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Sippy cups and Sushi – Top 10 Tips for Dining Out with Small Children
Your blissfully child-free friends looked upon you with pity when you told them that you were expecting.
“I guess you won’t be going out to dinner anymore, huh,” was a popular phrase that was echoed once you told them the news of your expanding family.
Nice Work if You Can Get It: Celebrity Motherhood vs. The Real Deal
There’s nothing more beautiful that an expectant mother and nothing more galling than moms who “effortlessly” lose their baby weight soon afterwards, is there?Â
I came across this article today and just had to post about it:
The feature…
The Top 10 Kids’ Comfort Foods
I’ve written about this time and time and time again: kids and food. More specifically, kids and their penchant for not eating the food that’s placed before them. You know how it goes, right? you make a healthy, wholesome and time-consuming meal…
The Top 10 Kids’ Comfort Foods
I’ve written about this time and time and time again: kids and food. More specifically, kids and their penchant for not eating the food that’s placed before them. You know how it goes, right? you make a healthy, wholesome and time-consuming meal…
Lincoln MKX: Luxury Family Style
I will first admit that for me, words luxury when tied to a car usually means ‘clean’ or ‘cup holders for all.’  Our Pacifica is getting on in years, but with it’s lovely leather seats and auto rear hatchback, we thought…
Zoobles for Nintendo DS
When we first spotted the ads for Zoobles on TV, we all said ‘aaah Bakugan for girls!’  This made my daughter happy. She was even happier when she received her first Zooble as a McDonalds toy (ah marketing!).  When I told her there was…
A Matter of Perspective?
This past weekend was all about sick kids. Thursday night Emily came down with a gastro and Chloe followed suit the next morning. Emily’s also on an antibiotic for a chest infection, Chloe’s on one for a urinary tract infection, and both girls have…
‘Fussy Baby’
I get defensive when it comes to my experience with my newborns. My daughter Abigail had colic, and my son, Zachary, we called Abby-lite in the early days. He was as fussy as a baby can be without being colicky. So I’ve done my time. That doesn’t…
Letting Go of Expectations: Accepting Your Fussy Baby
For mothers and fathers who are trying to cope with a very colicky baby, the best thing you can do to lower your frustration and anxiety is to accept your child for who she is. Sounds easy enough, right? Who wouldn’t accept his own child for who she…
The Lonely Mother
Young, overwhelmed mothers of fussy babies don’t usually ask for help. It’s almost unheard of. They can be treading water, on the verge of being pulled under and they’ll still need to be coaxed to reach out. They meet other mothers in public and…