One of my favorite parenting bloggers, Nina V. Garcia from Sleeping Should be Easy recently wrote her first parenting book: Parenting with Purpose: How to Raise Well-Behaved Children and Build a Strong Parent-Child Relationship. I am so excited to share the book with you, as I know it will truly View Post
Turn Your Reluctant Reader Into a Bookworm
“But Mama, I can’t read”, “Can we just do something OTHER than reading?”, “NOOOOOOOOOO, I don’t want to read!” - if these words can be heard in your home on any given afternoon during homework time, then this post is for you. One of our boys is what I would call a “reluctant reader," - or rather a View Post
10 Things Other Parents Need to Know About Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes
I am SO honored to have my friend Megan share her experience with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes. Her beautiful daughter, Maeve was diagnosed several years ago when she was just a toddler. Megan and Maeve have done an incredible job spreading awareness and educating others of the devastating disease. View Post
Learning Through Play, the Danish Way
Americans are busy people. We run to and fro at a high rate of speed. We over-schedule our days all in an effort not to miss anything. We thrive on productivity, a concept that is often confused with “a lot of harried movement.” As a culture we unfortunately no longer value “downtime”/ “free time” View Post
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
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
My Promotion!
I am thrilled to announce that I recently accepted a new position, read all about my promotion! This is the job I applied for: Executive to Supervise a Team of Micro-Managers Candidate must possess the following qualifications: Excellent conflict negotiation and resolution skills. Prior View Post
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
Be Organized, Reach Goals and Have Fun with FREE PRINTABLES
I am SO excited to share this collection of printables with you. One of my favorite bloggers, Emily at My Love For Words is an incredibly efficient and organized mom. She has saved my sanity a number of times with her spreadsheets and lists, so I decided it was time to help you, my dear reader. I am View Post
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
DUPLO Flash Cards (Free Printables)
LEGO recently sent us this adorable DUPLO set for Jansen. I am not quite sure who was more excited, me or him… We both saw endless opportunities for hours of fun. Of course we played with the tractor and we built towers, cars and houses. However, DUPLO sets are much more than building blocks. I saw View Post
20 Stolen Moments of Sanity for Mothers
We are constantly on the go, rushing to and fro, trying to fit as much as possible into our already over-extended lives. We have to stop, breathe and find our focus. The frazzled rushing is counter-productive. We need a goal-oriented focus in order to be constructive. We are unfortunately unable to View Post
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
Preschool Ready with Music, Song and Dance
Your toddler has started to sing along to the ABCs. He adorably stumbles through the L-M-N-O-P part, but he’s forgiven, because so do you. He can count to 14 without skipping too many numbers and only repeating 8 three times. All this must mean that he should start preschool, right? But how do you View Post