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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

Tips for special needs moms. Tips for newly diagnosed medical moms. How to adjust to your new normal when your child has just been diagnosed. Help for heart moms with heart warriors. Learn how to find your happiness again as a medical mom, special needs moms. Find your happiness after a medical diagnosis. #MedicalMom #HeartMom #HeartWarrior #SpecialNeeds #SpecialNeedsMom #MamaintheNow

5 Important Things Every New Medical Mom Should Do

New Medical Moms, Listen Up! I am the mother of four boys ages 8 and younger. One of our little ones is medically complex and was diagnosed a few days after his text-book-delivery via scheduled c-section. He spent the first two months fighting for his life in the PICU, in a medically induced coma View Post

Filed Under: Health, Heart, Motherhood, Narcolepsy, Our Life, Special Needs Tagged With: Caregiver, Guest Blogging, Happiness, health, Heart, live in the now, special needs

Everything you need to know about hurricane preparations and hurricane safety. Prepare your home and family for a hurricane and keeping your family safe during and after a hurricane. This is a complete guide!

Hurricane Preparation and Safety! Everything You Need to Know!

Hurricane Preparation and Hurricane Safety! If you lived in the South during the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons you already know more than you ever cared to about hurricanes, how to prepare and the damage they leave behind. In case you are new to the area or just need a reminder, this is a View Post

Filed Under: Health, Life Style, Printables Tagged With: Guest Blogging, health, Printable, safety

The benefits of being present in your marriage. Really useful tips, advice and how to from a marriage counselor.

The Benefits of Being Present in Your Marriage

Today's article is a guest post! Marissa is a licensed Mental Health Counselor who specialized in couple's counseling and child development before starting her own family. She has been published in many academic journals and magazines.   We run ourselves ragged these days, and frankly, View Post

Filed Under: Life Style, Motherhood, Relationships Tagged With: family, Guest Blogging, Happiness, live in the now, Motherhood

5 Fun and Easy Ways for Busy Families to Connect

Today's post is a guest submission from Patricia Dimick. She has written a number of articles for me. Her articles are always timely and well-received. With such busy schedules, families spend too little quality time together these days. From school and tutoring time to extracurricular View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Hygge, Motherhood, Parenting Tagged With: Danish, family, Guest Blogging, live in the now, Motherhood, work life balance

Through Knowledge Comes Power: Sex Education for Young Kids

Through Knowledge Comes Power: Sex Education for Young Kids

"Through Knowledge Comes Power: Sex Education for Young Kids" a guest post by Bel Messer. Now we aren’t speaking about puberty or adolescence here. I am simply suggesting that we educate our young kids from 5 years in an age appropriate fashion. Believe it or not, "how babies are made" is a common View Post

Filed Under: Parenting, Reviews, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: Guest Blogging, health, Kids, Parenting Shortcut, review

Life with Twins! Your guide to twice the happiness and sanity!

Life with Twins! Your Guide to (twice the) Happiness and Sanity

Twins! Twice the excitement, the enjoyment, the diapers, the sleepless hours and unsolicited advice. If you are expecting or have twins, you have heard all the comments from (well-meaning) strangers, relatives and your mother-in-law! I figured that you might be tired of hearing the same commentary View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Kid (6-9 years), Motherhood, Parenting, Pregnancy, Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: Baby, Guest Blogging, health, Kids, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Sleep, Toddlerhood

The ultimate guide to buying the perfect stroller. Tips for new moms, twin moms and veteran moms!

Find the Perfect Stroller! Read This Before You Shop!

For most new parents, strollers are an essential piece of baby equipment. However, much like all the types of car seats, the array of stroller options can be overwhelming. New parents will need to do research before picking a stroller best suited to their unique situation. This is a guest post View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Life Style, Motherhood, Pregnancy Tagged With: Baby, Guest Blogging, Kids, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Pregnancy

Ten ways to Help a New Mom (Visiting Is NOT One of Them!)

As a new mom your emotions are running high and your energy is at an all time low. While you want to show off your precious bundle, you may have older kids at home adjusting to the new dynamics, you are recovering from labor and/ or surgery and quite frankly - having a parade of (well-meaning) loved View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Pregnancy Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, Guest Blogging, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Pregnancy

How to Raise Your Kids to be Bilingual

I know that raising bilingual kids is fun, because I did it – with raging success! I was that child that grew up bilingual! My fondest childhood memories are from activities we did to keep the legacy of our two cultures alive. The two countries are Denmark and the United States, my native tongues View Post

Filed Under: Our Life, Parenting Tagged With: Danish, family, Guest Blogging, Parenting Shortcut

Find Out Why I Like My Boss Better Than My Toddler - on Scary Mommy!

Why I Like My Boss WAY Better Than My Toddler

I recently came home from a long day at the office. I had missed my family something fierce - as I do every day. Being a working mother IS hard - regardless of how much you like your career and ADORE your job! As with anything hard in life, we have to find some positive attributes to make them seem View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Featured Articles, Funny, Guest Blogging, Motherhood, Toddlerhood, work life balance

Keep Your Nanny And Babysitter Happy!

I recently wrote an article about our interview process for hiring babysitters and nannies. It is really true what they say: “good help IS hard to find!” Once you have found a good caregiver for your children you will want to keep your nanny and babysitter happy! - cling on to them like only a View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: Baby, Guest Blogging, Kids, Motherhood, Toddlerhood, work life balance

Hire the Best Babysitters! Use this Proven 8 Step Process!

As parents we fret over every decision we make for our children, and childcare is no exception. Who do we trust to watch our children when we cannot be there?! Regardless whether we need help daily or occasionally, all day long or for a few hours, leaving our children in the care of someone other View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: Guest Blogging, work life balance

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