Mommy Mentions Blog Talk

How To Get Your Toddler To Stop Biting Being a parent is a privilege and a blessing. Though it may test your patience and cause extreme exhaustion at times, being the one who GETS to raise your little ones and teach them how to come into the world is a ...

The Dangers that are Lurking In and Out of the Water this Summer Summer is most definitely the time to make a big splash. It’s hot and the best way to spend the days is to laze about in the water at the pool or on the beach. Most people ...

Good Deeds to Fill Your Summer As the school year winds to a close, a lot of parents are looking for ways to fill their kids’ summer. Of course, there are lots of day camps, beach days, family vacations and pool parties, but there’s one more thing you should add ...

The Importance of Play Dates It’s hard to believe that my eldest is getting ready to graduate from preschool. It just flew by. I blinked and she went from a sweet little baby in my arms to a big sassy princess-dress-wearing Hot Wheels-racing girl. Soon she’ll be off to school ...

How to Handle Toddler Tantrums When your toddler throws a tantrum, there are two very important things that you need to do before you do absolutely anything else. The first thing you need to do is to take a deep breath, and the second is to stop, take a moment ...

Creating a Boredom Buster Kit During days off, school breaks and summer vacations, kids can get pretty bored.  As the parent, you can try to schedule lots of activities to fill time, but filling every moment is neither practical or necessary. Kids need the opportunity to use their imaginations and ...

How to Get your Toddler Talking When a baby is born, they come with a couple of different means of communicating, but unfortunately speech is not one of them.  They communicate with body language, facial expressions, and crying.  They eventually learn how to use their eyes and how to giggle ...

Planning a Birthday Party on a Budget  It may seem that more often than not, parents are going all out for their children’s birthday parties.  The amount of money that they spend on these parties may even rival an event such as a wedding.  But you don’t have to take ...

Why I Will Never Complain About Running Errands Again One Monday morning, I was up to my eyeballs in things to do and it wasn’t even 7am yet. I was grouchy and grumbly, trying to get my eldest ready for school, shuffle my husband off to work with all his ...

Going Out to Eat with Kids without Going Insane Just because you have small children doesn’t mean you’re doomed to eat dinner at home until they get bigger or you hire a sitter. Sure, you probably shouldn’t take them to a fancy place with an eight-course dinner, but you don’t ...

Getting Your Child to Help Clean Up Children are so good at making messes. But when it comes time to tidying up, you might find yourself left in the lurch or being shouted at by a defiant tantrum-throwing toddler. So what can you do?

My Husband is my Third Child Whenever I meet new people, they always ask the typical questions. And when they find out I’m a mom, they inevitably ask, “How many children do you have?” While I’ve only physically given birth to 2 children, I almost always respond that I have ...

Homework Helper: The Importance of Helping Your Child with Homework From an early age, our children are sent home from school with homework. But your attitude about it will set the tone for years and years to come. If you want a child that does their best to be a ...

When Illnesses Strike: Handling Sickness in Your Home It is an inevitable part of parenting. One day, particularly on a day where you have too much to do, life makes other plans for you in the form of a sick child. And if the fates are especially cruel to you ...

Take a Stand against Bullying If you were ever bullied as a kid, you know how hurtful it is and how difficult it is to go to school when a person or a group of them do and say terrible things to you. When I was in middle school, a ...

How to Stay Motivated In Life  Staying motivated in life can seem difficult.  All of us have times when we feel like nothing is going our way or something is too hard.  While you might feel this way for a period of time, you don’t have to keep feeling that ...

Fun Activities to Keep your Children Entertained on Rainy Days  I’m not sure who dislikes rainy days more, children or parents.  Moods can intensify, fights can break out and tears usually fall in sync with the rain.  Check out these fun activities for children to do before the next rainy ...

What Mom’s Really Want for Mother’s Day Yes, flowers for Mother’s Day is always nice.  So is the effort your little ones put to give you breakfast in bed, even with the soggy waffles, are greatly appreciated. While we mothers do truly love these things, even the macaroni made hearts, ...

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Earn Money From Home By Freelancing Everyone has seen those late night infomercials and those that talk about getting money online with only a few simple clicks.  It isn’t hard to know that those ads are scams.  However, we all have skills of some sort that can make us money ...