This content is sponsored by the Breastfeeding Shop. There aren’t a ton of surprises at my house. We also operate without a schedule. It might seem like these two statements totally oppose each other. How can you have a routine when you literally don’t have a schedule? In order to have one, […]
Articles by Meg Flanagan
Spotlight on Military Spouses Going Back to School
This content is sponsored by The College Board – CLEP At times, it’s felt like you were never going to get to a place where college or graduate school would be realistic. You’ve waited and bided your time. Through deployments and babies and PCS moves, you’ve been holding onto your dream. Now, finally, your […]
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Finding Your Parent Tribe Post-PCS
Tips for surviving post-PCS with kids by a busy military spouse and mother of two young children.
This Is The App That Busy Breastfeeding Moms Need
This post is sponsored by The Breastfeeding Shop The Breastfeeding Shop APP: 4 Things I Loved, and 4 Things I’d Like to Change There is so much potential in the Breastfeeding Shop app. This is a good value to busy moms, and a great start on giving breastfeeding moms the info they need. Best […]
Rotting Produce, High Prices: The Frustrations of Shopping the OCONUS Commissary
This is an opinion piece that does not necessarily reflect the views of MilSpouseFest. “I let my kids eat an entire $10 carton of strawberries on the way home the other day. I knew it would mold by the next morning.” “I only buy salad greens on the day I’m making a salad, otherwise everything […]
How to avoid being a military momma martyr
This post is sponsored by The Breastfeeding Shop. Military spouses love to compare and share our life experiences with the military. We regularly swap war stories about appliances exploding the day our spouse has deployed. Or we share tales of woe about PCS moves gone horribly, horribly wrong. And we all tell about our most […]
This App Will Change Breastfeeding Military Moms’ Lives
This post is sponsored by The Breastfeeding Shop. I seriously wish that I had The Breastfeeding Shop app about a year ago. Actually, make that four years ago. As a new mom, I struggled a lot. The biggest challenge was keeping track of everything on very little sleep. Every doctors visit brought endless questions about […]
Step Up, Parents: Ramstein is Right to Discipline Your Wild Military Kids
This is an opinion piece that does not necessarily reflect the views of MilSpouseFest. Misbehave on base? There certainly should be a consequence! Now military children at Ramstein Air Base have been officially been put on notice. The message is clear: Shape up or lose your privileges. Military children are apparently not behaving in base […]