Parenthood

My husband and I have a document on the desktop of our computer that is a running list of all of our baby’s “firsts”.  It includes her first time rolling over, first tooth, and even first time using a...

October 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. This year, by the grace of God, my baby boy turned 10 months on that day, and my daughter decided she wanted to have a camping party for her upcoming...

Hello again! So, since you have last heard from me I've done a lot of "soul searching" if you will, to find out what it is I love so much about parenting. There are the obvious reasons of "I...

This week’s weather informs me that we are in the midst of fall, and I. am. LOVING. it!!! The cool, crisp air. The crunch of leaves on the street. The whir of combines in the fields and the hum of...

Last night, we tried to not swaddle Henrik for bedtime. He found his hand over the weekend, and now will stop at nothing to get it in his mouth, including busting out of the Halo sleep sack swaddle. Problem...

Last week sucked.  Seriously, it sucked.  I was fighting a sore throat for a few days, and waited a few more days to finally get to the doctor (typical mom).  The weekend hit, and I couldn’t wait any longer. ...

Hi, I’m Mel and I’m not really an Iowa Citian. Why am I writing for the Iowa City Moms Blog, you ask? Well, I spend most of my waking hours in Iowa City. You see, I’m one of those...

Sometimes, we meet people in life for a reason.  Here at the Iowa City Moms Blog, we had one of those moments at our Health Fair & Family Day in July.  One of our sponsors at the event was...

A veces en la vida, nos conocemos a gente en la vida por una razón.  Aquí en el Iowa City Moms Blog, tuvimos uno de esos momentos en nuestro “Dia de familias” en julio.  Uno de nuestros patrocinadores en...

“Hey Grant it’s time to leave for school,” I tell him. As I make my way to him, strategically avoiding LEGOS and action figures, I can see he’s about to lose it. He breaks out of his toy trance...