Sitting with a group of adult students that I teach, I showed them a list of questions from the NY Times, guaranteed to make anyone fall in love. We weren’t aiming for love, but rather, group bonding and a...
"Mommy, push me high-yaaaa," my 2.5-year-old yells from his perch on the swing set glider, laughing in delight as I pull the ride-on toy back to launch him into the air, my burgeoning belly getting kicked along the way.
My...
I'll admit it: I lie to my toddler about food from time to time.
Oh, you want ice cream for breakfast? Sure, here's a frozen yogurt.
I continue to be impressed by my son Jackson's developing palate and am thankful he...
Since this is World Breastfeeding Week, let’s take a moment to reflect that in other parts of the world, nursing without a cover wouldn’t even be a debate.
When all else fails, we come back to my standby — laughter. Kids are just funny. And at the end of the day, I laugh way more as a mom than I ever did before having kids. (Sometimes that's so I don't cry.) But most of the time it's because the greatest unexpected gift of motherhood is how much I really like my little people.
SEASON 02: WICKED GOOD PREGNANCY | EPISODE 05
Feeding Your Baby with Nurture by NAPS
We know that one of the most stressful decisions a mom can make is how she will feed her baby. On today’s episode we are hearing...
Be flexible. As we are learning from the current ever-changing news cycle, things change rapidly. Make a schedule — and set goals, because kids need to know what to expect — but be willing to hold it loosely, and adapt to what your kids are communicating. If they're having a blast building Legos, don't move things along to get to "requirements." Don't be so hell-bent on a particular goal that you miss the bigger lesson your kids are learning about kindness and care for others.
At the end of the musical "Into the Woods," there is a song called "Children Will Listen." As a child, I loved the show because of the fun characters. As an adult, it's the final song that hits home...
Parenting is a messy job. But it really is the best job. How can you compare the snuggles, the beautiful pictures, and the endless hours reading children's books to anything else in the world? Parenting is joyous!
But what happens...
Around this time of year, I always get the itch to get the house cleaned and organized — before spring sports start up, before we are outside more, and before spending an afternoon going through 50 single socks no...
I am exhausted. At the end of the day, though, I’m still your baby. I still need your snuggles and your love. It will get easier for both of us, I promise. And in the meantime, look at my sweet little 3-year-old face. You really haven’t seen anything more adorable than your sleeping toddler, have you?
Blippi, you are welcome to stay for as long as Gabe will have you. With each new video you post, new words appear in my son's vocabulary. You have been a bonus teacher to him, encouraging his growth in an engaging, toddler-appropriate way.
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