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How To Balance Your Life As A Working Mom Moms are always busy and there is never enough time in a day, but when you are a working mom, it seems like the time every day is less.  It is important for moms to not only take care of their ...

How to Maintain Friendships When You Are Busy Remember when you were a kid and keeping in touch with a friend only required throwing a crumpled up note at the back of their head in science class? Those were the days, alright.  But now that we’re adults with jobs and ...

Ways tо Maintain а Healthy Lifestyle As а Busy Mom Bеіng, а mom, іѕ а wonderful, fulfilling аnd аll consuming event. Juѕt bесаuѕе you’ve bесоmе а parent, however, doesn’t mеаn уоu don’t deserve tо lооk аnd feel уоur best! Remember dеѕріtе bесоmіng increasingly busy, уоu аrе ѕtіll јuѕt аѕ fabulous ...

Totally Random Thoughts You Have at the Gym For me, going to the gym is a necessary evil. I am determined to get back to my former pre-baby-body glory and be fit and fabulous as I trek into my 40s. This is going to be my best decade yet! Of ...

Surviving Spring Break with Kids When you’re young and carefree in your happy college days, spring break is a week of fun that seems to last only a day, either because of the old saying, “time flies when you’re having fun” or because you never sleep the whole time, effectively ...

Sippy Cup 101: 4 Tips For Making The Transition Many parents cringe at the thought of dealing with the growing pains that come with making the transition from the bottle to a sippy cup, but the transition doesn’t have to be difficult. Follow these tips and you’ll find that making ...

How to Choose The Right Daycare for Your Child It’s a bit traumatizing when you have to drop your child off at a daycare or a babysitter’s house for the first time so you can go back to work, but having reliable childcare makes the process a lot easier.  So, ...

How to Keep Jealousy from Ruining Your Friendships Oh, how easy it is to let jealousy ruin a good friendship. The bottom line is that we need friends, we need other mamas who are in the trenches with us to support us and cheer us on, but it’s so easy ...

How to Survive Sleep Deprivation Sleep deprivation can be absolute torture, can’t it?! I thought I knew what sleep deprivation was until baby #3 came along. That sweet baby deprived me of decent sleep for FOURTEEN. STRAIGHT. MONTHS. So I know how you’re feeling. It’s one of the hardest things ...

Teething Troubles: Bringing Relief to Your Little One It’s always so exciting when your baby’s little mouth starts to sprout teeth. The days of those gummy smiles are fading fast. But along with the new teeth come big pains for both you and your baby. Sleepless nights filled with tears ...

Creative Ways to Say “No” to a Toddler If you have a toddler in your house, you know that the word “no” can cause an epic meltdown in less than three seconds. But the good news is that some meltdowns can be avoided if you get creative with how you ...

How to Help Your Child Become More Interested in Reading Do you ever wish that your child enjoyed reading more than he or she does? Some children take longer to become proficient readers, and the ones who struggle will often view reading as a rather unpleasant task. But it doesn’t ...

How I Make Time for Myself As a Busy Mom Every day, I wake up at 6:30am. I get everything ready for my husband’s day. Then I get my kids ready. I drive my eldest to school and then my youngest and I run the errands – supermarket, post office, ...

The Power of an Apology Let’s face it. We all have our bad mama moments: those times when you know you’re overreacting but just can’t stop yourself, when you lose your cool and yell at the loves of your life, when you say things that you really don’t mean. It ...

Eggsactly What You Need to Give Somebunny a Happy Easter! Looking for something fun to do with the kids for the holiday? Look no further! Easter is quickly approaching. And before the Easter Bunny graces us with jellybeans and chocolate bunnies that will soon be inexplicably decapitated, it’s a good ...

Vomiting Doesn’t Always Indicate a Stomach Virus If you’ve been a mom for any length of time, you are quite familiar with that sinking feeling in your gut when your child vomits. And then the quiet panic sets in, the panic that says you shouldn’t have thrown away those stale ...

A Little Change of Perspective It had been one of those days. If you’ve ever had a three-year-old in your home, you understand. Three can be a fantastic age…but it can also be rather trying. I’d had one of those trying days with my precious child. He was driving me ...

Making the Transition to Toddler Bed: How to Know When it’s Time As you watch your baby grow bigger and bigger each day, you keep track of all the lovely milestones they go through. The first word. The first steps. The first taste of solid food. The first tooth. All ...

Setting Expectations to Cut Down on Melt Downs   Young children get upset easily. It’s just a fact of life. Unless your child is perfect, there’s a good chance that he’s going to have a melt down when you tell him that playtime is over or when you tell him ...

How to Establish a Bedtime Routine for Your Child that Really Works In some families, getting young kids to go to bed is torture for everyone. There’s tears – for parents and kids alike – plus gobs of unhappiness, not to mention a mess of wasted time for everyone. What ...