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Meet-a-Dad Monday: Bode Miller

Meet-a-Dad Monday: Bode Miller

Skier Bode Miller is a gold medal-winning five time Olympian, a dad of eight and a tireless advocate, with his wife Morgan, for pool safety. After their 19-month-old daughter Emeline drowned in June 2018, the family has spoken out about the layers of safety measures that can save children, including gates, alarms, and most importantly, swimming lessons.

Blue Moon Perinatal- Helping Moms To Be

Blue Moon Perinatal- Helping Moms To Be

Tracy Shevell, MD, is founder of Blue Moon Perinatal and has been a High Risk OB-GYN for 16 years. “I chose to do High Risk OBGYN because I was always drawn to the most complex cases, encompassing needs of both mother and baby,” says Dr. Shevell. But over the last five years, she’s noticed it’s become harder to give moms-to-be and new moms all the attention and support they need and deserve.

Top 10 Family Vacation Ideas for 2022

Top 10 Family Vacation Ideas for 2022

Traveling as a family is one of the most fun and enriching things you can do with your children. From beach vacations to cultural journeys to rustic adventures, there are so many wonderful options for every interest and budget. As your kids go from toddlers to teenagers, your trips will evolve as well. With so many families traveling for the first time in a few years, and making up for that time at home with some special trips, we asked Valerie Wilson Travel, (a member of the Virtuoso premier luxury and experiential travel network) to share their shortlist of travel ideas they recommend for families. Happy travels and here’s to more adventures in 2022 and beyond!

A Salad By Kinney Lane

A Salad By Kinney Lane

With the weather warming up and schedules getting busier, we’re all about throwing together quick salads—and this spring version from Rachael Mahoney of Kinney Lane, a Greenwich, CT-based healthy prepared meal delivery business, is at the top of our list.

Spring Guide 2022

Spring Guide 2022

Spring is here and Ocean County is blossoming! We have created for you some fun and exciting ways to spend the start of spring. From Easter egg hunts, Easter Bunny sightings, spring fairs and even ways on how to keep busy with the kids over break. Subscribe and check out  our calendar to always stay on top of the hottest happenings in Ocean County.

Lemon Yogurt Cake

Lemon Yogurt Cake

This Lemon Yogurt Cake from The Local Moms Network Contributor Kathleen “Kat” Ashmore just feels like Spring to us! Perfect for Easter or any Spring soiree, it can be made gluten-free and topped with either a lemon glaze or more decadent buttercream, depending on the occasion and company. Follow Kat on Tik Tok at @katcancook, on Instagram @kat_can_cook and visit her website, kathleenashmore.com, for more from her recipe collection.

Spring Fashion

Spring Fashion

Anyone else *more* than ready to swap winter coats and sweaters for spring dresses and tops? We asked designer Katie Fong Biglin, for her go-to picks for the season. All of them are mom-friendly (read: easy to style) and many of them are perfect for pregnancy and post-partum, as Katie is expecting her second little one soon!

Meet-a-Mom Monday: Lois Robbins

Meet-a-Mom Monday: Lois Robbins

This week’s Meet a Mom interview is with New York City-based actress and mom of four Lois Robbins! Over her career, she has built a rich resume of credits on the big screen (most recently The Aspern Papers with Jonathan Rhys Meyers), small screen (One Life to Live, All My Children, Sex and the City, Law & Order) and off-Broadway (including her one-woman play L.O.V.E.R.). But recently, she decided to launch The LoDown, an Instagram Live show that is already reaching 100,000 viewers per episode, and featuring celebrities like Kristin Chenoweth, Brooke Shields, Kelly Rutherford and others.

Pantry Must Haves

Pantry Must Haves

Kathleen Ashmore is a social media star, with 1.7 million followers on TikTok alone. Every day, Kathleen (aka Kat) shares recipes and secrets from her chef days. So what does a TikTok chef, and busy mom, keep in her pantry—and more importantly, how does she keep it organized? We asked Kat to share – and here’s what she said.

How to Choose a Family-Friendly Rug

How to Choose a Family-Friendly Rug

This story originally appeared on Home with the Harrisons, a lifestyle and parenting blog from Lindsey Harrison of New Canaan & Darien Moms. Living with children and four legged friends can make decorating a pain for even the most resourceful folks. Fortunately for you, I’ve done the research and have lived to tell the tale. If you want a space that is safe and comfortable, but also beautiful and welcoming, continue reading for my essential tips.

Meet a Mom Monday

Meet a Mom Monday

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was one of the most iconic sitcoms of the 90s, and launched Will Smith’s career, pre-Men in Black. On Super Bowl Sunday, with Smith as Executive Producer, the show returned as a modern drama, Bel-Air, on the Peacock Network. (Watch the trailer here.). This more nuanced show dives deeper into the familiar characters, young Will, Hilary, Ashley and Carlton, and of course, Geoffrey the Butler and Uncle Phil. Cassandra (Cassie) Freeman plays Aunt Viv.

Coterie Diaper Review

Coterie Diaper Review

As moms, when we come across a product that makes our lives better (read: easier), we love to share it with our mom friends. So when Layla Lisiewski, Mom of four and CEO of The Local Moms Network, tried Coterie diapers and wipes, she knew she wanted to spread the word about this unique brand with our audience!

Everwell: What’s Next?

Everwell: What’s Next?

This story was contributed Lindsay Hurty, cofounder of Everwell.

I visited the Career Services Office exactly one time during my senior year of college, and I received this advice: ‘You do not need to figure out your whole life; you just need to figure out what’s next.’ I loved this advice. And I love thinking of adulthood as a journey with junctions where recalibration can happen to determine, with intention, what’s next.

Meet-a-Mom Monday with: The Push author Ashley Audrain!

Meet-a-Mom Monday with: The Push author Ashley Audrain!

This week’s Meet a Mom interview is with The Push author Ashley Audrain! This Toronto-based writer’s debut novel was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, as well as a Good Morning America book club pick. An addictive, dark read, it follows Blythe, a woman for whom motherhood is fraught with anxiety and self-doubt, as well as serious concerns about her daughter—and nothing like the experience she thought it would be. This buzzed about book is one all moms can relate to—even if the exact circumstances are unrecognizable. We spoke to Ashley, mom to a 4-year-old daughter and six-year-old son, about the inspiration for The Push, its success, and what advice she gives moms interested in writing.

Leprechaun Snack Board

Leprechaun Snack Board

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We love a good snack board, and one that’s cute enough for a party and gets our kids to eat more veggies? That’s like finding a pot of gold. The BakerMama’s Leprechaun Snack Board is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day.

5 Things You Can Do Now to Feel Great This Summer

5 Things You Can Do Now to Feel Great This Summer

Spring is around the corner, and summer will be here before we know it. Now, to be clear – we don’t support the idea of a “summer body” or “beach body” – if you have a body, you have a beach body! However, as moms who don’t always prioritize self-care, we want to feel good in our bodies. After a long winter where maybe we put aside working out or fell into grabbing whatever was fastest to eat, we’re starting to think about spring cleaning our nutrition and fitness. We asked our contributor Kimberly Snyder, who is a spiritual guide and meditation teacher, founder of the Solluna holistic lifestyle brand and mom of two (Emerson, 5, and Moses, 18 months), to share what we should be thinking about now to be feeling our best by summer.

Meet-a-Dad Monday

Meet-a-Dad Monday

Parenting can feel like an Olympic sport, which makes the actual moms and dads who make it to the Olympics seem even more impressive. Just in time for the 2022 Winter Games in Bejing, we caught up with Salt Lake City-based Chris Mazdzer, a soon-to-be fourth time Olympic luger (and a Silver Medalist at the 2018 Games), who is also a new dad to a son, nine-month-old Nico. Here’s what Chris shared about how fatherhood has impacted his Olympic dreams, how to introduce kids to the luge (yes, really!), his stint on Dancing with the Stars, and more.

Meet-a-Mom Monday

Meet-a-Mom Monday

Meet Stacey Fink, an amazing mother, nurse, and lactation consultant. Read all about how she has taken her love for her job as a nurse and turned it into something beautiful by starting her own business helping moms on their special journey of breastfeeding.

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