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Raising Siblings Who Like Each Other: The Mom Hour, Episode 29
From helping a toddler adjust to a new baby, to coping with bickering, to creating a family culture that honors both individual kids and sibling relationships, parenting siblings is no small task. Join...
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Moms Deserve A Magical Holiday, Too: The Mom Hour, Episode 30
“Simplify” has become one of the buzziest holiday buzzwords over the last decade, and today Meagan and Sarah are unpacking what that really means in their homes. Whether you really do want to scale...
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Meagan & Sarah’s December Favorites To Watch / Listen / Read: The Mom Hour,...
Have you been meaning to watch old holiday film classics but never get around to it? Or are you just as disturbed as we are by some of the mid-century Christmas TV programming (looking at you,...
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Great Gifts For Moms (Any Time Of Year!): The Mom Hour, Episode 32
As Christmas fast approaches, we’re here to remind you that YOU too deserve great, thoughtful gifts under the tree this year! Join us as we talk about our own wish lists and favorite gifts from...
View ArticleCreating Holiday Tradition’s Isn’t Just YOUR Job, Mom: The Mom Hour’s Holiday...
It’s Christmas week! And since we know many of you will be busy baking, wrapping, traveling, eating, and enjoying time with your families over the next few days, we’ve decided to change things up a bit...
View ArticleWhen The Littlest Still Believes In Santa: The Mom Hour’s Holiday Read-Aloud...
It’s Christmas week! And since we know many of you will be busy baking, wrapping, traveling, eating, and enjoying time with your families over the next few days, we’ve decided to change things up a bit...
View ArticleHow To Keep The Santa Magic Alive (Without Lying): The Mom Hour’s Holiday...
We’re continuing our Christmas week read-aloud series with a piece Sarah wrote in 2012. Listen for her ideas on keeping the Santa magic alive in your home – with a clear conscience. Enjoy! The post How...
View ArticleThe Reason For The Season: The Mom Hour’s Holiday Read-Aloud Series, Episode 4
It’s Christmas Eve! Here’s the fourth in our holiday read-aloud series – Meagan shares an essay she wrote about the real reason for the season. Enjoy! The post The Reason For The Season: The Mom Hour’s...
View ArticleComet, The Red-Nosed Minivan: The Mom Hour’s Holiday Read-Aloud Series,...
Today is our fifth and final installment in the special holiday read-along series! Sarah is reading a piece she wrote for The Happiest Home a few years ago about her family vehicle’s unusual holiday...
View Article(Totally Not Overwhelming) Health & Wellness Inspiration for 2016: The Mom...
Neither Meagan nor Sarah is a resolution-maker, but we both love starting fresh after the holidays with renewed energy and focus. Today we’re talking about fitness, food, and self-care – our own...
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8 Milestones & When Our Kids Met Them: The Mom Hour, Episode 34
Milestones tend to be something moms think a lot about in the first year or two of motherhood. But kids keep developing (at their own pace, as we all know) and moms keep celebrating, wondering, and...
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Stuff, Junk & Things: The Mom Hour, Episode 35
(alternate title: The Non-Konmari Method of Dealing with Loads of C-R-A-P Year After Year) This episode was inspired by listener Kate from San Francisco who wrote: I have a show topic for you: Stuff,...
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Traveling Spouses / Traveling Selves (Part 1): The Mom Hour, Episode 36
If your co-parent travels – occasionally 0r all the time – you know that holding down the home front is hard work. In Episode 36 we talk about what we’ve learned from years of experience about how to...
View ArticleTraveling Spouses / Traveling Selves (Part 2): The Mom Hour, Episode 37
Last we talked about traveling spouses; this week’s episode is all about what happens when MOM is the one taking off for a trip. Whether you travel rarely or regularly, we hope you’ll join us for a...
View ArticlePregnancy & Birth, in Hindsight: The Mom Hour, Episode 38
One hospital birth. Two home births. Two birthing center deliveries. Three scheduled cesarean sections. Meagan and Sarah have had eight pregnancies between them (now eight kids ages 3-18!) and about as...
View ArticleThe Picky Eater Problem: The Mom Hour, Episode 39
Do you parent a picky eater? Then Episode 39 is for you. In this episode, Meagan and Sarah admit we don’t have the answers when it comes to this tricky (and oh-so-common) parenting challenge. But in...
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How Does Birth Order Impact How We Parent? The Mom Hour, Episode 40
How does birth order – both our own and our children’s – affect how we relate to our kids? Do stereotypes like the bossy oldest, peacemaking middle and freewheeling youngest hold up, in our experience?...
View ArticleMeagan & Sarah Answer Listener Questions: The Mom Hour, Episode 41
We get so many great questions from listeners, and sometimes it doesn’t work to devote a whole episode to them. So we decided to take on four questions submitted by listeners and offer our input in...
View ArticleParenting Through Hard Times: The Mom Hour, Episode 42
Rough patches in (and out!) of parenthood: whether it’s a temporary crisis, a general mom funk, or full-blown depression, we’ve all been there. In this episode, Sarah and Meagan have a frank...
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Hobbies & Passions Outside Motherhood: The Mom Hour, Episode 43
It’s easy to let creative pursuits and hobbies fade into the background during the hectic years of early parenting. And when the time comes to make room for them again, we’re sometimes left with...
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