By: Martianne Stanger Phone numbers. Directions. Communications with friends. Work memos. Weather reports. Family photo albums. Housekeeping notes. Medical information. Recipes. You name it. I have been without it the past week. Why? Not a flood. Not a fire. Not any catastrophic cause. And not anything fun like a family vacation either. Nope. What threw … More Lifetime Warranty
By: Abby Keane 5. HUG your brother, don’t bodyslam him! (Said nightly at bedtime) 4. Don’t lick the stove! 3. The cat’s tail is NOT a microphone! 2. You are not having any more strawberries until you finish your pizza! (Seriously, the kid is a side dish fiend! Main dish, eh.) And… 1. Don’t squeegee … More Top 5 Things I Never Thought I’d Say to My Kids …
By: Jessica DiRamio Spring is here and like the majority of parents with younger children, I spend many days at my local parks. We have so many in this area to choose from and each of them have my kids’ favorite thing: a spiral slide. It’s the first thing they run to and the last … More Playground Safety
By: Kristen Clifford All my life I have struggled with my weight. Mainly this is because I have never quite figured out how to respect food for what it is…fuel. Since I was a child, I’ve always used food as everything, except for fuel. When I was sad – it was a pick me up, … More Creating Healthy Eating Habits
By: Martianne Stanger Temple Grandin. Have you heard that name? Undoubtedly, if you haven’t, you just may this month. For this month is National Autism Awareness Month and Temple, who is a successful businesswoman, educator and speaker, also happens to be one of the most famous folks with Autism in today’s world. She has authored … More It’s National Autism Awareness Month
By: Tanya Pimental Today like any other day, I picked my daughter up from school at three o’clock. As I approached, she had quite the grin on her face. After further inspection, it was a grin with one less tooth! Lucy lost her first today during school. When she told me, I got all teary … More Tooth Fairy
By: Jessica DiRamio As I write this blog post, I am sitting in the parent waiting room at the hospital. My youngest daughter, Jenna, is in surgery to remove her adenoids and I am teetering on being a complete wreck and a cool, calm, and collected “frequent flyer.” The complete wreck side of me is … More Bye Bye Adenoids!
By: Sheila Gaudet I’ve often talked about my kids and their quirks in this blog. One of the things that helps my whole family function is a very structured routine. We have calendars. We have lists. We have lists that remind people what “clean the bathroom” means. We keep kid-friendly snacks on the second shelf … More Flexible Thinking
By: Tanya Pimental When I look back at my experience in potty training my first born, I realize how much I learned from her. I feel somewhat a fraud in posting about potty training, because I really didn’t do it. Maybe that is the key thing in our situation. At the end of it, the … More Potty Time
By: Abby Keane We’ve been going through a lot of changes lately in our house. Finn has not only given up his binkies, but is also now potty trained! (Yes, that was a chorus of heavenly angels you just heard rejoicing in the background.) Both of these activities took about three days for the majority … More Consistent and Persistent
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