A Mom's Life

Season 2, Episode 12.

6:15- Welcome Dr. Ceccarelli of Itstime2.org.
10:25- The term bullying and how it gets used. 
12:50- Keeping a paper trail 
13:45- Where do we start as parents? Do we intervene or not?
15:20- Helping fight bullying starts with parents
17:20- How to make sure your child isn't the bully
19:35- It's Time 2 presentations and the iceberg metaphor. 
21:45- Does bullying start at home?
26:50- Empowering kids to speak up
30:25- Giving your kid a smart phone vs giving your kids keys to a car. What we need to be teaching them. 
33:00- Should we be talking about suicide more?
37:40- The note we should be leaving our kids
38:45- Communicating with your kids
41- Signs of suicide
48:00- Biggest message from the presentation for parents.
51:00- words of encouragement
54:00- Minute with Mike's biggest suggestion for parents

Season 2, Episode 11.

We talk with the creator of Jambo Book Club about the importance of building a diverse library for our kids. 

Season 2, Episode 10.

We continue our discussion with medical nutritionist, Mary Ruddick. She talks about some of the natural ways she helps her patients with secondary infertility.  

12% of women have difficulty conceiving or staying pregnant after they have had a successful pregnancy. It’s called secondary infertility and it brings with it a bunch of challenging emotions….hopelessness, confusion, frustration…the list goes on and on. This episode does NOT go into your typical suggestive solutions by the medical community. We talk with Mary about some things that are not talked about as much and more of a natural approach. 

Please note, A Mom's Life is dedicated to sharing the stories of others. Any advice mentioned by our guest is not our own and does not necessarily reflect our viewpoints.  

Season 2, Episode 9.

Medical nutritionist Mary Ruddick talks  endometriosis and other hormone issues women face and how to overcome them without your typical doctor's visit. 

What’s inside:
1:30- Katie's journey with endometriosis 
5:45- Meet Mary, the medical nutritionist working overseas studying diet and how it impacts our health as well as hormone imbalances. 
25:00- Why you need a girls night for your health

Season 2, Episode 8.

1:15- Parents don't sleep
2:37- Welcome Dr. Michelle Noel - Dayton Center for Neurological Disorders
3:42- How long should it take an average person to fall asleep?
4:59- Do daytime naps impact sleep?
5:38- Are power naps a thing?
6:23- Why our to do lists seem to come up at night
8:23- Do men and women differ in time it takes to fall asleep?
9:46- Circadian rhythm
10:51- Bedroom ambiance
12:50- What should your bedtime routine include?
14:13- Do we need 8 hours of sleep?
14:40- How much sleep do kids need?
16:30- What happens if we don't get enough sleep?
17:50- Can we catch up on missed sleep?
19:50- The two things the bed should be used for
21:39- Light vs deep sleepers
22:50- Loud snoring
23:40- Is snoring normal?
26:00- Insomnia
27:20- Over the counter medication to help with sleep
28:40- Sleep apnea and treatment options
30:00- Alcohol and caffeine
32:00- Pillow type
35:30- #1 tip for sleeping

More information about Dr. Noel can be found here.  

Season 2, episode 7. 

Welcome to the world baby Cameron! Natalie had her baby! We talk about her rainbow baby birth and how life is going with a newborn at home. 

Season 2, Episode 6.

The focus is all on the baby after birth but what about mom? This week it’s registered dietitian and certified specialist in pediatric nutrition Kelli Pitrone. She tells us what we should be putting into our bodies after birth to help get "us" back. 

1:15- Our bodies are amazing but we don't always feel great after birth
3:30- Welcome Kelli
4:15- Why there is so much focus on prenatal care but not much on postnatal?
6:45- Nutritionally baby takes so much during pregnancy. We need to restore that. 
7:50- Water, water, water!
8:55- Iron
11:00- Why you need to pair Iron with Vit C. 
15:50- What other things we can do for our mood? Eating often!
17:40- Why you shouldn't worry about weight loss in the first 12 weeks.
18:40- What foods promote healing
22:10- TIP: have snacks next to your bed!
25:05- What we DON'T want to put into our bodies
27:05- What can help promote rest?
29:30-Postpartum depression and what we eat

Season 2. Episode 5.

Money! We are talking abut how to teach your kids about money, saving, spending and how to be a financially savvy adult.
 
70% of families lose their wealth in the 2nd generation. We don't want our kids to be poor and we don't want yours to be either!

Today's guest is helping parents raise money-smart kids. She's a mom, CPA and founder of Kids Money Academy.

3:10- What age should we be starting to talk to our kids about money?
4:55- How much of an allowance should our kids get? $1/age
6:15- Save, spend, give jars
8:40- A lighthouse parent 
9:50- Gift giving. What relatives should be getting instead of toys?
10:45- How do we teach the value of money?
14:10- Allowances. How can you learned how to manage money if you don't have any?
14:45- Do they earn an allowance or do we just give them money? 
16:25- Should it be tied to anything?
25:20- Why schools are not teaching enough personal finance and what we can do about it.
30:00- Biggest mistake families are teaching kids about money
32:55- Should kids get a job? 
37:00- Teaching kids about investing
39:00- Kids Money Academy and what Dee offers. 

Season 2. Episode 4.

Get your family eating healthier with these tips from a nationally recognized nutritionist.

IN THIS EPISODE:
:32- There's a lot of information out there and it's confusing to parents!
:54- Welcome Dr. Amy Lee.
1:39- We want to be healthier. Where do we start?
3:30- How do we know what's best for our family?
4:50- What should our plates look like?
6:00- Drinking alcohol. New recommendations. How the pandemic has shaped our drinking habits
7:45- Why we stare at the fridge!
8:20- Snacks and kids. What do we give them?
9:00- Diets. What's good? What's bad? Is fasting good?
11:39- Gut health and what we need to know about it.
14:15- PRE biotics
15:30- Is breakfast good or bad?
18:00- Can we still have dessert?
19:30- What is the deal with Milk?
21:15- Grocery shoppers...this is what we need to be aware of!
23:18- Picky eaters
29:15- Kids menus suck.
31:20- Diet foods.
34:13- Supplements. What should we be taking?

Supplements Dr. Lee supports can be found here. 

Season 2. Episode 3.
The adoption path to parenthood.


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WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THIS EPISODE
1:25- Becoming a parent. What that looked like for Natalie & Katie
2:40- Was getting pregnant easy or hard? What if it didn't work? Did we have a back-up plan?
4:45- Have we ever thought about adoption.
7:00- Welcome Jodie
7:55- Her infertility journey
14:00- When adoption became the next option
14:45- Feeling attached. Was she ever worried?
16:30- Everyone's story is unique
17:00- Where do you start with the adoption process. Important questions you need to consider.
18:00- Why they picked an open adoption
18:57- Laws surrounding adoption
21:00- The in-depth process of adoption and what it takes.
25:14- Choosing the age of the child you want to adopt
26:39- The Christmas card story
31:30- Timeframe. For them it was quick.
34:17- Birth parents and being picked
36:05- Excitement tempered with hesitation
37:41- "Dating" the birth parents
38:52- How the birth works
41:00- Birth Story
43:58- Strength of the birth parents
45:26- Telling your child they are adopted
49:58- Deciding if you do it again
53:33- Advice for listeners considering adoption
54:29- Advice you would give yourself years ago?

55:00 MINTUE WITH MIKE

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