Do you need help strengthening your relationship with your preteen? Here are 5 simple but effective strategies you can use every day to communicate and connect better with your kids. You can even modify these tips for other ages. Read on to learn more! Parenting is something that you have to learn to master while …
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The question of how to discipline kids is one that every mother has pondered. Like most things in motherhood, handling discipline and the teaching of children takes practice, trial and error, and patience. Today I have two important tips I’d like to share with you that you may have never considered… A reader recently reached …
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A friend of mine who I don’t see very often came to visit today and asked what my secret was to raise healthy kids. My initial response was to chuckle a little and say “oh they get sick too sometimes!” but to that she instantly said “sometimes!!!!!!??” Other people’s lives can look rosy when compared …
Disclosure: I received this children’s book for free in exchange for my honest review. Last week I received an email from Lisa Welsh, author of a new children’s book I will introduce to you shortly, asking if I was interested in helping her on her mission to help mothers teach their kids to be kind, …
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Watching your children grow up is such a beautiful joy and also a bit of a sorrow at times! My oldest child has finally said goodbye to the family bed, and I simply cannot believe that we are here at this ‘checkpoint’ of her life already. How we started our Co-sleeping Journey Before my 4 …
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My toddler and I had a hard day. Okay it’s actually been a hard week. Okay it’s actually been a…. Can you relate? At our house it seems like the clashing goes in cycles. We have a tough patch and then a wonderful phase and it just repeats. Busyness, travel, messiness, getting out of routine, …
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What is ecological breastfeeding and does it really work as a method of natural child spacing? In this post you will read about my experience practicing and relying on ecological breastfeeding and my thoughts on the topic… Have you heard of Ecological Breastfeeding? I hadn’t either, until I did. 🙂 ha! Ecological breastfeeding is more …
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I am so glad that how to prepare for postpartum is on your mind! Sometimes, it is a topic that escapes us. But postpartum recovery is about more than just physical recovery, it is also about learning to become a new mother. You can prepare for that too. I am not a postpartum doula, (I …
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I want to note that although I have chosen to breastfeed my children I do not think formula or bottles are evil. 🙂 This post is about my own experiences and thoughts. I cannot write about what I do not know, so I write about breastfeeding. Thank you for reading! I write this post not …
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Having (or attempting to have) no Self Esteem is one of the greatest things to ever happen to me as a mother. In fact, I am going to teach my kids to have no self esteem, too. No, this isn’t click bait. But I am going to need you to stick with me here, to …
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