Shay Scholtes
Shay is the wife to a self proclaimed IT nerd, mama to two daughters, Sophia-5 and Saidey-2. By day she is an addiction/mental health therapist and by night she is a blogger/writer at Three Gals and a Guy, reader, and binger of Netflix and reality TV. LIfe can get crazy busy, but she wouldn't have it any other way!
5 Tips to a No Kid Vacation
A little over a year ago, we received a phone call from my grandparents. My grandparents asked if we’d be up for a family trip to ITALY! Of course, we said YES and the...
5 Tips for the Working Mom
I've been working full-time since I graduated from Iowa State University. I worked through graduate school and through babies number one and number two. Although there are certainly times when I feel like I am furiously...
When Parents Disagree about Discipline
It was your typical Saturday. We had errands to run and Sophia had a birthday party to go to later in the afternoon. Of course, the bulk of our errands were at our my favorite...
5 Behaviors I Want My Daughters to See Me Doing
When I was brainstorming ideas for this post, I bounced between changing the word “daughters” to a general “children.” Because, really, these behaviors are ones that I feel ALL kids should see their parents doing....
Three Tips to Strengthen Sibling Bond
When I was found out I was pregnant with baby number two, one thing immediately came to mind -- Sophia. I worried how she would adjust to the new baby. I worried that she would...
Helping Your Child Cope with BIG Feelings
ABCs. 123s. Shapes. Colors. Writing their name. Identifying letters. Writing and sounding out words. Patterns. Operations. Is YOUR kid Kindergarten ready?
Since my oldest was in the womb three years old, my husband and I started...
Letting Go: Fear, Comparison, and Perfectionism
Here I am, with the deadline of February 1 looming over my head. I’ve known this deadline was coming since the beginning of January. But yet, here I am. Scrambling, scratching my head over what my...
Meet Shay Scholtes
Hi, everyone! I am going to take a minute and gush, because I am truly beyond ecstatic and blessed to be a part of the Des Moines Moms Blog team. Applying and then saying...