If you are on a quest to get your child to sleep through the night, there’s no doubt you've been Googling and searching the internet for answers.
To ensure you and I are on the same page in this...
Trigger warning: miscarriage and stillbirth.
I am blessed to be 20 weeks pregnant with my third pregnancy. But as I sit here and type this, I simultaneously feel kicks and feel very disconnected.
My first pregnancy was lost a few days...
"And what do you say?" I asked my four-year-old with the tone that tells her she knows the answer.
"I don't want to say 'Please!' Can't I just have it?" She was exasperated, not whiny. Vulnerable, not defiant.
Without another word,...
Summer is right around the corner, which means more chances to swim! But having babies and toddlers near pools is an emergency waiting to happen, which is why I put my son in Infant Survival Swim (ISR) lessons last...
We recently received a Mommy SOS from a mom looking for advice on how to handle her daughter crying at preschool morning drop-offs, and I couldn’t help but sympathize because I have been dealing with the same thing myself....
Dear C-Section Scar,
I’ll admit when I found out at 36 weeks pregnant I was going to need you that I left the doctor's office in tears and sat crying in my car. How bad would you hurt? What was...
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I cannot stop talking about the book No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame, by Janet Lansbury. Chances are if you’ve overheard me chatting with other toddler moms at the playground lately, it’s been...
I approached potty training for both my kids the same way: by not really doing it. I didn't read any books on the subject, we didn't practice a certain technique, and we didn't track their progress on a sticker...
ICYMI, last week, Mid-Peninsula Moms Blog founder, Kelly, and our resident sleep expert, Dr. Sarah Mitchell, went live on Facebook to answer readers' questions about their babies' and young children's sleep habits. Check out the replay below and mark your calendar...
My kids are sixteen months apart. At the time, having kids close in age sounded like a great idea. Our daughter was an angel baby, and we said, "Let's do it again!" So we did, and then the reality...
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