“95% of baby foods that were tested in the U.S. contain toxic metals damaging to baby’s brain development.” This charming headline came out today. As the mom to 3 young kids, including a 7 month baby who is just starting to eat solids, it obviously caught my attention that toxic metals in baby food were…
The Key To Making Parenting Easier
There are lots of things I wish I knew as a first time mom that could have helped in making parenting easier. Is the belly button cord really supposed to look like that?? Are Facebook Mom Groups really this intense? Why do children need SO MANY GOLDFISH CRACKERS? I spent a lot of time before…
The Best Toys for 4 Year Old Boys: A Gift Guide
Find the BEST TOYS for 4 year old boys with this list of fun, well-built and engaging toys to encourage deep play.
50+ Kids’ Halloween Costume Ideas
With Halloween right around the corner, I’ve compiled a gallery of the best reader submitted kids’ halloween costume ideas, as well as some winners from our costume competition, to help inspire you on your halloween costume hunt! Pumpkin spiced lattes are accosting me at every turn, so ’tis the season as far as I’m concerned. …
They Grow, We Grow
My oldest son started Kindergarten today. I knew that I would be nostalgic, when the time came. Nostalgic because his babyhood is now behind us, and childhood proper is beginning. The truth is, I always figured I would prefer this stage – the “big kid” stage. I’m not really a baby person, or at least…
A couple clapped when we left the restaurant. Here’s what I’d like to say to them..
This weekend, my extended family went to North Conway. It was a big group of us out to dinner after a day at Echo Lake – a total of 8 young kids and 8 adults. Admittedly it was a large group, but we were eating at a very casual restaurant right outside of Story Land,…
Our Babies Are Off To School
School starts in just a few weeks. This summer flew by. These last 5 years flew by, even in their messy, exhausting moments. They were a blur, gone in a blink, and now they are snapshots in a frame, our phones, our memories. They are past. The hard part isn’t the logistics – the morning…
Car Naps
Every day, from noon until 2:00, we drive around for “car naps.” This, as you may have noticed, is a two hour block of time. That’s insane you may be thinking. Which, yes, obviously it is. Who does that?? If you are tempted to answer “incompetent parents” then, first off, RUDE. Second off, fine, technically…
My Favorite Summer Toy of 2019
This post may contain affiliate links. You can read my full disclosure policy here. It’s a bit late in the season to be sharing this recommendation with you, but I seriously love this yard water slide so much I want to pass it along so you too can bask in its glory. This toy is…
What Kids Really Need From Their Moms
There’s no way to be perfect at it all, all the time. You’re still a good enough mom. Healthy dinners and strict screen time limits. Days full of activities and enrichment and good bedtime routines. The vitamins and tooth brushing and clothes shopping and permission slips and the endless patience. The endless patience. Trying…
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