Parenting

I love going to weddings more than anything else! Watching two of my friends say those two special words in front of everyone is just fabulous. There's just one little thing I worry about... My kids! Of course, I want them to be a part of…

Having manners can get you a whole lot in this world. If you want to make friends, find a aartner, get the career of your dreams, you will need to know your P’s and Q’s. When it comes to your kids, you need to make sure that you teach…

One important virtue to teach children from a young age is the ability to care about others. No one wants to raise a child that is selfish and lacks empathy towards others. Besides, setting a good example for your children everyday, you…

When I look back on my pregnancy with Ella and Rose, there's just one major thing that stands out. The morning sickness was horrendous. Of course, this wasn't my first pregnancy; I'd experienced sickness before. Still, something about…

As cute as it may seem to dress your identical twins in the same clothes, experts emphasize the importance of helping twins to develop their own identity. Naturally, when twins are small and often throughout their entire childhood, twins…

I do dearly love my little girls, Ava with her seemingly endless supply of questions and ideas and the twins, Rose and Ella, Rose who is forever trying to get moving and Ella with her incredible smile and sense of fun. Sometimes, though,…

When you first get pregnant, everyone wants to tell you all the horror stories about what's going to happen next. In fact, it seems like people are totally obsessed with scaring us ladies! I know that when I first got pregnant, all I…

When I got pregnant with Rose and Ella, many people began to ask me how I’d handle the twins. Apparently, I never had an absolutely clear answer. For one, it was my first time having twins but on the contrary, I had had Ava before, so I…

I’ve never been fond of kid’s schedule until I got Rose and Ella. That is because having twins means double the work. Therefore, scheduling various things is crucial – unless you want to go “crazy.” Getting your infants to a schedule is…

Assigning Ava her first role in a wedding, made her pretty happy. She was excited and couldn’t get much sleep the day before the wedding. All she talked about was how beautiful she would look, how long she had prepared. You could see the…

When I was first expecting Ella and Rose, I didn’t have many hangups about breastfeeding. I’d done it before and I naively assumed that it would be just as easy the second time around. Boy, was I wrong! Once the twins came along, I was in…

Don’t get me wrong, when I first became a mother, I wasn’t quite sure how I’d cope. The truth, though it’s hard to admit, is that becoming a parent really changes who you are. You have this world of brand new responsibility. That in…