Feeding & Journeys

Getting kids to eat healthy or to eat at all can be a daunting task. I’m lucky that my oldest daughter is one the most adventurous eaters I know. She will try anything once...

Let me just get started by saying that my husband and I LOVE to go out to eat.  One of the highlights of living in Austin is the access we have to amazing culinary...

I was beginning to see negative patterns – I was exhausted every morning, I had a very strong need for lots of coffee and our daily meals were getting very very repetitive. When my friend...

Do you consider yourself a "green mom" or would you like to make some "green" changes for your family, but don't know where to start? What you expose yourself to, and your children to, can...

I don't know about you, but I don't have a lot of brain cells left these days. Between a full-time job {outside the home}, a husband, 2 kids, a home to run...there's just not...

You'd think as moms, our excellent multitasking skills such as texting while making sandwiches, getting the kids to baseball practices and recitals while still managing time to do our nails, that we'd do better in the...

Lets be honest. Breastfeeding is not for every mom as discussed in yesterday's "Rules of Breastfeeding" post. For me however, it was. I was one of those moms who only wanted to breastfeed and...

No one wins when we fight the ultimate Mommy War: Bottle (Formula) Feeding vs Breastfeeding. It seems like every other week there is a story in the news about the way parents choose to feed...

Austin Moms Blog is no stranger to writing about food allergies.  Two of us (at least!) have children with multiple, life threatening food allergies, and at least one of us has food allergies and...

If you're anything like me, what to make for dinner is always the question of the day, and is always a huge pain in the rear.  I have many visions of meal planning, created...