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How to Prepare for Potty Training Like a Pro

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How to Prepare for Potty Training Like a Pro “Honey, I think it’s time!” - These five words meant something completely different 2-3 years ago when my water broke and Jansen was ready to make his debut into this wonderful world. Once again these five words make my husband want to run for the hills. View Post

Filed Under: Featured, Parenting, Potty Training, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Cloth Diapering, Potty Training, Toddlerhood

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20 Potty Training Reminders for Desperate Parents

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If you find yourself knee-deep in potty training, chances are you will LOVE these potty training reminders. You will feel validated, I promise!I have never been an overly ambitious mother, especially not when it comes to potty training. I always figured that the boys would catch on - eventually. View Post

Filed Under: Parenting, Potty Training, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Baby, Cloth Diapering, Kids, Parenting Shortcut, Potty Training, Toddlerhood

Everything you need to know to move your child to a booster seat. Booster seat review by mother of four. Transition your child safely into a booster seat. Booster seat tips and tricks. Current car seat laws and the latest booster seat safety information. Click here to learn how to know when your child is ready for a booster seat. #Diono #BoosterSeat #CarSeat #CarSeatSafety #BoosterSeatSafety #Parenting #MamaintheNow #ad

Everything You Need to Know to Move Your Child to a Booster Seat

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Car seat safety is one of the most important things parents must consider. This guide will show you when it's the right time to move to a booster seat.Thank you Diono for providing our family with booster seats to review in return for our honest opinion. Every opinion stated here is 100% View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Reviews, Toddler (2-5 years)

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Super Smart Ways to Prepare Your Child For a New Sibling

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Congratulations, you are pregnant!You have been down this path once, twice (maybe even more times). You know what to expect from your body, your spouse, and friends. But there is one unknown factor this time - your toddler! The little being who up until now has been your baby. The cherub who View Post

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How to get rid of lice, without losing your mind. Safe lice treatments for the whole family. Easy and effective lice treatment. Treat even super lice with this treatment. Non-toxic lice treatment. #VamousseLice #Ad #LiceTreatment #LicePrevention #GetRidofLice #TreatingLice #LiceFreakOut #MamaintheNow

How to Get Rid of Lice Without Losing Your Mind

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When you hear "Mom! My head is itchy" don't burn down the house, yet. Breathe and turn here for tips on how to get rid of lice without losing your mind! How to get rid of lice without losing your mind I am proud to work with Vamousse on this post. They provided samples of Vamousse lice treatments View Post

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Learn how to prevent pinworm infestations with these 10 tips from a mother of four. Prevent pinworms in kids and adults by sticking to these 10 easy to follow tips. Stop pinworms from spreading with these pinworm prevention tips. #Ad #Pinworms #Pinworm #Childhood #Motherhood #childrenshealth #kidshealth #healthykids #familyhealth #pinwormtreatment #pinwormprevention #pinwormmedicine #motherhoodtip #motherhoodhack #mamainthenow

How to Prevent Pinworms in Kids and Adults

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I am excited to work with Reese’s Pinworm Medicine again to bring you current and effective tips to prevent and combat pinworm infestations. The opinions stated in this post are 100% mine. Prevent pinworms in kids and adults There are numerous things in life no one wants to experience, not even View Post

Filed Under: Health, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Reviews, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years)

How to prepare your kids for their first summer camp. Summer camp for kids. Prepare your kids for summer camp. Summer camps for kids. How to get the most out of summer camp for kids. #Summercamp #SummercampsforKids #PrepareYourKidsForSummerCamp #MamaintheNow #FunSummer #SummerBucketList #SummerCamps

How to Prepare Your Kids for Their First Summer Camp

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How to prepare your kid for their first summer camp I won’t ever forget the first time I dropped my kids off at summer camp. Jordan and Jacob walked excitedly down the road, dragging their packed lunch boxes like they were brief cases filled with important documents. Jordan was so small, especially View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Summer, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years)

Instilling confidence and raising happy children is a challenge. The Danish way of parenting. Positive parenting tips. Parenting tips to raise happy and confident children. A growth mindset in parenting is important when raising confident kids. #TheDanishWay #PositiveParenting #Growthmindset #ConfidentKids #HappyKids #MamaintheNow

Raise Happy and Confident Children, The Danish Way

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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

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Get rid of pinworms (almost) naturally. Cure pinworms, find best solutions to your child's itchy bottom. Natural pinworm or threadworm cure for kids and adults.

How to Treat Pinworms (almost) Naturally – FOR GOOD!

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How to Treat Pinworms (almost) Naturally If you've found this post, first and foremost, please know that I am sorry. But also know that I am here to give you hope, tips and tricks of how to treat pinworms - all the information I am sharing here worked for our family.You have not been properly View Post

Filed Under: Health, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Popular, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: germs, health, Kids

Balance your kids' screen time with this great solution. Fun for preschoolers and toddlers. Music programming for kids. TV show recommendation for Preschoolers and Toddlers. #Screentime #Parenting #MusicForKids #TeachingKids #Preschoolers #Toddlers #LearningThroughMusic #MamaintheNow #WhatIsYourChildWatching #ExploreDiscoverAndGrow #ad

How to Effectively Balance Kids’ Screen Time

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This post was written in collaboration with Explore, Discover and Grow and the Mom it Forward Influencer Network. I received compensation in return for my honest review of the Explore, Discover and Grow series. Every opinion stated in this post is 100% mine.  Our Kids' Screen Time Consumption The View Post

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200+ Elf on the Shelf Ideas, Activities and Excuses! Elf on the Shelf Christmas inspiration to last you several years without ever repeating a trick! The best Elf on the Shelf tricks and hacks from around the internet! #ElfOnTheShelf #ChristmasElf #ElfOnTheShelfIdeas #Christmas #ElfOnTheShelfHacks

200+ Elf on the Shelf Ideas, Activities – and Excuses!

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It is the season of the Elf, the Elf on the Shelf that is! And while you are probably filled with excitement and ideas at all of the wonderful adventures your little Elf is going to go on, you may also be feeling a bit anxious that you will run out of ideas, or that your Elf may not appear to have View Post

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Raising secure and confident boys to be mature grown men. Parenting tips from a mother of three. Parenting boys and raising little men. Parenting advice from a mom of three boys. Raise secure boys who may or may not play sports. #Parenting #ParentingBoys #RaisingBoys #BoyMom #parentingtips #MamaintheNow #ParentingAdvice #RaisingLittleMen

How to Raise Secure Boys: Let Them Be Themselves!

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Please enjoy this guest post by Karen Lesh from M.O.B. Truths. She's a fellow boy-mom with great tips on how to raise secure boys. Her method may just surprise you, in a good, warm and fuzzy kind of way.  Raising secure boys, *even* without sports! "You must be sooo busy with all your boys’ View Post

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DIY Advent Countdown for Christmas Calendars. Christmas countdown for kids. Daily advent calendars for kids. These DIY Christmas advent calendars are Christmas fun for the whole family. #Advent #Adventcalendars #DIYChristmas #DIYAdventCalendar #DIYAdventCalendars #CountdowntoChristmas #mamainthenow #ChristmasCrafts

The Most Amazing DIY Advent Calendars for Christmas

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Make Christmas More Fun With These DIY Advent Calendars: I think we can agree that the excitement for Christmas and the whole Christmas season easily starts to build somewhere between the day after Christmas and the first day of school.  We try to put off getting to consumed by it until we have had View Post

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10 Super fun Halloween ideas for kids. Not too spooky halloween crafts for kids. Halloween crafts for kids. Halloween decorations you can make with your kids. #halloweenideasforkids #HalloweenCraftsForKids #Halloween #HalloweenCrafts #CraftsForKids #ForKids #MamaintheNow #NotSpookyHalloween #FunWithKids #FallFun

10 Super Fun Halloween Ideas for Kids

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Fun Halloween Ideas for Kids: Spooky and creepy or cute and adorable, either way you prefer your Halloween decorations and crafts, kids adore them all! We like simplicity of paper crafts and our kids enjoy making Halloween paper crafts too! From spiders to witches, from bats to monsters, there are View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Kid (6-9 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years)

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