Editor's Note: Erena Shimoda, our guest contributor for today, specializes in underwater photography and takes her services to a whole new level, working with clients who are cancer survivors and have overcome other significant obstacles in their lives. Her...
The state of affairs post-Christmas for parents of young children looks like this: the Elf on the Shelf is gone, and Santa's on break until next December. Children hold their Christmas presents safely and smugly in their arms, knowing...
The hardest part of Christmas for me when I was little was having to wait to open my gifts. We had to wait for my parents to wake up before we could open Santa's gifts Christmas morning and during...
I sat down recently in a Facebook Live with Ayelet Marinovich, a pediatric speech-language pathologist, founder of Strength in Words, and author of Understanding Your Baby to discuss how to support your baby's early communication. Ayelet shares practical and easy...
There are few greater surges of joy and pride than when your child takes those first shaky steps. This is quickly followed by a realization that hits you like a sobering splash in the face: You have a toddler.
As...
I recently posted about what I plan to do with myself once my daughter starts preschool. I’m a stay at home mom and to sum it up, the article was about all the self-care I planned for myself, after...
My daughter Ilse has always been a good eater and drinker. She loved baby food and adult food early. Ilse learned how to use a fork and spoon before she could walk so that she would not have to...
Have you heard of the expression, "What goes around comes around?" Nothing more accurately illustrates that sentiment than my kids’ sleeping habits. I was a horrific sleeper myself as a young child, frequently requiring my mom to lay with...
Kids are concrete and time is abstract. I love sharing our future plans with our children so they have the joy of anticipating fun events and trips. What I don’t love is the constant questions:
How many days until...
After becoming a mom, I got so much unsolicited advice, it blew my mind. The baby needs to wear a hat, I need to pick her up, I need to put her down, she shouldn’t be on the dirty...
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