Many parents dread the days of their kids growing up. What amazing memories they might get from their baby being a baby and learning new things everyday. A mothers bond with their child is unremarkable and very hard to explain. A mothers bond with their son’s are especially wonderful and it can be very hard to watch them grow and
Read moreSo, even though Kelly was still attempting some veil of secrecy about our surprise pregnancy she just couldn’t keep myself from pointing out to my 4-year-old that the wedding ring on our ultrasound was a baby. As her belly grows, even her littlest girl, Evie, who’s now 18 months will point and say the baby with the sweetest grin. Kelly
Read moreLearning to move on from divorce and start to accept your children’s new stepmom can be very hard. We all wish we could change the way we feel and make it work but it is so hard to think someone else could be a mom to YOUR children. Read this letter written by someone going through it right now, and
Read moreSince Facebook and Instagram became daily staples in our lives, the culture of comparison can feel completely smothering. Watching people post about their exciting adventures while you are home in pajamas can be downright depressing. As a parent, this culture is even more pronounced. We will slap a cute picture of our kid on a festive card, and everything will
Read moreIt might tear at your heart strings and induce unbearable feelings of guilt. But parents should not automatically rush to the cotside when their baby is screaming rather than sleeping soundly. Allowing infants to cry for a short time rather than immediately comforting them does no harm, say scientists. They showed that those who left their babies to cry were
Read moreElf on the Shelf gets naughty and I’m not having it. 17 times parents had far too much fun – and the photos are not for kids’ eyes And now the viral ‘tradition’ has spread across the pond with the first UK editions of the The Elf on the Shelf on sale in British shops like John Lewis . Why
Read moreSocial media world had gone Full Bento/Cute Food Crazy at the time, so I had visions of cozy little compartments full of tiny sandwiches, precious little fruit flowers and animal faces made of vegetables.Lunch packing was officially outsourced to the lunch eater. Kids are lousy at sandwich making. And the sandwich was portioning. Nine lunches out of 10, they just
Read moreMany might wonder, are stay at home parents lonely? It must be hard to be home all the time and never get adult companionship form fellow co-workers in an office right? A recent study has shown that this lonely feeling can be much worse for male parent’s then female, due to the lack of socializing and the troubles they may
Read moreWhile the celebration of your toddler’s second birthday is joyful, it is hard to ignore the feeling of dread as “No” begins to dominate his vocabulary. Though his outbursts are frustrating, keep in mind his actions are not acts of defiance directed toward you; he’s developing independence and learning how to express frustration. Key Takeaways: About a year and a
Read moreParenting can be hard work – even when you happen to be royalty. Just ask Prince William. There’s wonderful highs and there’s wonderful lows, the prince says. In an interview with a Vietnamese television channel, he conceded that he sometimes struggled with the transition from being single and independent to being a husband and the father of a three-year-old and
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