Entertainment
Last Minute Valentine’s Day Cards: FREE Printable
Forget about that classroom Valentine’s Day party for your kid? I’ve been there and done that so I made my own printable Valentine’s Day cards for my kids to pass out.
Encouragement
Help me remember that I am still the woman you fell in love with.
Featured on Huffington Post Parents and Good News. You may not realize this, but I finish most days feeling like an emotional punching bag for our tween, a complete life-ruiner to our five-year-old because I made him clean up his Lego mess and a literal punching bag to our dear toddler Read more…
Featured
My baby had a flat head but we avoided using a helmet. Here’s how we did it.
My baby had a flat head but we avoided using a baby helmet for flat head syndrome. Here’s how we did it. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Read more…
Parenting
What is Flat Head Syndrome?
What exactly is flat head syndrome? Flat head syndrome or positional plagiocephaly happens when a flat spot begins to develop on the back or the side of a baby’s head. A common cause of flat head syndrome is lying an infant in the same position every time they go to Read more…
Featured
Screen-Free Activities to Keep Busy on a Road Trip
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a problem with screens when you’re traveling with kids. Traveling is less painful now than it was when I was a kid (and suddenly I sound like a 70-year-old) with all the portable devices we can easily access for entertainment. Even with screens, Read more…
pregnancy
Top Ten Pregnancy Books for First Time Moms
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Toddler
Toddler Sleep – Yes, it’s still important.
Did you know that toddler sleep is just as important as infant sleep? It is. You’re still setting the foundation for your child’s lifelong sleep habits. Whenever I think about sleep and how important it is, and maybe this is a little extreme, but I like to think about how Read more…
Toddler
Five products toddlers need to aid sleep because if that toddler isn’t sleeping you’ll be miserable
Just when you think you have it all together, your sweet little baby is now a toddler. Toddler sleep, while you may think is not as important as baby sleep, you’ll find that it’s still just as important as it was when your fiesty threenager was just a little two-month-old. Read more…
Twin Cities
Five Reasons a Mall of America® Trip Needs to be on your Travel Bucket List.
I remember when the Mall of America® (MOA®, as we Minnesotans call it) opened. It was huge, bright and beautiful. The possibilities seemed endless back then and I’m happy to report that that feeling’s still present over 25 years later. If you have never visited the MOA this is the Read more…
Parenting
Breastfeeding Problems: A Clogged Nipple What?
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Once upon a time when my middle child was still an infant and I was nursing her exclusively, Read more…