Iowa City Moms Blog

Reducing your carbon footprint doesn’t have to be expensive or inconvenient.  With Earth Day on April 22nd let’s challenge ourselves to make meaningful changes to benefit our family, our community and our world.  It can be big or small....

I am almost certain I’m not the only one in this community of moms who revels in the thought of “escaping” for a few hours (heck, even a few minutes of relief would be golden) from the chaos of...

We can't believe our next big event has already arrived!  We were absolutely BLOWN AWAY by the crowd at our Mom's Night Out in June, and we are hoping to see ALL of you again (this time with your families!) THIS Saturday...

My daughter and I are both early risers. Not to be confused with being a "morning person," however, I need my space and coffee in the morning. My daughter understands this and lovingly gives me approximately 17 minutes before...

Write it down. Just grab a pen. Just take two minutes to write it down. You’re going to forget. This was a recurring voice in my head. Throughout pregnancy I needed to write, but barely did after the first trimester....

If you stop by my house at any point in time today, you may see any of the following:  a kid pulling out the drawers and throwing food on the floor, a kid climbing on the fireplace, a kid...

Remember the commercials, my 80s generation moms? You know, the anti-drug campaign? The now classic, “This is your brain on drugs” fried egg. Or, my favorite: The furious dad walking in on the teenage boy, drug paraphernalia in hand,...

Good oral hygiene is a skill we must teach our kiddos.  As soon as those pearly whites come in, it is time to care for those babies.  At first you can just wipe down gently with a wet washcloth...

We are – wait for it… First Time Home Owners!  My husband and I have spent the last 5 ½ years of our marriage in a “cozy” apartment. So, to finally have a home to call our own is...

A few weeks back, I wrote my first post in what I am considering to be a brief, hopefully helpful "series" of child speech and language development. For more information on what you should see in your two-year-old, please...