advice for Moms and a Free Checklist

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ChooseTENA #CollectiveBias Over the years, and after having three kids, my body has changed. And while I am doing what I can to combat this or to at least maintain some control; there are times that I just cannot do anything. Well, short of doing an emergency dance and then running like heck. Can you relate? Most of the time, if I’m prepared, I’m okay. But then there are other occasions that I just know something is going to happen. And it’s not going to be pretty. For example, if we’re taking a road trip or day trip and there’s no sign of a rest stop. Or at…

11 Signs and Symptoms of Postpartum Depression

11 Signs and Symptoms of Postpartum Depression

Though the topic only seems to get attention when a celebrity comes out to talk about it, like Brooke Shields or most recently with Hayden Panettier, postpartum depression is a very real thing. And I think it’s unfortunate that it takes a celebrity sharing their story for people to really start paying attention to any sort of mental health issue. As someone who has struggled with clinical depression, I realized that the reality of postpartum depression happening was very real. After having Squeaker and V, it wasn’t something that I dealt with but after the birth of Sweet B- postpartum depression hit me big time. I’m not sure why that would occur with one pregnancy but not the other two. Or maybe it was just…

Essential Health and Fitness Tips for Busy Moms

Essential Health and Fitness Tips for Busy Moms

As moms we take on a lot. Sometimes we may take on too much, but we’ll still probably try to convince ourselves that we can do it all. Maybe we can, maybe we can’t. And as moms, we also tend to put our own health and wellness needs on the backburner. Even though we should know by now, that if we want to properly handle everything else; we really shouldn’t neglect our health. I say this because I’ve done it often. I start the year with all intention of making my health and wellness more of a priority. And maybe I’ll do okay until March or April. Then by June, I’ve fallen off the fitness wagon. And then, of course, I’ll wonder why I’m not…