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How to keep your family healthy this fall. Tips and hacks from a mother of an immune compromised child.

How to Keep Your Family Healthy This Fall

Summer is a break from snotty noses and random viruses. As we head towards a new germ season, find out how we stay healthy with probiotics for children. Thank you, Family Flora, for providing us with your special formulation of probiotics and prebiotics for adults and children in return for our View Post

Filed Under: Fall/ Autumn, Health, Life Style, Reviews

How to make friendly Halloween wooden peg dolls. Adorable not-so-spooky kid-friendly Halloween decorations.

How to Make Friendly Halloween Wooden Peg Dolls

I promised the boys, that I would make not-so-spooky wooden Halloween peg dolls, and suddenly I had a stroller full of compliant and happy boys. It’s early August and I am shopping for craft supplies with a stroller full of impatient little boys, as it usually happens. I turn the corner of an View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Fall/ Autumn, Reviews

Handprint art and footprint art ideas for every season of the year. Celebrate every holiday with a cute handprint art or footprint art. Preschool craft idea. Toddler craft idea. #PreschoolActivity #ToddlerActivity #CraftsforKids #HandprintIdeas #Handprintart #FootprintIdeas #FootprintArt #mamainthenow

Handprints and Footprints for Every Season

Handprint art & footprint art ideas for every season! His two chubby hands grab my face. I feel his sticky palms on my cheeks. The unmistakable smell of peanut butter sandwich, sweaty little boy and Play Doh lingers in the air. The tip of his nose meets the tip of mine. We look into each View Post

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Bring nature closer to home! DIY bird feeder ornaments. Easy and fun to make and very popular among birds as well as craft-loving kids.

DIY Bird Feeder Ornaments

As a child, I sat by the window, for what seemed like hours, waiting… waiting and then waiting some more. Eventually my patience paid off. A lonely sparrow landed, hopped around for a little while, nibbled at the seeds I so carefully had left, before he took off again. Thankfully, when he View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Fall/ Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter

DIY Spider Halloween Wreath! Make your door the focal point of the neighborhood with this fun wreath! Craft to your heart's content!

DIY Spider Halloween Wreath

Spider Halloween Wreath What is the first thing a mother does when she quits her corporate gig to stay at home with the kids? You might think the answer is “redecorate the house” or “get caught up on the countless neglected baby books.” Nope, not this mama. My very first project View Post

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Halloween with LEGO Minifigures. Follow @MamaintheNow on Instagram for all the latest adventures of the LEGO Minifigures.

Halloween With LEGO Minifigures

I have over the past few months had a lot of fun with LEGO Minifigures! I may or may not carry them in my purse, just in case a photo opportunity should present itself. The latest series of LEGO Minifigure blind bags, series # 14 is Halloween-themed and SO much fun! Thank you, LEGO for sending me a View Post

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