Call me crazy, but I do not believe in using negative language such as “Terrible Twos” or the “Terribler Threes” to describe toddlers. Whatever you send into the universe must come back. When you put a positive out, you will get a positive back. Equally, when you put negative out, you will get a negative back. …
What comes to mind when you think about a child having good behavior? How about bad behavior? You may visualize scenes that have played out in your own household when you believe your child has bad behavior. Unfortunately, labeling children good kids or bad kids is very socially acceptable and part of our culture. If…
These days you are so bombarded with suggestions on products mom can’t live without that it doesn’t take long before your Amazon cart is spilling over and you think you need a side-hustle or a Swiss bank account to afford it all! Been there, done that, got the closet full of stuff I didn’t use…
Time To Parent: Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You by Julie Morgenstern is a book that is guaranteed to help parents who are struggling with fitting in all the things into their busy lives. Morgenstern breaks down the information in a manner that made me feel like the framework…
Saving money does not have to be agonizing, and save money doesn’t have to be a “4 letter word” that you dread discussing. When we decided that I would be a Stay-At-Home-Mom, I honestly disliked the thought of scaling back on my spending. I knew that there was nothing I wouldn’t try in order to get to stay…
My purpose for writing this post is not only to tell you about the wonderful products that I splurge on and urge you to consider trying them, but I want to persuade you to splurge on yourself as a mom. If you’re not a mom, then I encourage you to take a look at what…
As a mother of 2 boys, when I see anything that has a title something to do with raising boys, I usually scan to see if it has any information that I need to add to my #boymama tool belt. If it does, I file it in hopes of someday getting to read and use it…
My battle with acne has been ongoing for at least 32 years now. For a long time, I hoped it would go away. At some point, that hope faded into a belief that acne was a part of my identity. I care about vanity, so acne brought me a lot of embarrassment, shame, anxiety, and…
How can I slow down time? No, we can’t really stop time or turn it back for that matter. Unfortunately. But there are steps we can take to be more present in our lives and find joy in more moments. “The time goes by so fast,” followed by parenting advice was the number one thing…
Children LOVE listening to music. If there’s a child who doesn’t love music, then I’m going to argue that they haven’t met their hearts match where music genre is concerned Born to Dance Did you know that humans are born to dance? Researchers have found that babies prefer to listen to the beat of music over…
