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The 10 Must Have Items For Your Baby’s Medicine Cabinet

The 10 must-have items for your baby's medicine cabinet. These supplies will get new moms and veteran moms through baby's first colds and fevers with ease! The 10 Must-Have Items For Your Baby's Medicine Cabinet Whether you are an expecting mom, new mom or one who has trudged through the trenches View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Health, Parenting, Pregnancy, Special Needs Tagged With: Baby, health, Heart, Kids, Pregnancy, special needs

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How To Find The Best Asthma Management Plan For Your Child

This post was sponsored by the American Lung Association. All opinions are my own. How To Find The Best Asthma Management Plan For Your Child It’s exactly 11:38 pm. Our family has been in bed for three hours. Our oldest kids are nestled in their beds, sound asleep. Our youngest is next to me, View Post

Filed Under: Health, IG Links, Life Style, Parenting, Printables, Reviews, Special Needs

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How to Identify and Decode Your Boy’s Emotions

Mamas of Boys: Identifying & Decoding Their Emotions Most people think bringing up boys is easier than raising girls because they don’t have as much drama going on. Having brought up both boys and girls, I can tell you that that assumption is incorrect. Boys do have as much drama and emotions View Post

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

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How Parents Can Save Their Teens from the Vaping Epidemic

Vaping among teens is spreading like wildfire. It has become a health crisis. Learn what parents can do to save their teen from the vaping epidemic. How Parents Can Save Their Teens from the Vaping Epidemic When you’re raising teens or tweens, life isn’t easy. They’re at a stage of life where View Post

Filed Under: Health, Parenting, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years)

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The Best Guide to Experience Gifts for Kids and Teens

I am honored to feature another post today from Sidney Young from Need Organizing? She is a “regular” on my blog because I love her down-to-earth common sense ways to combat clutter and keep your home organized! I know you will love this article from her too! Here is Sidney’s: "The Best Guide to View Post

Filed Under: Gift Guides, Hygge, Life Style, Parenting, Winter Tagged With: Baby, Guest Blogging, Kids, Toddlerhood

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5 Things No One Tells You About Parenting a Boy

5 Things No One Tells You About Parenting a Boy Parenting a boy is one of the most important tasks you’ll do in your lifetime. Raising a boy from an infant to a man has a lot of challenges. In fact, a lot of these things, no one ever tells you about. There is no magical secret to raising a boy into View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Kid (6-9 years), Motherhood, Parenting, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years)

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Why is a Hygge Lifestyle So Popular Right Now?

Why is a hygge lifestyle so popular right now? Hygge is a Danish and Norwegian word used to describe the feeling of comfort and coziness. The concept of hygge focuses on creating joy and contentment in the everyday moments of our daily life. Hygge is about so much more than just candles and fuzzy View Post

Filed Under: Hygge, Life Style, Motherhood, Parenting

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End of Summer Family Bucket List the Whole Family Will Love

The summer is drawing to an end. Get the most out of the last few days with these fun end of summer family bucket list ideas. Summer Family Bucket List Summer is coming to an end. There are only so many days left of clear skies, warm sunshine, and high temperatures before school takes over again View Post

Filed Under: Life Style, Parenting, Summer

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20 Potty Training Reminders for Desperate Parents

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

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

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

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Motherhood, Parenting, Pregnancy, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Baby, brothers, Kids, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Pregnancy, Toddlerhood

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

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

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

How to handle your children's video games positively. Put a positive spin on screen time. Turn video games and screen time into family time. Tips for how to parent tweens and teens. Teen parenting tips. Screen time tips for families. #VideogamesforKids #ChildrensVideoGames #ScreenTime #Parentingtweens #ParentingTeens #MamaintheNow

How to Handle Your Children’s Video Games Positively

How to Handle Your Children's Video Games Positively It can feel like you are constantly trying to snag your children’s attention, whether they are staring at their phones or simply not paying attention. But one thing that tends to frustrate a lot of parents is when they have to deal with their View Post

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

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

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)

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