Parenting With Heart And Humor
What IS the Danish Way? “I just want him to be happy!”, how many times have you as a parent thought that about your child? From a parenting perspective, “happiness” is the greatest measure of success.Every single day we are a faced with opportunities to thoroughly screw up our kids, but at the View Post
Starting to breastfeed can be overwhelming. Get these breastfeeding supplies and you will be off to a wonderful breastfeeding journey.As a mother of four who breastfed for a total of 90 months over the span of 10 years, I found that being prepared for the “unexpected” gave me an advantage when View Post
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Bottle Feeding a Breastfed Baby I need to start planning for the end. The end of my maternity leave is only two weeks away, and I have not wanted to think about it until today. My breastfed baby will have to take a bottle once I go back to work, and he has yet to try one. But today is the day, he View Post
The key to bottle-feeding success is planning! As a breastfeeding mom it is very easy to feel like you will forever be walking around with a baby hanging off your breast, especially in the first couple of months.Your life is full of cuddling, nursing sessions, diaper changes and smelling the View Post
Disney Cruise Packing List, from an "Expert": Four boys, two adults, five nights on a Disney cruise! Need I tell you that I was stressing out (in a big way) over the prospect of packing for our recent trip? I had never been on a cruise, so I had no idea of what to expect, which added another level View Post
Are you planning on taking the kids to see Santa this year? If so, don't miss the 10 must-read tips for perfect Santa pictures! (This post was originally published in 2014, but it was recently updated with a few new tips I learned along the way!) We recently took the kids to see Santa and it went View Post
Frugal and fun ways to record milestones for your baby, toddler and older kids. Save your sanity, time and money! Spend the extra time enjoying your kids!This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Mott’s®. All opinions are mine alone. “Mama, watch me!” - those words normally View Post
Thank you, MULTIWEAR® for collaborating with me on this post. I received product in return for my honest review. All the opinions stated are 100% mine.Remember the first time you rode your bike without training wheels? That VERY moment you realized that your parent no longer was holding you View Post
Teething bites “Teething bites!” - All parents (and babies) agree on this. There is no worse feeling in the world than watching your child in discomfort or pain - and being completely helpless. Teething is definitely a milestone I deem as a necessary evil.Your otherwise sweet and wiggly View Post
We were all parenting experts before we became parents, right? This true and funny motherhood story will leave you validated - and smiling.“My kids will never do that.”“I’m never going to be that kind of mom.”If you’ve ever said these things, you probably don’t have kids, or you said View Post
You need the right tool for the job, especially in parenting. Finding the best diaper bag can mean the difference between a day full of meltdowns or smiles!(I received diaper bags in return for an honest review. All opinions stated are 100% mine.)It’s been one of those days. You know, when View Post
I smile. Smiling is what I do when I am at a loss for words. I turn my eyes towards the ground, as if I have just been scolded. There I am, looking at my feet, still smiling.What is wrong with me? I have done nothing wrong. “Lift your head up, hold it high and own this” I tell myself. I don’t View Post
I will never know how many miles we walked. The hours spent on our “project” added up as the days and weeks passed.I wonder if he knew how much he helped me through the teenage years. Our walks became an outlet for me: a safe place to vent my thoughts, feelings and turmoil, and there is a lot of View Post