Flagstaff Mom Collective

Hey all! Happy New Year! Hope you all are meeting and exceeding this years’ goals already. One of mine is to get out of this funk. Baby boy is due in April and while I am so thrilled beyond...

At four and six, my boys are at some pretty great ages. In fact, they are playing at the park while I write this, sitting by myself on a quiet, sun-drenched patch of grass. They come to me for...

Last August, my husband sent me a link to a document, “30 Whole30 Slow Cooker Freezer Meals.”  It had 30 recipes and a master grocery list. Each meal is assembled in a gallon-sized Ziploc bag and can be cooked...

Not long ago, my daughter said to me, “Mama, I have a lot of aunties and uncles.” While that is true (I have 33 cousins alone), she’s also referring to our close friends that we have taught her to address...

If you've ever moved into a new town and tried to navigate all the school options, you know choosing the best fit for your child can be overwhelming. In many towns, there are a myriad of options including public...

It wasn’t like a ton of bricks, it wasn’t a bus or a Mach truck, this feeling was my world falling apart, the walls crumbling, my oxygen dissipating. +++ I dreamed of meeting you, I imagined your face, your hair, your...

Picture this: you just gave birth to your newborn. You clap yourself on the back for running the marathon that is labor. Maybe you deal with some hard feelings about the way your birth experience turned out. You probably...

As I am writing this, my baby is on her fourth bout of illness this winter. She is eleven months old, eats more fruits and veggies than me, and still has been hit ruthlessly by this flu season. Kids...

I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) at the age of 14.  At what was probably my very first visit to the gynecologist, she asked me the dreaded question: "When was your last menstrual period?"  This was an awkward question...

Family Planning (or unplanned...) I was 21, my boyfriend was 19 and we had just moved in together. We weren't planning on having any children, maybe not ever. We'd done a little research into long-term birth control and my doctor...

What is Plant-Based? Plant Based is a less intimidating way of saying you eat Vegan. All of the following meals contain no animal products. Eat them three meals a day, or once a week. Either way, you're doing the earth a...

Thank you to everyone who took the time to answer our Reader Survey! Congrats to Jenn R. who won the $10 Target Gift Card! #NerdAltert we loved looking at the pretty pie charts full of your personal results! We're...

Let me just start by saying that I know pregnancy can be extremely difficult for some women and much easier for others but regardless of how your pregnancy is going, I hope this helps a bit.   Normally, when a pregnant...