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The After-School Meditation Challenge

FAM, self By Guest August 29, 2021 3 Comments

What’s more stressful than trying to get the kids off to school in the morning? (Besides a pandemic). It has to be that moment when we walk in the door after school. Everyone is tired and grumpy. After sitting in the long, slow carpool lines and battling traffic on the drive home, I am irritated and impatient. My kids have a million stories about their day, competing with each other to get a word in, while getting louder and louder. When we get home I feel rushed to unpack the lunch bags and backpacks. There are homework planners to sign, papers to file away, dirty lunch containers to clean, and school flyers to read. And then the homework hoopla begins.

Anxiety: How It Impacts You And Your Child

kids By Guest January 11, 2021 No Comments

Ethan refuses to get out of the car as he arrives at the hockey rink… Sophie arrives for her ballet recital, but refuses to go up on stage… What do these children have in common? Anxiety.

How to Teach Your Kids Good Manners Every Day

grow, LIVE By Guest September 22, 2020 Tags: encouraging good manners, featured, manners, raising kids with good manners No Comments

How many of us have been there: busy mass transit situation, your legs are killing you after a long day’s work. No available seats, so you stand, exhausted though you are. Through it all, blissfully oblivious, several teens sit comfortably in their seats, earbuds plugged in, heads bobbing. All while your calves and toes scream for mercy.

5 Tips For A Fabulous Family Road Trip

Canada, ROAM By Guest June 29, 2020 39 Comments

When I was a child, our summer vacations were usually a three hour journey from our front door to the door of where we were staying. Most of the time we journeyed to our vacation destination via car and ferry. My sister and I loved that our parents were sharing with us all of the fabulous sites that our province had to offer whether we were camping by a lake, staying in a cottage by the ocean, or exploring the coast in an RV.

Introducing solid food to your Baby

baby, EAT By Guest May 29, 2020 No Comments

Q – When should my baby start eating solid food?

Inexpensive Maternity Clothes

GEAR, style By Guest April 7, 2020 Tags: empire waist, Fashion, inexpensive maternity clothes, maxi dress, pregnancy, style, used 2 Comments

Seeing as the entirety of pregnancy lasts about 9 months, the need for maternity clothes lasts at most the same length of time. Probably longer. D’oh. Why should you buy a whole new wardrobe to wear for a maximum of nine months, none of which will fit you after? The answer: You don’t have to! Maternity clothes are, for the most part, expensive and not very flattering. You do need to feel that you look as good as possible when you’re pregnant, though. No matter your sewing ability or willingness to search for inexpensive maternity clothes, you do have lots of options.

Questions You Can Expect As The Mother Of Twins

baby By Guest January 31, 2020 Tags: common twin questions, Parenting Twins, twin questions 4 Comments

When you step into the great wide world with your beautiful babes in a side by side stroller it’s hard to avoid the sometimes painful, and quite frankly, nosy, questions from well-meaning strangers. Going out to get groceries shouldn’t feel like a circus sideshow, but sometimes that’s the reality. Having twins is exciting, special and novel and not everyone has seen baby twins. That excitement can spill over into sometimes not the most appropriate questions you can expect as the mother of twins.

How to Become a Multi-Tasking Mama

grow By Guest January 29, 2020 Tags: mothers of multiples, multi-tasking, Parenting Twins, time saving 3 Comments

Mothers of multiples, if they didn’t have them before, have to develop shrewd multi-tasking skills. Multiple kids will turn you into a multi-tasking mama.

What To Do If Your Baby Has Cradle Cap

baby By Guest January 27, 2020 Tags: cradle cap, dandruff, excema No Comments

Cradle cap is a very common condition – roughly 50% of babies experience it and there is no cause for concern. The appearance of cradle cap is not linked to hygiene or allergies. It is harmless and, unless severe, does not cause discomfort for the baby. That’s the good news – don’t worry, mama!

Ways New Dads Can Help: Parenting Together

baby By Guest January 24, 2020 Tags: husbands helping, night feedings, partners helping, team work 2 Comments

New parents of twins are often taken by surprise… maybe you got pregnant earlier than planned and had to find accommodation to fit your growing family, particularly when you found out you were carrying twins! Maybe you had a difficult pregnancy, were on bedrest and/or had a challenging delivery and recovery. Perhaps you have financial issues as a result of the twin pregnancy and that is an additional burden for you and your partner. Perhaps one of you is still in school? All of these responsibilities and concerns can have a major effect on your relationship. How do you cope with night wakings and divide the load of household chores so that neither partner (you!) gets resentful? Luckily, there are lots of ways new dads can help.

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