If you are pregnant after a loss, there are 5 tips for when you just don’t want to talk about it. If a woman loses a baby and then gets pregnant again, the big question for her could be when to announce it. It is important to have at least...
Good tips for taking creative monthly pictures include using natural and bright sunlight. Additionally, pictures are more interesting to a variety of folks when there are children and pets in the picture. Moreover, the ambiance of the scene and room should be shown through the picture as well. Essentially, this...
When children are 18-24 months old they interact in different ways that can be a burden to the parents such as throwing tantrums, taking five times longer to get ready in the morning, and wanting to do things by themselves, despite the time it takes. There are also many positives,...
Some times Snow Days can seem like a drag. You have to figure out what to do with your kids while you are stuck in the house all day. Some interesting things you can do include making play-dough, creating oobleck, creating paint that puffs up when they paint, or you...
New research out of Sweden and published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health has found that having children can help you live longer. The research can not find a reason why but men with at least one child live two years longer while women with children live a...
It isn’t every day that you hear about both parents staying home with their newborn, but this lucky couple is one of the few with a story to tell. If you think that it is hard to care for a new baby when you are alone and it seems that...
Here are some great ideas for things you can bring to keep a toddler entertained on a road trip: You can bring snacks, games, binkies, wipes, a doodlepad, and different blankies. It is also important to bring lots of small toys to keep the children entertained. Also, don’t forget a...
When I came home after having M — born via unplanned cesarean after 60 hours of labour, face up with a head that wouldn’t turn or tuck — many women sent me messages telling me about their own unplanned Cesarean births. People I hadn’t talked to since high school, loose...
I really value self-sufficiency and sometimes think that Mr. Dolphin and I don’t do enough in encouraging our little ones to be self-sufficient. I was very independent as a child, making my own breakfast at a young age and actually used to tell my mother to go back to bed...
It was a lightbulb moment for me! With M, I laboured for a long time before her unplanned Cesarean birth, and so I still felt a lot like I had played a very active role in bringing her into the world. The surgery was the end of several long, hard...