When we sleep trained our daughter, Sara, on any given evening you could find me just outside her bedroom door hunched over the baby monitor with a glass of wine and a steady flow of tears, both hers and...
Ouch, it still burns. My son said this to me the other night before bed. And he must have known that it was breaking my heart by the look on my face, because he followed with, “It’s ok, mommy....
When my son was diagnosed with failure to thrive, to me that just meant failure to mother. I was the person responsible for making sure my baby thrived, and I was failing. Even worse than failing: I was a...
I just handed my baby off to a stranger.
Well, it was somewhat of a stranger. She was the daycare worker at my son’s new daycare. We've met twice before, but I still call that a stranger. Today is day...
My three year old is a terrible eater. Besides insisting on a steady diet of empty carbs and milk, he refuses to try new things and barely sits at the table to eat anything at all. After two bites...
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You know those amazing moments when you provide your child with an incredibly enriching after school activity; the ones where they are just so engaged, it’s hard to get...
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I had the opportunity to test out Qeepsake, an app that uses text messages to help you create a baby book for your kids, and I wish I...
Potty training can be a daunting task. When to start? How to do it? If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the potty training information out there, fear no more. I read everything I could find on the topic and...
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Want your child to develop grit? Have a growth mindset? Know how to persevere through failure? Of course you do. Here’s one way to encourage these traits: have your...
Welcome to our first Virtual Book Club meeting. Whether you read along with us or at our own pace, we hope you enjoy! Please leave your comments either here on the blog or on today's book club Facebook post!
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