Mom Life
College of Lake County Offers Online and In-person Hybrid Learning with Super-Charged Saturdays
College of Lake County created a solution for busy adults with Super-Charged Saturdays, a new program with eight-week blended courses. Combining on-campus meetings with online coursework allows for convenience in planning studies around your work and family commitments, not the other way around. Read the article to learn more!
The Busy Mom
Listen up Busy Moms, now is the time to make your health, your happiness, a priority in your life! Your health and well-being are vital, not just for a happy life, but for a longer more satisfying life. Read the latest blog from Heather Fahrenkrog, owner and master instructor of Heather’s Gym, and feel inspired to make yourself a priority in your life.
CLC Offers 1969 Rates to Select Students Attending Virtual Event
Do you have the new year’s resolution to go back to school or get started on a new certificate or degree? Learn more about how to do this with virtual information sessions at CLC. Now through January 9, you can learn about getting started, scholarships and more – all from the comfort of your own home! More information at www.clcillinois.edu/start
New Year’s Resolutions: 5 Tips To Help You Keep Them
Setting intentions for the New Year, whether it be for health, motherhood, marriage or even work, can be inspiring and help you reach new goals. But keeping them, of course, is the hard part. We turned to two experts, therapist Caitlyn Dunn, LCSW, and Yale Medicine...
Holiday Neighborhood Traditions
Milk Jug Luminaries Tradition We moved to a very special neighborhood 2.5 years ago. We knew it was the "milk jug" neighborhood when we bought the home but nonetheless we were surprised to see the former owners left us 15 milk jugs, a string of lights and a note in...
Traveling with Kids? How to Pack a Perfect Carry-On!
Flying with kids this Winter? For most moms, that means prepping ahead by thoughtfully packing a well-stocked carry-on. Before kids, your carry-on might have typically only held some noise-cancelling headphones, the latest magazines and a book—stuff to pass the time....
3 Tips for Caring for Your Rug this Holiday Season and Beyond!
Vibrating the back of a rug with a specially modified vacuum cleaner. As much as we all take care when visiting friends and family for the holidays, accidents still happen. One moment you’re holding a canapé in one hand and a glass of wine in the other (red of...
4 Childcare Personalities You’ll Find in Suburbia
While there are tons of childcare options in the suburbs, most towns tend to have one approach that’s most popular. “Every town has its own childcare ‘personality,’” says Suburban Jungle Strategist Alli Levine. “Kids may go from preschool to extended care. Parents may pick up from school every day. In other towns, driving nannies take kids from parks and playdates to activities.” Here’s what Suburban Jungles suggests people moving consider
8 Legit Reasons to Hire a Professional Childproofer
Whether you have one on the way and/or a little crawler under your roof, it’s time to start planning out your home defense system for your fast moving, curious and stealthy toddler. Baby proofing equipment is readily available to purchase, and with the help of...
Myopic Retinopathy and How to Slow it Down in Your Child
“Myopic retinopathy [nearsightedness] is an eye condition that affects over 30% of the U.S. population,” says Dr. Vlada Nakhlis, owner and Optometrist of EyeSee Optometry in Lincolnshire. There are a lot of physical abnormalities/pathologies that come with it, such...