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10 Things Other Parents Need to Know About Epilepsy. Find support and encouragement. Great resource for parents with newly diagnosed children.

10 Things Other Parents Need to Know About Epilepsy

I am kicking off this new series featuring a dear friend who answered my questions regarding her son’s epilepsy. Epilepsy is a catch-all term used for disorders and medical conditions causing recurrent seizures. This broad diagnosis is often frustrating to parents with a newly diagnosed child. View Post

Filed Under: Health, Parenting, Special Needs Tagged With: 10 Things Other Parents Need to Know, health, Kids, special needs

Ten Things Other Parents Need to Know About...! A series of empowerment and encouragement for parents with newly diagnosed children. These posts are one-stop resources of complex medical conditions.

10 Things Other Parents Need to Know About…

I am thrilled to introduce a new blog series called “Ten Things Other Parents Need to Know About…” Each blog post will feature a complex medical condition and a parent with an affected child will answer ten questions. These posts will be an invaluable resource to other parents with newly diagnosed View Post

Filed Under: Health, Parenting, Special Needs Tagged With: 10 Things Other Parents Need to Know, Caregiver, germs, Happiness, health, Heart, live in the now, Parenting Shortcut, special needs

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

Prevent and get rid of lice (almost) naturally!

Prevent and Get Rid of Lice (Almost) Naturally

It's "back to school" season! Time to dust off the lunch boxes, pull out the backpacks and get your kids ready to learn. They will learn how to make friends, do math, read and share. I hope your kids share only toys, experiences and knock-knock jokes. May they not feel the need to share, exchange or View Post

Filed Under: Health, Life Style, Our Life, Parenting Tagged With: family, germs, health, Parenting Shortcut

Turn Your iPhone Into a Life Saving Device. Follow these simple steps to set your phone up to speak for you - when you can't!

Turn Your iPhone Into a Life Saving Device

If you are anything like me (meaning: “an average mom”) you have A LOT of important information and pictures stored in your phone. In order to safeguard our privacy, as well as protect our phones from grubby little toddler fingers, we take advantage of the latest iOS View Post

Filed Under: Health, Life Style, Special Needs Tagged With: Caregiver, health, Heart, Motherhood, Printable, safety, special needs

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

8 Way to Keep Your Family SAFE When the Unexpected Happens! Free Printable Inside

8 Ways to Keep Your Family Safe When the Unexpected Happens

“Tove, this is Tina from your children’s soccer camp. Your boys were not picked up by Susan today. They are still here in the office with me. I have been trying to reach Susan for the past hour, but her cell phone goes to voice mail!” (Names and locations have been changed.) Imagine receiving View Post

Filed Under: Health, Life Style, Motherhood, Our Life, Parenting, Printables Tagged With: Caregiver, family, health, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Printable, safety, work life balance

The Unexpected Happened - and we were NOT prepared! Would you have been?

The Unexpected Happened…

“Tove! They found dad. Dad! They found him! They found him by the water! Tove, he’s not doing well.” May 17, 2008 was the day my sister in Denmark called me frantically. We were on our way home from Costco. I saw her first call and figured I would call her back when I got home. Then she called View Post

Filed Under: Health, Our Life Tagged With: Danish, family, health, safety, special needs

Send Your Child With Food Allergies to School SAFELY! Everything You Need to Know!

How to Educate Teachers About Food Allergies

A new school year is soon upon us. While it is an exciting time for the kids, it can be down-right stressful for parents. Children with food allergies are faced with the threat of (unknowingly) being exposed to the very items that will make them sick. Parents of these children have a lot of View Post

Filed Under: Health, Parenting, Special Needs Tagged With: health, Kids, safety, special needs

Asking Saves Kids!

Asking Saves Kids! I Ask! Do You? #AskingSavesKids

June 21st is the first day of summer! Ahhhhh, summer! It’s the time of year where families reunite across the miles. Vacations are spent in relatives’ homes and the kids have an endless stream of playdates with friends. We become more relaxed with bed time and even meal time. But as parents, our View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Expert Answers, friends, health, Printable, safety

Captain Citrus Saves the Day in Four Different Ways. Find out why the kids are laughing.

Captain Citrus Saves the Day in Four Different Ways!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Florida Department of Citrus for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. In a house full of little boys, there is great emphasis on super heroes, their incredible powers and how they always end up saving the day. Each of our four boys have their own View Post

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: brothers, health, review

Improve Your Child's Speech - Today. Advice from an expert!

Help Improve Your Child’s Speech – Today! Advice From an Expert

I love teaming up with pediatric experts to bring answers to your questions. I recently had my Facebook followers voice any concerns they had regarding their child's speech development. The response was incredible; we all share so many of the same issues and worries. My favorite Speech Language View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Baby, Expert Answers, health, Kids, special needs, Toddlerhood

35 Fun Ways to Improve Your Child's Handwriting! Without Writing! Incredible resource in one article. Written by a pediatric OT - expert advice!

35 Fun Ways to Improve Your Child’s Handwriting – Without Writing!

I often write about issues that concern my readers because I know that if one mom is worried, then chances are that others are as well. Today, I am going to address something that is a worry in my own life, and I am positive that many of you will appreciate the information. How is your elementary View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Special Needs, Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: Expert Answers, health, Kids, special needs

Having a Doula present at your birth and in the days/ weeks afterwards can help you in SO many surprising ways. Here are 36 amazing facts about doulas!

36 Amazing Facts About Doulas

It truly takes a village to not only raise a child, but also to support the parents in their journey. I recently discovered two incredibly strong, smart and loving women in my village, Jeni and Tina from Doulas of the Palm Beaches. These women make a living helping and caring for mothers and their View Post

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

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