SavvyMom
SavvyMom brings moms across Canada solutions to their everyday dilemmas, from green living to home organization, finding the best baby and mom products, planning birthday parties and entertaining the kids.
Calgary: The Savvy Guide to March
Don’t get too ahead of yourself just because the shops are filled with summer clothes. It’s almost March and you…
Toronto: The Savvy Guide to March
Don’t get too ahead of yourself just because the shops are filled with summer clothes. It’s almost March and you…
Ottawa: The Savvy Guide to March
Don’t get too ahead of yourself just because the shops are filled with summer clothes. It’s almost March and you…
Vancouver: The Savvy Guide to March
It might be raining but the rest of the country is still blanketed in snow and spring is just around…
Blue Me Away
To take a page out of Kermit’s book, it’s not easy being blue.
We know because lately we’re not quite navy yet but we’re definitely feeling azure or even maybe aqua.
But according to our good doctor, Dr. Ariel Dalfen, MD, staff psychiatrist at Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto), blue is a pretty common way to feel at this time of year.
Technically, the winter blues are a form of mild depression brought on by a decrease in exposure to sunlight as we move through autumn and winter. About 25% of people are affected by it and four times more women than men (so not fair) suffer from the winter blues (and its more severe counterpart, Seasonal Affective Disorder).
A Cozy Flick
Baby, it’s cold outside! But it’s nice and cozy in that theatre around the corner. And when was the last…
Littlest Treehouse on the Prairie
Sidle up to the coffee bar. Grab a gossip mag and kick back. Let your kids run wild (or at least skip enthusiastically). Sound a bit like a commercial that leaves you saying “as if”? Not at The Urban Treehouse, our fave new hang out for mommies in the Calgary area.
Homegrown Talent
Sometimes you feel like a little parenting advice could come in handy—but just a “little” help is not really on offer when you look at the parenting aisle of your local bookstore. We also know when you finally manage to get a few minutes to read, an advice-heavy book just can’t compete with the latest bestseller. (Or the check-out fodder of Brangelina’s latest exploits or Oprah’s 10 newest steps to a perfect life, for that matter.)
Head for the Hills
Aren’t you just loving those hint-of-spring colours showing up everywhere? Primroses and snowdrops are out and about, and you should be, too. Okay, technically it could still snow anytime, but we’ve discovered a destination point that will keep dispositions sunny even if the weather isn’t.
Bunch of Inspiration
Ever feel guilty that your kids know more about Dora than DaVinci or that they think Einstein is something you watch on TV, never mind about E=mc2? (Turn on your “time to worry” radar if they say they want to be Spongebob Squarepants when they grow up.)