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posted on January 28, 2022

Jenny’s Playlist (Tweens, Teens & Working Motherhood)

With nearly seven years and more than 600 episodes in our library, it’s both fun AND daunting for new listeners to try to find episodes that fit your specific season of motherhood. And I’d like to help! Here’s a playlist for Jenny, mom to three girls ages 9, 11, and 13.

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posted on January 21, 2022

Carly’s Playlist (Family Values, Siblings, Routines & Hacks)

With nearly seven years and more than 600 episodes in our library, it’s both fun AND daunting for new listeners to try to find episodes that fit your specific season of motherhood. And I’d like to help! Here’s a playlist for Carly, mom to three kids ages 8, 6, and 5.

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posted on January 17, 2022

Baby Steps

When I found out I was pregnant, I immediately started planning. I ordered pregnancy and labor books for next-day delivery, and I followed all of the mom accounts on Instagram. Through those first few months of pregnancy, I created a detailed vision of what motherhood would look like for me. At just over 40 weeks pregnant, I went to my OB for a routine fluid check. After my ultrasound, she walked into my room and told me, “You need to be induced immediately.” 

Wait…that wasn’t in my plan.

My abrupt induction was the first hint that motherhood was not going to be about my plans.

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posted on January 10, 2022

The Things Moms Carry

Allie, my five-year-old, watches me from the kitchen table. “How can you carry both things?” she asks. Her big brown

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posted on December 27, 2021

Six Ways To Entertain Your Kids Indoors This Winter

The air is getting cooler, the days are getting shorter, and it’s dark outside by 5 p.m. If you are prone to the winter blues, as I am, this is the time of year when we really begin to feel it. The reality is, my family and I live in the Midwest, and we have at least three more months of winter weather. Possibly more. I can’t curl up under the cozy covers all weekend long because I have three young kids, but I have learned a few things that keep us happy and entertained even through the dark days of winter.

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posted on December 23, 2021

10 Million Downloads!

We are so excited to hit a major milestone for The Mom Hour podcast: 10 Million Downloads! If your ear buds or your car speakers or your phone-in-a-cereal-bowl (IYKYK) have been even a small part of this number, we appreciate you.

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