Parenting

Feeling lost on this one lately? Now that my son is entering full fledged toodler-hood we've had a battle or two about how to parent our son. We talked about this sort of stuff while he was still little and how we'd handle it, however…

So you kiddo is all clogged up? For younger kids cold medicine isn't always okay so here are a few suggestions to try for the common ickies: Upset stomach/Puking: Ginger is a natural stomach settler. Ginger ale or 7-up although…

Co-sleeping is a "controversial" topic among mom world (dad world too!) so let me preface this by saying this is merely offering some in site on the process of helping you decide if co-sleeping is or is not right for you. I will not be…

Often times people just look over the purchase of a high chair because after all, a high chair is nothing more than a high chair. WRONG! I love my high chair, I love the features it offers, however, not everyone might. When we got…

My husband recently received a vasectomy. I wouldn't say we weren't on the same page about it... but we weren't on the same page. My  husband and I have two beautiful children a boy and a girl. You might often hear me talk about them. We…

It seems that new years resolutions are a never dying tradition. I typically tell myself that I don't need a resolution, I just need to make a change any day, but I am also learning that it's often easier to be able to start something…

I grew up using sign language. My mom studied sign language in college in hopes to work with deaf children upon graduation. So once she had kids, we had sign language introduced to us. Naturally when I got pregnant the question on her…

Now that our holiday celebrations are over it's time to relax and enjoy all our shiny new stuff! My kiddos happened to get some gift cards from family and so we decided to trek out like all the other crazy people yesterday and do some…

With the colder weather quickly approaching, we as parents want our kiddos to be all snuggly and warm though the icky cold weather. Sometimes though, we lose sight of safety in turn trying to accomplish that. Here are some suggestions…

With the holiday season approaching, many children are off from school and at home to create havoc. If you're not inclined to let your children sit in front of the electronic babysitter (a tv) then here are a few suggestions as for some…

The goose is getting fat! Please put a penny in the old mans hat! Wait, now I have to give pennies to the old man too?! I'm out of freaking pennies! Do you often feel like the holiday's are more of a financial burden than an enjoyable…

In an earlier blog I wrote about choosing the proper car seat and some suggestions to help make it easier. In this blog I’m going to get a little mom crazy. I can’t tell you how many people I see using a car seat wrong! The worst part…