All my life I’ve been around sports: I played little league baseball for seven years, soccer for a couple and tennis for Slidell High School. At the University of Southern Mississippi – after receiving the message loud and clear that a career in some type of science was not in…
We made it. Summer is over and the kids are headed back to school. A celebration for many mothers that have lost track of fun ways to liven up the summer days. No more ‘I’m bored’ or ‘what are we going to do today?’. Now the stores fill with moms,…
It is almost time to head back to school, so taking the time now to prepare your child for this transition is essential. It does not have to be difficult preparing your child for school, all it takes is a little forethought. Take a look below at 5 ways to…
Today’s post is the first in a series written by the Nurse Midwives that work in the Ochsner Medical Center North Shore (located in Slidell). Today’s moms have more choices than ever and at Northshore Parent we want to help make you aware of as many of them as possible….
Girls Evangeline–the name of Longfellow’s poem about the expulsion of the Acadians from Canada is also a Louisiana parish and a beautiful name for a little girl. Fleur–It’s hard to walk a block in South Louisiana without running into a fleur de lis. Magnolia–the state flower and you can use…
We’re gathering a ton of great recommendations from local parents on the Northshore Parent Facebook page. Unfortunately, those posts get pushed down pretty quickly. To keep all of this valuable information from disappearing, we’re going to start the “Readers Recommend” series which will live under it’s own header on the blog…
It’s spring and flowers are starting to bloom. The weather is lovely, for now, and annoying insects like termites, love bugs, and mosquitoes have yet to come out in full force. All that and the arrival of our baby in January, has inspired our wedding plans. The trend with wedding…
School is almost out and you are suddenly faced with a long road ahead of you with kids at home and you are left wondering how to entertain them. One of the best ways for children to spend the summer is for them to engage in the fantasy world of+…
Or a desperate attempt to make everything fit. The nesting bug has really bitten me good. Nothing too crazy – I’m not trying to renovate my house or anything, although I always have ideas for that, too – but reorganizing areas that have basically been left to collect dust for…
So. . . does this describe your mornings? You wake up late (forgot to set your alarm), kids are asking where their uniforms/shoes are, lunches aren’t packed and there goes the bus. After dropping the kids at school you drive through somewhere because you are hungry. You are running late…