By: Tanya Pimental It’s 100 degrees today and summer is half way over. This means the back to school commercials have started airing and the sale fliers are full of notebooks and backpacks. My daughter is so very excited to start Kindergarten in the fall and yet I am full of mixed emotions about that … More Kindergarten Confessions of a Mom
By: Abby Keane Now that you’ve selected which type of care will work best for your family (or you’re still unsure and want to check out both), how do you choose a specific family or center? The first step is the drive-by. Look at where it’s located – is it a busy main road, or … More Choosing a Daycare – Part II
By: Kris Berry I’m having an affair. I wake up early in the morning before anyone else in my house, sneak out of bed, pull on a skirt and a tank top and slip quietly out of the house. I leave my husband alone with the three children in the evenings to feed them dinner … More Why I Run . . .
By: Kristen Clifford Some of the best and worst things about being a Mom is how fast time flies. There are some days that I wish would just come and go, but there are other days when I wish I could just stop time. I just wish I could bottle up my children and remember … More Capturing It All
By: Sheila Gaudet The 4th of July weekend was a big one for the grandparents in my family. Unfortunately for us, we live several hours (at least) from all of our extended family, so my children do not get the benefit of having their grandparents around on a daily basis. Furthermore, because we are a … More Grandparents
By: Tanya Pimental When I was expecting my first child, I was blinded by the shiny and new things at Babies-R-Us and Baby Gap. Back then in my mind, a new baby should have everything new and the thought of used was out of the question. Well, I have since changed my tune. After a … More Consignment
By: Kris Berry When my husband and I found out we were expecting twins our initial financial plans went flying out the window. I had originally planned on returning to work once I had the baby at least part time. But when we factored the cost of daycare times two we realized the majority of … More Living on a Budget
By: Lance Lazatin, MD Obesity is one of the hottest topics being discussed in pediatric circles right now. And with good reason: it is the most prevalent nutritional disorder among children and teenagers in our country. This epidemic has dramatically ballooned over the past 30 years, from less than a tenth of children to a … More The Skinny on Childhood Obesity
By: Jessica DiRamio Summer Reading Programs for Kids in MA School’s either out or just about to end for your kids. Have they received their summer reading assignments from school yet? Mine have and as much as both of my school-age girls like to read, there’s something about being required to read that makes them … More Get Those Kids to Read!
By: Sheila Gaudet I grew up in a pretty traditional family in the 70’s and 80’s with a stay-at-home mom and a dad who owned a successful business. Because my dad’s work schedule was demanding and long (we owned a restaurant in a college town), my mother was responsible for running the day-to-day operations of … More Family Dinner
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