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Don't succumb to baby-book guilt. These are fun and easy ways to record milestones for your baby, toddler and older kids. Enjoy motherhood without guilt!

10 Better Ways to Record Milestones Than in a Baby Book

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

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Motherhood, Pregnancy, Reviews, Toddler (2-5 years)

Going out, for the first time with a newborn is daunting, overwhelming and scary for new moms! These tips and hacks to pack a diaper bag will give you confidence that you have what you need. How to pack a perfect diaper bag - tips and hacks for new moms.

How to Pack a Perfect Diaper Bag, Tips for New Moms

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

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Motherhood, Reviews, Toddler (2-5 years)

learn the 8 signs of teething so you can calm your baby. Drooling infants, sleepless nights and runny noses can all be signs of teething, but there are a few surprising symptoms too! Motherhood teething tip!

Learn the Eight Signs of Teething!

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

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Health, Our Life, Parenting, Popular, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Baby, family, health

Sibling rivalry solutions:Are you tired of sibling rivalry, the constant fighting and bickering? Our pediatrician gave us the best solution - and it works! It's a total parenting win! Positive parenting, empowering kids, stop the sibling fights and arguments.

Are You Tired of Sibling Rivalry? Our Pediatrician Has The Best Solution!

When your kids fight over the fact that they have nothing to fight over, it's time for some good sibling rivalry solutions! Our pediatrican recommended this! “MOM? MOM! MOOOMMMM? MOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!! He’s doing IT again! Can you come tell him to stop it?” I told the kids to get in the van so we View Post

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

17 Toddler Expressions That Will Make Your Day

I received promotional items from LEGO® DUPLO® in return for my honest review. The opinions stated in this post are 100% mine - and the kids'.  The house is quiet, for once. The big kids are in school. It’s just Jonah and I on the living room floor. There is a wall of laundry to the left of us, View Post

Filed Under: LEGO, Reviews, Toddler (2-5 years)

9 Versatile Paper Crafts. Origami, spinners, Pokemon crafts and STEM activities - all with the use of a few simple sheets of paper.

9 Versatile Paper Crafts

Did you know that paper can be so much fun? Some people spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on toys to entertain their children. To each their own, but we have so much fun creating our own out of paper! Don’t get me wrong, I still buy my kids toys, but the times we have spent making our own, like View Post

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

When do you let your bullied child handle things? When should the parents or the school get involved? Expert tips for what parents should do when their child is bullied.

What Should You Do When Your Child Is Being Bullied?

The change was drastic, from one day to the next he went from happy to silent. Our child was bullied, but thankfully an expert gave me advice days prior. Our child was bullied The change was drastic, from one day to the next. He had been an open book all year. Cheerful, happy and full of funny View Post

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

Is your toddler eating enough? Worrying about your toddler's diet can be stressful. Feel confident that your picky eater is getting enough to eat with this incredible tool.

How To Tell If Your Toddler Is Eating Enough

How to Tell If Your Toddler Is Eating Enough If you have a toddler, you’ve probably discovered that feeding a toddler isn’t the easiest of tasks. Chances are you offer them some food (preferably tasty and healthy food), watch them pick a few mouthful and the proceed to fling the rest across the View Post

Filed Under: Parenting, Toddler (2-5 years)

Are you asking these 10 questions before dropping your child off at a play date? Hosting a fun and safe play date requires upfront answers to hard questions. Click to read more - and get a free printable.

Are You Asking The 10 Questions That Will Keep Your Child Safe?

Play dates! Love them or hate them, they are a great way to get your child to socialize with their friends. Now that our two oldest are in elementary school they are starting to invite friends over to the house. Sometimes we know the parents, but there have been times where we have set up “blind View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Printables, Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: friends, Kids, Printable, safety

7 ways to help your introverted child in an extroverted world. Tips to help your shy and quiet introvert.

7 Ways to Help Your Introverted Child in an Extroverted World

Do you have an introverted child? Is it hard to watch him navigate an extroverted world? There are several things you can do to help. Try these tricks. A Shy Little Girl “Hi, little girl. I am your grandfather’s neighbor. What’s your name? You know it’s not polite to ignore adults, View Post

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

How To Be Proud Of Your Parenting Choices, Even When Others Disagree

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

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Motherhood, Toddler (2-5 years)

5 awesome things you can go outside while baby wearing. Great ideas for ways to have fun with your family out in nature.

5 Awesome Things You Can Do Outside While Baby Wearing

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

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Life Style, Motherhood, Our Life, Parenting, Reviews, Toddler (2-5 years)

How to handle toddler tantrums and rude strangers. This mom has the perfect come back! Parenting is hard enough - let's lift each other up!

How to Handle Tantrums and Rude Strangers

Jonah and I were running errands on one of our “quality time mornings.” His three brothers were in school, so it was just me and my little side-kick. Every ounce of my attention went to the little boy with the big brown eyes and the sweetest bowl hair cut. He wore his favorite outfit, the blue R2D2 View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Motherhood, Parenting, Toddler (2-5 years)

The 8 best parenting tips to turn Sibling Rivalry into Brotherly Love. Parenting hacks from a mother of four boys.

The Best Tips to Turn Sibling Rivalry Into Brotherly Love

“Hey Jansen, do you want to play Star Wars with me?” Jordan (7) is peeking his head around the corner to the living room, looking for his younger brother Jansen (4). Their eyes meet and Jansen jumps up, excited for the opportunity and honor of playing with his older brother. Jansen knows from View Post

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

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