Most all of us have heard about the five love languages and how we can show those around us love in a way that they understand. But few people seem to focus on how everyone has two love languages – one for how they give love naturally and one for how they naturally feel loved….
I get it. Today was rough. So was yesterday, last week, and last month. Raising toddlers and young children in general is not joke and some days you just need to see the silver lining to raising these little humans. You need to know that you’re doing something right… or you at least just need…
There is a model of parenting that elicits a certain amount of fear in a child that if they don’t do what you want them to, you will do something they really don’t want. It’s a parenting style that is easily used because it uses persuasion to get a child to act accordingly. However, in the grand…
In the age where children are inconsolable, dealing with big emotions, and many times lack the words to effectively communicate, it is important for parents to be there to help fill in the gaps rather than create more distance. When a toddler is throwing a tantrum or is on the verge of getting upset, it’s…
We have all been there… your toddler is tired, cranky, and inconsolable. They are acting up and you’re making excuses for their lack of sleep and deep in your soul you’re feeling depleted, empty, and helpless. Yep. I am there all the time. My toddler hates to sleep for the most part meaning 9 times…
One of the scariest things to me about today’s food is when items have genetically modified ingredients. I know many people don’t care and feel like we are improving our food. However, when there are genetic parts of fish put in vegetables to help “winterize” plants and pesticides actually grown into corn, I am leery….
This post has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. But this story of beautiful, messy, wonderful, and chaotic motherhood is mine alone. #SweepTheMess #CollectiveBias Motherhood is hard. It’s stressful. It’s a never-ending job. It seems like every day I wake up and my goal is to simply get the mountain of laundry…
Maybe you have heard of the different learning styles or maybe you haven’t. There are three main categories: Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic. And while the average person utilizes all three, we also all typically have one that is more prevalent than the other two. Therefore, training our ears and eyes to observe and detect the…
Even since my oldest daughter was about four months old, we have tried to parent in a way that elicits critical thinking. Because, for us, it is important that we are raising children to problem solve and not be 100% dependent upon us. And in the end, we have encouraged independence in our toddler and…
I have taken care of two kids, in fact I have babysat somewhere around five at once by myself. I even did as a teenager. But nothing quite prepares you for being a mother and transitioning to two kids. In fact, the season of life when two becomes a reality and the first week comes…
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…