OC Mom Collective

I should start by saying that I have never “Googled “(somehow this has become a verb in the past decade) so much since becoming pregnant and then a mother. It started out so innocently with, “Can I drink coffee while...

After your initiation into motherdom, you can't help but see your own mother in a new light. For me, it involved pushing aside the initial obligatory questions of "How on earth did we get here/survive/turn out so normal/etc.", and...

  I am a planner at heart. I love planning but hate surprises. So if you are like me, you should have mapped out your kids’ summer schedule by now. If not, and you haven’t had the time yet (like...

"Michele, bacon Gouda!" the Starbucks barista calls out.   I start making my way through the crowd.   I really miss those days.  The days when my daughter would sleep through anything in her heavy car seat that I could...

The month of April is Autism Awareness Month. As someone who works with children with disabilities, this month is dear to my heart. I have worked with many children with different challenges, but children with autism are my passion. People with...

So as you may have noticed, we are a British family living in SoCal. We've only been here 18 months, so we sound very English and it doesn't go unnoticed. Here are 6 things we hear that make us...

Flying with kids is no joke. We do at least 2 10+ hour flights a year with our 3 and 4-year-old. I remember the first long-haul flight we did spending hours on google looking for tips on how to survive...

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Hey Mom, is the Easter bunny real? Does Santa really exist? No baby, but the Laundry Fairy does and that’s way better. The Laundry Fairy (along with the Coffee Goddess) make it so Mommy can function and seem somewhat...

I was caught being silly with my kids So my kiddo does well in the car but sometimes on the way home from daycare there is traffic and he can get a little antsy towards the end of the ride....

Growing up Easter was a very important holiday for our family.   I distinctly remember the excitement I had to wear my special Easter dress to church and unwrap the GIANT chocolate bunny that my aunt always sent.  And because...

Noooo, not the one whose kid was losing it in the candy aisle at Target. Not today my friends. Today I was that Mum who looked like she had it all together. We went to do our weekly food shop at Trader...

There's a song that sometimes pops into my head.  The lyrics go something like you're only.  you're only seventeen.  you're only. you're only seventeen. It's almost like I actually have little characters inside my head who throw that song into my...

Hello moms! If you’re a homeowner, you know there are lots AND LOTS of hidden costs and tricky jargon (not to mention the ONE MILLION signatures). If you’ve been running into a lot of tricky questions about your home insurance...