As children transition out of being a toddler, they also transition into other areas of life. One such transition is the changes that come into their nightly sleeping and daily naps. Many parents face the challenge of knowing what is too much time napping and how this can make the...
One day while picking up her child from daycare a mom noticed that her daughter’s friend was making a big deal about not wanting to hug her child goodbye. The mom finds it strange since the two little girls are seemingly on a friendly basis as they play together often...
Montessori is an academic philosophy, encouraging serious, child-led learning, but it can and should be extended into a domestic environment. There are many easy, relaxed ways to make a home environment more Montessori-friendly. Changes like adding movable hooks to walls and putting shampoo or soap into more accessible bottles allow...
Summer is here. With it, comes outdoor activities with the young members of the family. Outlined in this article are tips on how to avoid problems with excessive sun, water safety, and mosquito bites/tick bites. Follow these suggestions, and your outdoor enjoyment will be hassle free, or at least reduced....
It is important to get your kids away from social media and devices and get them to play outside. For starters, kids glued to a screen can be affected by media in unhealthy ways. Secondly, it’s always good to go outside and play. Get your kids to go outside and...
It can be hard to know what to do when you know someone who is in the NICU. There are a number of ways that you can help a family in the NICU. After a long birth process, sometimes the best thing you can give is food. Also, things that...
Postpartum Depression stole mother’s memories of child’s beginning of life. An abnormal mental, physical, and emotional reality began, as she cared for her son in a remote manner, she felt nothing. It was postpartum depression. Just meeting his needs was not enough, something was missing, she knew it, so she...
The author, when writing an explanation of an Instagram she posted of her mother cuddling her dog, realized she had more to say than she planned. Even after her children were adults, this mother still “mothers” her children by asking how they are feeling and showing incredible degrees of unselfishness....
While meal trains are often thought to be helpful to new parents, it can be inconvenient to be saddled with people dropping off unwanted food, especially when the parents have no control over what kind of food is delivered, how much, and when. This situation can be remedied by creating...
Kathy DiVencenzo, a mom of two has taken to social media to show how postpartum depression can affect new moms and hopefully, help lift the stigma involved. She posted side by side pictures one of her we’ll put together smiling with her kids, the other shows her disheveled, tired surrounded...