I’ll be the first to admit it – I’m…not a huge fan of the dentist (and that’s just a slight understatement). And what scares me more is that my sentiment toward the dentist could be a huge factor to whether or not my child enjoys dental hygiene. I’m working on …

Last week when doing laundry, a red bandana that was intended for the “dress-up box” I’ve been meaning to compile, somehow found it’s way into the laundry. Along with a book, a cloth diaper, and a bottle of silver glitter nail polish. Obviously Noah was helping put things away, and …

As a family nurse practitioner and mom to two beautiful children, Paige who is two and a half and Levi who is six months, I thought I knew EXACTLY what to do as a mom. I mean, I have spent ten years as a health care provider educating new moms …

I was 8 years old, running amok in my uncle’s neighborhood, when I found an abandoned gun in the grass. It wasn’t a play, toy, or water gun. It was a real gun. In fact, it was a gun that had been abandoned due to a crime. This wasn’t a …

From the basket across the room, the cover of my Real Simple magazine calls to me with its picture of an ice cream cone and a headline that makes me chuckle: “The Most Relaxing Summer.” Why do I chuckle, you ask? Because considering the way my summer has gone, a …

As a family medicine physician, I want to write this to give moms a concise guideline of what is recommended to keep you healthy for your families. The medical world can be difficult to navigate, so my goal is to give you a snapshot of what you need to do to …

A few weeks ago, my teens and I sat at a table covered in a rainbow serape at a crowded restaurant called Fiesta Mexicana, chomping on chips and salsa, all with our eyes glued to our smartphones. It was a typical scene played out at restaurants throughout the developed world: …

This entry is part 2 of 26 in the series Feed the Fam           Kids love chicken fingers, that is pretty much fact. If I’m being honest, I have a bit of a soft spot for them, too. This baked recipe is a healthier version of …

Wouldn’t it be cool if we could rally the power of the Reno Moms Blog community to make a positive impact on our area schools? Think Kindness is a community partner that is near and dear to our hearts here at RMB.  It is a local non-profit run by the …

What is it about those songs that just won’t get out of our heads? The songs we love to hate and always make us groan or chuckle or stare intently at our watches pleading with time to go faster so it passes… Sometimes songs needle under our skin like musically …