June 22nd, 2014 was the first annual Family Fitness Day and it was a wonderful day filled with workouts, kid’s activities, and healthy foods. It was so great to see so many members of the community come out and and explore all the health and fitness options available in our…
Readers Recommend: Pediatricians Good with Autism Spectrum Disorder. LeBlanc Pediatrics Their website Dr. Joshua LeBlanc 1100 N. Causeway Blvd. #104 Mandeville, LA (985) 674-2227 Dr. LeBlanc received many recommendations from our readers. Northlake Pediatrics Their website. 728 W. 11th Avenue Covington, LA (985) 893-3395 Drs. Strong and Faucheux were…
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…
If you’ve been reading Northshore Parent, you may or may not have gathered that I am slightly obsessed with children’s clothing, particularly smocked stuff. I wore it as a child and couldn’t wait to dress my own children in it. When I found out I was having boy/girl twins, I…
I have to say that I am being spoiled with all of the support our events have been getting recently! Saturday was no exception and we had a full house and a ton of fun with little ones painting picture frames for their Dads, singing and dancing with Elsa, taking…
Father’s Day is almost here! Riding bikes is something we love to do together. As soon as our daughter is old enough, we’re going to buy a bike seat for her to join us on rides. We’ve visited the friendly staff of The Bike Path and of The Spokesman. Both…
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…
I hate cooking in the summer. Not because I don’t enjoy a nice warm meal, but because I hate how hot my house gets when I cook in the summertime. My AC just isn’t equal to running my oven or gas stove for very long. Therefore, my options are to…
Here at Northshore Parent we love our community, and we love doing events that let us get out and meet that community and support the small businesses within it. All of this is why I’m really excited to announce our latest event that will take place at a locally-owned business,…
Did you know this week is Food Allergy Awareness Week? 2 years ago this week, I had no idea about life with food allergies, much less that there was an awareness week, when my husband and I let our then 18 month old twins try their first taste of peanut…