To the woman staring down my wild 4-year-old and then searching the room while thinking “where on earth is this child’s mother”…. I was you. I was the woman who stared at the off-his-rocker 4-year-old boy on the playground or indoor play space. I, like you, eyed his mother or nanny thinking ‘why can’t you control your child?’ I thought, ‘this kid is way out of control’. I thought, ‘he must have little to no parenting’. And all I can…
Reading to your little one about becoming a big brother or big sister is a great way to initiate conversation, ease anxiety and create a positive picture of what this big change will mean for them. I found that…
This post has been sponsored by KidzVuz on behalf of Juicy Juice. The activity and opinions are 100% my own. Normally we are a water, wine and coffee household – meaning those are the beverages of choice we have…
Recycled Yogurt Cup Monster Items you will need: clean, empty yogurt cup (we used a Tillamook greek yogurt cup) tacky glue feathers ribbon googely eyes elastic scissors & a pen Steps: Use the pen to poke a hole in…
In looking for “school” themed books, I realized (as usual) there are some that create fears and insecurities that didn’t exist before reading about them. Some that ‘teach’ bad behavior like bullying and name calling. And some that are…
I get a lot of my screen-free, low-key, old school (i.e. lazy path of least resistance) parenting inspiration from my own childhood. So after a couple of days running ourselves ragged soaking up the last bits of summer before we start…
Here are our favorite books to prepare a toddler for their first airplane flight. Reading about it ahead of time will help your little one learn what to expect, making what can be an overwhelming and possibly even scary experience…
Every two weeks we go to the library and get about 15 new books. It’s one of our favorite things to do. And it’s FREE! Like his mama, A loves reading and loves new books – an obsession that would…
Avery got a double ear infection almost two weeks ago. It was miserable. We got antibiotics. Apparently they didn’t work. Yesterday he spiked a fever again and it was deja vu. Gone were the day’s plans of running errands…
We are going almost three years strong as a screen-free family…and it works for us. I get that for some families this just doesn’t work, and I certainly don’t judge those that need some assistance from an educational and…