Momcast

We find out how to save big bucks on back to school shopping. Plus, details on the tax free weekend. Also, the moms discuss why sending your kids to their room might not be the best method of punishment.

This week we dig into a new parenting fad, Hypnoparenting. Is hypnotizing your children an effective parenting tool? Remember to take care of yourself too, mom! Fitness expert, Beth Dolce, gives some advice on how stressed out, busy mothers can keep healthy. Also in this podcast find out how you and your family can be part of a Guinness world record at the Ohio State Fair.

With summer winding down, many Moms are thinking about one last hurrah with the family before school starts. A travel expert joins us with tips on how to make that last minute summer trip count. Plus parents across the county spend thousands of dollars on travel ball for their kids. One mom weighs in on whether it's worth it or not. Finally, tips on how to keep your child from falling down the summer slide.

Comedian and soon to be mom, Ellie Kemper, is on the record saying “Hands off of my baby bump!” The moms get to the bottom of the classic baby bump question: to touch or not to touch? Plus, one mom shares why she has decided not to let her son have a girlfriend until he graduates high school.

This week the moms learn the top summer swimming safety tips from an expert at Aqua-Tots Swim Schools. One listener also shares what it's like to become a mom literally over night. Finally, what are the everyday things we do that are causing some people to think Americans are bad parents?

On this week's Fourth of July Momcast, we talk to veterinarian Dr. Kelsey Walker of the Avery Animal Clinic. She offers up some tips on how to keep your pets and kids safe during the holiday celebrations. Stacy also shares a story of how a trip to a minor league baseball game helped her teach her daughter a life lesson. Finally, the moms get to the bottom of a tough dilemma that every mom must face at some point. At what age do you let your teenager go to a community's fireworks display without parental supervision?

Pediatrician, Dr. Kathy Fulop, joins the moms to talk about the most common thing she is seeing in her clinic this time of year- allergies and poison ivy. The moms also help one listener whose young daughter is a picky eater. Finally, we find out that posting those cute pictures of your baby on Facebook might be bad for your health.

This week's episode is a special "dadcast" featuring the husbands of the Momcast hosts. We talk with Mindy's husband, Randy, about tough love when coaching your child's sports team. Stacy's husband, Jeff, shares about the biggest surprise of their life. Mikaela's husband, Marcus, admits that it's not just mothers that can turn in to helicopter parents. Finally, Greg the producer talks about being a millennial parent.

Musician and mother Melissa Etheridge joins the momcast this week. She explains how every mother deals with the same issues whether you're a celebrity or not. Plus as a mother of four, she shares how her own parenting style has worked through the years. Also, it's a big milestone in every girl's life, the first time she puts on makeup. But, you may be surprised to see how young some girls are starting. We also hear from you! A fan of the show poses a question to the moms about becoming a mother for the second time and she needs your help too.

This week, the moms visit with 19 year old entrepreneur, Aunt Flow. Dressed in a silly costume, she is on a mission to help women in need and in the process she is also making the topic of feminine hygiene less taboo. We also find out how some fun but unorthodox parenting is giving hope to mothers of autistic children with the Play Project.

This week, the moms explore tips on keeping your kids safe this summer. The important travel safety measure that nine out of ten of us are doing wrong. Also, what you need to know before the next time you send your kids out in the sun.

Brock Johnson was born with rare auto-immune disease and his doctors didn't know how long he would live. Hear from his mother, Christy, how they turned that bad news into a story of inspiration with a little help from movie star, Robert Downey, Jr. Also, what do you do when your kid uses a four letter word...at grandma's house?! And, learn how one mother of five has reinvented herself at the age of 50.

The moms also break down how to find the perfect summer camp for your kids.

Columbus Ohio moms Mindy Drayer, Mikaela Hunt, and Stacy McKay launch a new podcast about moms and parenting, The MOMcast. On this Mother's Day episode the moms talk to their own mothers, get to the truth behind children's birth order and discuss the one Mother's Day gift that moms really want.