Tips for Moms

By this time of year, the first week of school is on everyone’s mind. For teachers, it’s all about classroom prep and plans for kicking off the year with all sorts of excitement and learning. For parents, it’s school supply shopping and re-establishing routines. For kids, well, some are eager and some are holding on …

One of the best things about heading back to school—or to school for the first time—is all the new people you meet. Whether it’s your child’s first time at school, or they’re entering a new class or school, or your child is starting school in a whole new town, they’re bound to meet new kids. …

As I sit here to write this post, I realize that a large portion of our readers may actually already have kids in school! I have trouble wrapping my head around that, because growing up school always started back in September – typically even after Labor Day. My son doesn’t go back to school until …

I think one of the most nerve-wracking, fear-inducing worries of parenting is THE TALK. You know—the birds and the bees? It seems like no matter how old our kids are, we’re faced with contemplating THE TALK because sex. is. everywhere. in our society. But I have some super-amazing news for you: you don’t need to …

When my second baby came into the world and latched permanently to my breast, I figured my oldest would have questions. But her being only 2 years and a month, she didn’t have questions—more like jealousy. It’s not like she could remember her own breastfeeding days so it wasn’t that. She just realized how many …

I’m lucky enough to live in a neighborhood that has a bunch of families in a similar stage of life as me: young, one to three kids around my own children’s ages, and the parents are people my husband and I actually enjoy socializing with. I’m also lucky enough to have the end townhouse unit …

There are days when parents feel that all they’ve said is “No. No. No. No. NO!” These are generally not good days, and leave both you and your child feeling very stressed out. Of course, there is no guilt to be felt in respectfully saying no, as children need boundaries and direction. But sometimes we …

I’m going to go out on a limb here, people – vacation with [small] kids is hardly a vacation. Our family rents a beach house each year, which is something my husband grew up doing. It is so. much. work. In essence, you drag nearly everything you own from your house to someone else’s house …

When you have a baby, you’re basically signing up for late nights with little sleep for the first 3-4 months, maybe more. The long nursing sessions and then the intricate dance you perform to get the baby back to sleep will take anywhere from 20 minutes to 3 hours. In some cases, the non-stop screaming …

When it comes to baby names, I’ve always been a dreamer. During my elementary school days, I fell in love with the name Chrysanthemum. I just knew that someday I’d gift a daughter that amazingly long and beautiful name inspired by nature. Alas, I do not have a little Chrysanthemum, but ever since I’ve been …

I’ll admit, I am not a twin mom. But, I have definitely considered potential twin names in the past. I mean, twins are always possible, right? In my twin dreams, I figure that they’ll already have the same birthday, wear many of the same clothes, and, well, share everything over the years, so it seems …

I love nothing more than diving into exciting novels come summertime. There’s something about the heat and vacations (or staycations!) that lead me to grab a good book and fly through the pages. It probably helps quite a bit that there are more hours of daylight too! No doubt, reading is the perfect way to …