Treats & Rewards – Yea or Nay?
Using treats and/or rewards with your kids. Some might call it bribery. Others may call it positive reinforcement. Still others might say it’s simply teaching cause and effect. And, like many choices...
View ArticleBaby Travel Options
There are so many ways to travel with your newborn, it’s crazy town! Strollers and baby carriers of all shapes, sizes and styles. Researching it all can almost get as in-depth as researching cloth...
View ArticleWhy Potty Training Setbacks Aren’t the End of the World
Raise your hand if you’ve potty-trained a small human. Or are in the midst of doing so. Or plan on having a child not enter college still having bedtime accidents. Then you know how daunting it may...
View ArticleTips for Going Back to Work After Baby
A week from today, I’ll be returning to work after a luxuriously extended maternity leave. I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to take more time off for our second baby (due to a miscalculation,...
View ArticleMy Experiences Cloth Diapering a Toddler
Our second child is officially a 16-month-old toddler. Actually, her body just seems to have caught up with her mindset; she clearly thinks she’s far older than she really is and wants to keep up with...
View ArticleThe Right Time to Start Cloth Diapering
As we mull our options for diapering our third newborn – either part-time cloth diapering as we’ve done with our second child, or attempting to give it a 100% go (the decision involves getting a...
View ArticleOur Common Threads
“The more things change, the more things stay the same.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr Motherhood is hard. There, I said it. Not only is the actual act of caring for and raising tiny humans difficult...
View ArticleIn Defense of Socializing
My kindergartener is having a blast in school. He’s learned to read and write multiple sentences at a time. His math skills are on point. He loves all of his “specials” equally. Oh, and he’s...
View ArticleMy Thoughts on Finding Balance
Whether you’re a stay-at-home parent, a work-at-home parent, or a parent who works outside the home, it can be difficult juggling all the responsibilities of daily life, your overall workload, and to...
View Article#Momrealness: Wellness Wednesday
It’s been decided: 2019 is the year of self care. The year of making yourself a priority and truly finding time and intention in your life to take care of yourself. This is the year of spending time...
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