Being a parent is undoubtedly the most wonderful, amazing, and also the most challenging thing I’ve ever experienced. And learning how to deal with a 3 year old? It has honestly been an enormous challenge. I’M JUST BEING HONEST. With each age, young children become more delightful and adorable, while also becoming harder to manage. They …
I’ve seen a lot of posts recently from parents asking for advice on how to get their little ones to keep their masks on. Now, this is NOT A DEBATE over whether or not masks work or if we should or shouldn’t be wearing them. You can take that debate elsewhere. This is simply some …
Driving overnight with a baby may sound daunting, (or traveling with a baby at all) but our firstborn was 6 months old when we made our first 12-hour road trip. Since he typically slept about 12-hours at night and slept really well in his infant car seat, it made sense for us to drive overnight. …
Summertime, and the livin’s easy…. unless you’re a mom. Then it’s more like summertime and the livin’s the same except now all your kids are home and you have to put sunscreen on squirming children. Having a solid summer schedule for your toddlers and other younger kids is crucial. This doesn’t mean that you have …
It’s a lot of work to take small children out in public and toddler twins are no exception. You have to pack up your diaper bag, get the children dressed, shoes and coats on, and then hustle them out to the car and buckle them into their car seats. Taking toddler twins out in public …
Social distancing. Schools are shut down. Restaurants are shut down. We’re stuck at home with our kids, alllll day long. I LOVE my kids and love the opportunity to spend time with them. However, not being able to leave the house… to grab a coffee or go to Target or meet a friend for lunch… …
When our daughter was 4 months old, we did sleep training with her. Full on cry it out. Exactly what you think of when most people think of the term “sleep training”. It was horrible. It’s the hardest thing we’ve had to do with her. It’s also the best thing we’ve done! Following sleep training, …
how to handle the crib to bed transition and keep your toddler in bed Ohhhh, transitions. Right when you think you’re nailing parenting, BAM! It’s time for potty training or the crib to bed transition, and you question everything you ever knew about parenting You then decide that your children can wear diapers and sleep …
“Pick your battles.” “Take it easy.” “Don’t be so hard on yourself.” “Give yourself some grace.” These are sayings that are thrown around at parents. While, I do think that YES, we need to give ourselves grace and pick our battles, these sayings can be dangerous if we take them too seriously. *This post originally …
chores for your four-year-old I am big on children doing chores. I think it’s such an important way to teach a good work ethic and taking responsibility for things. The main reason I teach my children to do chores though is because I am their mom, but not their servant. Oftentimes on television shows, you …