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When you think about the whole experience of motherhood, what comes to mind? From your baby's first cry, to your baby's baby's first cry, that long stretch of life that passes in the blink of an eye is an...

Iowa City Moms Blog is thrilled to bring you Bloom: our 4th Annual Moms Morning Out event!! This year we are partnering with City Moms Blog Network to bring this event to moms across the country (over 50 cities!) throughout...

Dear Mom, I know it's not Mother's Day, but I wanted to let you know something important, and it cannot wait until next May: You are enough. You've told me that you worry about this. That maybe you are not enough. You've...

When I was a kid, there was a guy at our church named Poggy.  Yes, Poggy.  He was quite the character.  I will never forget one day after church he was talking to my mom, and he started telling...

Are you like me - do you love the holidays? I am a total sucker for Hallmark Christmas Movies, festive music on the radio, holiday lights and decorations, and basically all things red & green! We are lucky to...

Most of us don’t live in multi-million dollar mansions, marry celebrities, and wear only high-end designer clothing as many of the “Real Housewives” do. Why? Because we’re the Real Moms of Johnson County! But who are we? How old are...

Like a lot of my friends, I am a mom whose work requires a significant amount of travel. Client meetings, conferences, staff meetings at headquarters, or coordinating events out of town, working moms rack up the miles away from...

Last year, in Confessions of Iowa City Moms, we shared some of our deepest, darkest secrets. OK, maybe not our deepest, darkest secrets. But, definitely things we have a little bit of "Mommy Guilt" about. As I’m sure you...

I can see a finish line in the distance. In just four short years, we will cross it. In four years, my oldest child will graduate from high school. I wish I could say I could remember the day he was born...

On Monday night, Iowa City Moms Blog hosted their second Moms Night Out event. There was good food, drinks, sparkly jewelry and loads of moms looking to connect with other moms.   I’m sure you met some lovely moms at the...