Health + Wellness

Maybe you have been waiting for this moment. Maybe you have been dreading it. Either way, it’s go time. You smell the faint onion-y whiff of BO. You see the beginnings of boobs. Your dentist suggests a visit to the...

Portland Mom Collective is committed to sharing resources and information with Portland families. In our Q + A Sessions series, we talk to experts in their fields about common topics relevant to our readers.  In this session, we discuss postpartum...

Been to the pharmacy in recent months? What mom hasn't. Recently, I was in my mommy happy place (otherwise known as Target) and saw that the in-store pharmacy changed. {This post is sponsored by our partners at CVS Pharmacy. Read on...

Halloween is over and we are officially into the holiday season! This means your life is more chaotic than usual, your caffeine consumption (mostly of pumpkin spice lattes) triples, your self-care goes out the window, and your tolerance for whining...

As moms, we spend a massive amount of our waking hours listening and responding to others. The incoming conversations change over the years, but they take up a lot of brain space, nonetheless. When my kids were younger, the...

What lies does your inner critic tell you? If you're anything like me, mine like to pop up to claim that I'm not enough. I'm not doing enough, I'm failing. It usually visits when I'm already overwhelmed. It wakes me up...

“Are there any stories that shock you, anymore?” I’ve asked the poison control nurses and pharmacists. As a public educator for the Oregon Poison Center, I have spent some time in the call room to better understand how the...

Our family is on a journey. We adopted our sweet twin boys when they were just barely two years old. The bond was instant. We sought help early on because becoming first-time parents to twin two-year-olds is basically getting...

You guys, what are you doing this summer? A few weeks ago, we went on a family road trip despite COVID. From Oregon, to California, Nevada, and Arizona. We kept safe distances and wore masks. We spent a lot...

I am a survivor of what felt like a plague that left us quarantined from the rest of the world until it could be eradicated. An infestation of the dreaded pest all elementary school parents fear—LICE. My kids have come home...