If you’re like me you are the one holding the camera. Capturing the happy smiles and preserving memories for their future. But what about YOU!? My mom used to teach photography preservation classes and one of the things she often encouraged participants was to make sure to put themselves in the photo sometimes. You don’t […]
Karibu Step Potty and Other Toilet Training Resources
I agreed to review the Karibu Step up Cushion Potty Chair because we have TWO in the toilet training range, and I have to say it’s one of the best toilet trainers we’ve ever tried. For the price of a little kid toilet, you get something so much simpler to use. Why I Love the […]
Pickup Buckets to Clear Kid Clutter for the New Year
In my house, kid clutter is the number one offender when it comes to keeping the house clean. I hate picking up my kids’ things, but I also hate to wait for them to come home from school so they can do it themselves. My solution was a pickup bucket. Basically, it is simply a […]
Having the Sex Talk With the Kids
So my kids asked some big questions recently. It came as the culmination of a few different chats about chickens and eggs. I don’t think our kids are necessarily any more curious than other kids. But we have a very open relationship with our kiddos because we talk about so many things as a family. […]
Recent Study Shows the Importance of a Mother’s Touch
Recently, a symposium at Notre Dame University led by Dr. Darcia Narvaez showed how important it is for mothers to breastfeed, touch, and respond quickly to baby’s needs. Gilan Gertz, a licensed social worker with a Master’s Degree in Pyschology, shared the results of this study in an article on Decoded Parenting and also took […]
Bonding With Your Kids Before the School Years Start!
We love parenting in active and intentional ways as often as possible – and we start that immediately when our kids are born. We nurse them, wear them often (especially when they go through those fussy stages), and find ways to play alongside them. Generally, we let our kids, and their basic personalities, help point out the […]
Organizing Tips for ADHD Children at School
The good news is that, by doing small things one at a time, you can help your ADHD child at school and at home. I can’t stress enough the importance of keeping the household as stress free as possible. It is a bit harder to keep the school day stress free because you aren’t there to manage it, but with a few organizing tips, your child will have fewer things to stress about at school – thank goodness.
Teach Responsibility By Going Camping
Responsibility can be hard to teach kids. If you are like me, I find it easier to just clean up the messes than to fight with the kids to clean them up themselves. Have you been there? Regardless of it being easier for us as parents to do it ourselves, we are not teaching our […]
20 Ways to Occupy Pre-Teens When You Live in an Apartment
Being a pre-teen is an awkward time, right between full independence and needing consistent supervision so they don’t accidentally harm themselves or someone else. When you live in an apartment, keeping a pre-teen happily occupied is more of a test of wills than a party, unless you make it one. So how do you keep […]
My Uterus Is Not Judging You – The Empowered Woman’s Dilemma
This post is the response to a writing prompt asking to write about something that upsets you. What upsets me? I get upset when I see others struggling with expectations. I say I started my website because I was tired of seeing well-educated women defeated by their kitchen pantries. But the reality is I felt […]
Milestones and Moments
It is stunning to me how quickly my kids achieve their milestones. Evan and Brianna are reading Level 2 readers now. Micah can stay diligent to finish his assigned chores (trust me – this is a huge milestone). Adam is finally talking. And Vivian? Where do I start. This girl is truly living up […]
Motorola MBP 41 Video Baby Monitor Review
Recently, I was pleased to have a chance to review the Motorola MBP 41 Video Baby Monitor! I used it with my 2 year old son. I haven’t actually used a monitor that often for him since he was a really tiny baby, but I knew we had a trip coming up where we would […]
