Toddlers. I'm sure there are a thousand memes about toddlers, tantrums and surviving them. I've done these years 4 times already... though no two children are ever the same. I'm definitely a different parent to the one I was when…
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Saturday saw my eldest daughter turn 18. 18!!! I managed to raise an actual adult. As I sat writing her card the night before her birthday, I was struck with so much emotion. My baby is a grown-up. The one…
Kiddos thrive on connection and attention. With only one child, that's easy to figure out - when I had just one, we had so much time just the two of us. Now with five kiddos, one-on-one time is harder to…
One thing I've learned over my sixteen years of parenting is that I have to remember to be kinder to myself. Especially when I'm pregnant and have just had a baby. Society being as it is, we seem to think…
Baby shower is the time when a woman is expecting her baby. It’s a time of celebration and fun. When everyone gathers together and celebrate this time, it is known as a baby shower party. This marks the beginning of…
Search online and you will find a lot of training methods for parents. The baby has different individual features which when weighed lead to different sleeping techniques. You cannot just implement a single technique for all the babies out there.…
Yesterday was one of *those* days. I woke up too early, tired, naggy, hormonal and just not really feeling it. I'd just poured a cup of tea when Beastie woke up and joined me downstairs. What I'd hoped for was…
This week has been one of those weeks. The ones when the kids won't stop arguing, you're a huge hormonal, emotional mess, you're super tired and stressed and everything seems too much. I don't know if it was the weather, the…
Those first few weeks with a newborn are exhausting, and they have a tendency to sleep 24/7 {at least mine did}. By the time you make it to the six-week mark, you're probably shattered but in love - even more…
We're a family of book lovers. G and I have always loved to read, and I'm so glad we've passed that love on to our kiddos. People who visit our home often comment on how many books we have {and…