I dreamed of growing my family and giving my older daughter a sibling. However, a divorce derailed my plans, until I met my current husband and we were lucky enough to welcome a healthy baby girl to our brood. While I was pregnant, I would daydream about their little giggles as they plotted against me, the duets echoing from the backseat of the car, the snuggles, hand-holding, and even the bickering. Delivering ...
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Keeping up with high-energy kids can be daunting. And if we’re being honest, sometimes this leaves us not wanting to deal with certain situations at all. If you can relate, I have some simple ideas coming your way to make things easier. Set Boundaries and Be Consistent First, let’s make one thing super clear: kids need boundaries. Some kids are just born busy, and some have sensory issues which can mimic behavioral problems. ...
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When you become a parent, you get used to everyone around you giving you conflicting advice. If you co-sleep, you’ll never get them out of your bedroom. If your baby sleeps in a nursery, you’ll struggle to breastfeed. If you try to structure your baby’s day, you’ll drive yourself crazy. And on. And on. And ON. In the face of an overwhelming number of big decisions to make, it’s understandable that parents cling to whatever ...
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Your baby’s first Halloween is a BIG deal — for pictures and Pinterest. But for a baby, it’s just another day of being carted around in a cute outfit, wondering what the heck all the fuss is about. Baby’s first Halloween is more an exercise in preparedness and managing expectations than it is candy-sorting and trick-or-treating routes. Your main priority is to capture a picture of your baby in her costume ...
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Past the age of 12, parents start to look at their gangly, hormonal kids heading out the door in a costume with a pillowcase on Halloween and wonder — Are they too old for this? It’s a fair question, and one with no clear answer: Just how old is too old to trick or treat? There are no hard and fast laws, and even if there were, enforcing them would be a challenge. ...
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Summertime and popsicles go together like kids and sticky. I’m what people call a crunchy parent, but even I cave when it comes to popsicles, because hey — it’s a part of growing up, right? But when you’re the parent of tiny humans, you do what you can in a day to survive without metaphorically shooting yourself in the foot. Red dye and corn syrup is a surefire way to torpedo my ...
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When you’re traveling with twins, life is double complicated. In lieu of not being able to sprout an extra set of arms, the right gear is a game-changer. We’ve rounded up the best strollers for pack-mule parents of multiples, the most pocketed and shoulder-friendly diaper bags, and everything else you need to get you and your littles from A to B without losing your sanity along the way. The Gear for Flying The ...
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Moms of multiples have a lot to think about. Worrying about how to fit car seats in your vehicle shouldn't be one of the things keeping you up at night. Finding the best car seat configuration for two or three children can be tricky. Many car seats are too wide to fit right next to each other three across in a back seat. Seriously, this is a thing, and you are ...
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As new parents, we often fall into the trap of believing we can’t keep a beautiful home with kids. Our friends laugh and wish us luck when we say our home will never look like theirs. I’ll be the first to admit that it does take some creativity and a lot of work, but it can be done. With a toddler at home and another on the way, I’m going to ...
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Having a kid who gets car sick is like having the world’s most disgusting, most adorable volcano in your car with you. Our kids can be like ticking little time bombs of vomit, and while it’s not their fault, it’s no less awful for our upholstery. What can you even DO about car sickness in kids, though? It turns out the science behind it is pretty simple. What Causes Car Sickness? To understand how ...
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