A Mom's Life

We talk with our licensed independent social worker, Mike (A Minute with Mike) about parenting in a world where love is love. How to create an accepting environment from a young age.

Liz joins us as a mom of two gay children. She discusses how they came out to her, her thoughts on the journey and advice to other parents navigating the same thing. 

2:12- When did she know her kids were gay?
3:30- Grieving expectations as parents
13:00- Telling dad
14:00- He thoughts on how society would see her children
15:45- Advice to other parents navigating this journey
19:00- Letting your kids figure it all out.
21:00- What can parents do to help their kids through 
26:00- More on letting them figure it out
28:45- Life is too short to not have your kids in your life
33:00- How young parents can create accepting environments. 

Fathers may be on to something. In this episode, we explore the things fathers do that moms can learn from. 

Happy Father's Day!
1:00- Mow the lawn!
5:45- Embrace the gross
6:22- Be the FUN parent
8:15- Shake it off
11:00- Pick up the phone and cut the drama
11:45- Just lay down and enjoy the cuddles
14:45- Be a minimalist 

Traveling with kids can really suck. We are getting tips from Katie who started her own Instagram account with travel tips: @katiestraveltricks  

Episode 18. The secret to sleep training. We talk with Lauren Wolf, a certified infant and child sleep consultant and founder of Lolo Lullaby. 

1:40- Welcome Lauren
2:30- Do you feel lost when it comes to getting your kid to sleep? You are not alone
3:05- What is the #1 sleep tip to give to exhausted parents?
5:25- Infants
7:20- Swaddles
10:10- Does every baby need swaddled?
11:25- Swaddle for naps?
10:40- Pacifier?
14:04- Room sharing
16:00- When it's time for a full size crib
16:40- Is there long term damage to sleep training?
20:30- When should you start sleep training?
24:10- Is it ever too late to sleep train?
25:00- When schedules are hard to follow because of older kids
27:15- Naps!
34:30- How to start sleep training
36:55- What is a sleep coach?

We are breaking down myth vs fact on a practice that is becoming more and more common in America...human trafficking. 
Advocate and educator, Jessica joins us to arm parents with the RIGHT information about what this is and how we can protect our kids. 

2:00- Welcome Jessica
4:30- Her first introduction to human trafficking
6:00- Yes, it's happening in the US
7:00- Modern day slavery
8:00- What it looks like
11:30- Do some states have higher rates? 
(It may surprise you)
14:45- No one is immune
16:15- How it happens
20:00- What parents can do
26:00- Who to be on the lookout for
26:26- Debunking social media trafficking myths
31:00- Hope of getting out once they are in it?
34:30- How the average person can help

Episode 16. Katie from the Eat Pretty Darling Instagram account talks about her 5 year old son's diagnosis with Celiac Disease. 

3:00- How Katie found out her son has celiac 
12:30- What her kitchen looks like now. The life changes they have had to make
28:00- What the future looks like
35:00- Words of advice to another parent

Episode 15. Tips and recipes for picky eaters! 
 Our guest Katie l, runs the Instagram account, Eat Pretty Darling. She is talking to us about all the tips she has found along the way! 

HINT: she says kids SHOULD play with their food! 

2:30-Hello Katie!

Next episode Katie is back and talking Celiac! 

Happy Mother's Day!

:30- what our perfect Mother's Day looks like
8:15- Best advice we have gotten from someone important in our life
10:30- Best advice for new moms
12:53- Best advice for a bereaved mom
16:00- Mom failure of ours -- what we are working on
19:00- Something you think is a failure but we've decided to own
22:00- Unexpected moments. Things you won't find in a mom book
28:00- Something you teach your kids everyday
29:10- Stage of parenthood that is the hardest
31:20- If you could outsource one thing from your mom todo list, what would it be?
32:35- Do you have a favorite kid? 
34:15- Something you never thought you would do as a mom that you do
37:45- Mom confession nobody knows

4:45

Welcome Amy- mother of two and owner of Gold Fish swim school in Dayton. 

5:30- what’s the one thing you would want parents to know. 

Leading cause of death for kids under age of 4. Water safety is forgotten topic.

7:00- can you really drown in one inch of water? 

7:26- always watch kids when at water focused vacations. 

8:00- when should we start with lessons? 

10:30- how confident should we be after swim lessons? Boys at greater risk

12:00 water watcher 

17:00- nobody is drown proof 

18:20-life jackets 

22:30- when is it ok to let kids go by themselves ? 

24:30- what skills do they need to know 

26- signs of drowning