Posts Tagged ‘Parenting’
Fussy Eaters- Why I Won’t Allow my Kids to be Picky Eaters
I have been told that there is a difference between fussy eaters and picky eaters. Apparently, a fussy eater is someone that can like something one day and change their mind the next day. A picky eater is defined as someone that has a reluctance to try new foods, which can limit the foods that…
Read MoreHow to Connect with Your Teen
Learning how to create moments to connect with your teen are vitally important to encourage a bond. A bond that continues between your teen and you, but also serves a means to learn what is happening in their world. As your child grows into this teenager stage, you will find a tweak in how they…
Read MoreHow to Balance Multiple Children
Are you often found juggling parenthood of multiple children? Does it seem like every day you are being torn in too many directions between your multiple children? Today we will guide you through some methods on how to balance multiple children, to include ways to incorporate alone time with child as a means to strengthen…
Read MoreTips for Raising Teenagers
The dreaded teen years. The age of peer pressure, body changes and a new force within that pushes your child towards a strong sense of independence. Raising teens is the second most difficult stage in parenthood, comparable only to the toddler years. As a parent to a teenager you will start to notice a trend…
Read MoreRaising Boys- It’s an Adventure
Before you become the parent of boys, you never realize just how much of an adventure it is raising boys. You think you have done it already, this raising kids job super easy and nothing can make you cringe again, well that theory will change soon after you become a parent of a boy. Raising…
Read MoreHow Raising a Teen is like Raising a Toddler
Your child has grown, the toddler days are in the rear view mirror or so you thought. Welcome to the teen years where you will think those toddler years were pure bliss; hormones, adolescence, coming of age, you know all that stuff you went through? Well now you are the parent in this scenario and…
Read MoreWhy Teaching Your Kids Manners is Important
Being a parent comes with many responsibilities and one of the most important responsibilities as a parent is teaching kids manners. Teaching manners simply assists in ensuring you are raising well rounded, polite future adult citizens. The hope of every parent is that they are doing it right! Don’t worry! I am sure you are…
Read MoreThe Most Important Parts of Being a Mom
Being a mom is the most rewarding position one can ever hold, but it comes with lots of mishaps, bad days and shake your head moments. A mom is the most underpaid and over worked job in the world and yet you will often see a mom out there with her little children smiling away.…
Read MoreWhen Mom is Sick, No one Cares
Is it true that when Mom is sick no one cares? I am not sure 100% sure, but honestly, it sure as heck seems that way. My 4 year old daughter came down with a brutal cold on Monday of last week. She was coughing, sneezing and snotting all over everything in her path. In…
Read MoreWhen Do Babies Sleep Through The Night?
It’s a question that all new and exhausted Mothers want an answer to. I get it, you’re tired. You’re begging for sleep. In your comatose state you take to google and type in the words: “When do Babies sleep through the night?” You’re hoping that the search engine will provide you with some magical answer…
Read MoreDear Family, The House Doesn’t Clean Itself
Dear Family, I have news for you. BIG NEWS! You won’t believe it. Are you ready? The house doesn’t clean itself. There. I said it! We are not the owners of a fancy self cleaning house, although that does sound spectacular. Wait, what? You don’t believe me? Dear Family, Listen to me, that porcelain throne…
Read MoreWhy Children Need Schedules
Children need schedules. I stick by this vehemently. I have been raising my Children with schedules since the day they were born. Of course when they were babies, the schedules were a little less strict, as babies kind of decide when they want to eat, when they want to sleep and when they are going…
Read More4 Things I say to Myself After My Kids go to Bed
After my Kids go to bed, I have conversations with myself. Not full blown conversations, really. Mostly just fleeting moments of thought. Sometimes I do reassure myself though, or devise a plan to over come what bothers me as a parent, wife and person. There are moments, that I do wonder if I am the…
Read MoreExcuse Me Husband, The Bathroom isn’t a Lounge
Some days I swear I may as well put a mini fridge in the Bathroom and call it a day. All toilet talk aside, I consider myself pretty darn lucky to be married to my husband. Don’t get me wrong, I am glad I am married to this man, I am just kind of tired…
Read MoreTips to Get Your Kids Excited About Homework
Homework. Just uttering the word to your child can start a series of moans and groans. Do you feel like you are at the end of your rope? I know I have. Homework isn’t necessarily every child’s favorite thing to do. Let’s be honest here. Homework isn’t exactly a party that you can get excited…
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