Erin Bartel
Erin has been on the Wichita Mom team since 2014, serving as its Content Director. She also works as a private marketing consultant in Wichita KS, helping businesses and non-profits navigate the ever-changing waters of digital & local marketing. A mother of 2, happily married to her college sweetheart, Erin's hobbies include bribing herself to exercise, traveling with (and without) her family, and trying to remember where she hid the chocolate.
What to Do When Your Child Has Night Terrors
Our first experience with night terrors is forever burned into my memory. We had just moved to a new house with a 4-week-old baby...
5 Gentle & Effective Facial Cleansers for Tweens & Middle Schoolers
Finding the right facial cleanser for middle schoolers and tweens can be a challenge. It's not uncommon for girls as young as 10 to...
Douglas Dessert Festival Coming to College Hill | June 11-13
Wichita, KS - The first ever Douglas Dessert Festival will be held in College Hill June 11-13, 2021. Wichita’s foodies and carb-lovers are invited...
Teaching Your Kids This “Rude” Behavior May Help Prevent Sexual Abuse
This article was originally published in 2015.
My kids have reached an age that necessitates difficult conversations about how not every touch from an adult...
Good Moms Have to Send Their Kids to Therapy, Too
In early 2017, I unexpectedly spent 2 weeks in the hospital while my husband was in France on business. My two children (aged 6...
Virtual & Online Holiday Events, Concerts, and Shows for the Whole Family
The show must go on! Many of our favorite holiday traditions will look a little different this year - including these fun events, concerts,...
5 Ways to Election-Proof Your Friendships (Before It’s Too Late)
Unpopular opinion: Our relationships are more important than who we are voting for in November.
Your co-workers, the people at church, your kid's teacher, the...
5 (Non-Cookbook) Books to Gift the Foodies in Your Life
Foodies adore everything related to eating and drinking: Talking about it. Writing about it. Reading about it. We love looking at photographs, hearing stories,...
The Enneagram & Motherhood: How Your Type Affects Your Parenting Style
How does your Enneagram Type influence motherhood and your parenting style? We asked 9 moms to tell us exactly that.
The Enneagram could easily be...
Wichita Mom Picks: Our Favorite, Must-Have Items at Trader Joe’s
Trader Joe's opened in Wichita one year ago, and we still get TONS of questions! Never been there? Not sure what to buy? Want...
7 Postpartum Exercise Mistakes Moms Don’t Know They’re Making
This article isn't about eating half a bag of Doritos instead of carrot sticks, or how ANY exercise is better than sitting on your...
Real Self Care Isn’t A Luxury, It’s A Discipline (and It’s A Necessity)
Everyone talks about it, but who has time for the glammed-up versions of "self care" we see circulating on the internet? Real self care...
Can Your Kids Bust Out of This Free Digital Harry Potter Escape Room?
Looking for a fun activity to kill time? If you've got Harry Potter fans in your house, you should give this free digital escape...
Where to Find Our Favorite Wichita Murals (interactive map)
If you've been in Wichita for more than 10 minutes, you've seen at least one eye-popping ICT mural. We've got Wichita Flag Murals, Keeper...