After a long morning of surviving two kids, every little thing my baby did seemed to be something that would be unacceptable for an adult or older child to do. So it started making me think how newborns are really against the grain to the rest of society. I mean, they have it so easy…
Continuing in a series of guest posts by other bloggers for my maternity leave, here is a favorite and one you should love. It is by Lauren Tamm of The Military Wife and Mom and it is all about simple rules in raising confident toddlers. I personally love this concept because, don’t we all want our children…
What if we gave our children helpful boundaries by telling them what they could do, showing them their guardrails, instead of always insisting they not do something, making them wonder what their boundaries actually are? This is where shifting to positive language comes into play instead of always saying no as a parent. We want…
This year is coming to a close and that’s always a great time to reflect on what happened in the previous twelve months! This year was definitely a year for the books in our home in many ways, but most notably I learned so many lessons in motherhood and got a full dose of what life…
I have a very strong-willed toddler. She wants to do everything for herself and I am glad to have her try. However actually fostering an environment that encourages her independence has been a little trickier because of making sure items are safe, easily accessible, and well-thought-out for her. That being said, encouraging independence in toddlers…
My daughter has been 2 for three weeks now and it’s as if someone let her know that being two meant acting differently. Literally, it feels like a switch went off in her and now each day contains power struggles, meltdowns, and choices. Lots of choices. In the journey to foster her independence over the…
Deep in my soul I yearn for friends. Real friends. Ones that I see often, that check in on me, that I check in on, and that want to share life with me but understand that seasons of life can dictate my own involvement in their life and vice versa. I long for a village….
November is here and that means that Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and everything in between is here. It means that we will potentially be around family, that we will be stressed, and that there will be a lot to do. So much to do, that many times we fail to find ourselves truly living in…
We have all heard the phrase, especially those who have entered into the realm of parenthood. It’s truly a lesson to live by: “When you know better, you do better”. But what does it mean? Does it mean that we walk around judging others because they don’t “know better”? Does it mean that we have…
Whether your child is an infant, toddler, or teen, they all struggle with venturing into the unknown. They struggle with these HUGE emotions that make them freeze in the moment or break down into a meltdown to end all meltdowns. They happen in public, at family get-togethers, and right when you think things are going…
This is a touchy subject. While it’s literally about touch, it’s also an open letter with my heart in my hands to try explain my childhood to all those who didn’t and still don’t understand. It’s to defend myself as an adult and to not be ashamed that “I am who I am”, and I have…
While we live in a world of convenience and “easy living”, our family has chosen a path where the motto is “if it’s not an option, we can’t choose it”. It may sound odd and it is definitely not for everyone, but the idea is one worth exploring. Instead of buying into a lot of…