Whenever I find an article on self-care ideas, I find it out of touch for moms. The article is always filled with self-care ideas that say things like “get 8-9 hours of sleep” or “take a day for yourself and binge watch your favorite show”. Last time I checked, no mom ever had the time …
Two hit us hard. The moment my child turned two, I knew we were in for it. Not only did her temper tantrums get a whole lot worse, but she quit eating variety and became quite the picky eater. She went from being a happy baby willing to try anything to slowly but surely only …
If you are reading this post you are either expecting and want to make sure you are prepared or more likely, you’re already in the thick of it and are search for colic baby remedies. If you are already dealing with a colic baby, it might seem like an impossible task to make baby happy. …
So much of the blogosphere, and Pinterest, is targeted toward expectant mothers, and understandably so. But learning how to prepare dad for a new baby is also crucial. In my opinion, so many of the books out there for expecting dads are sub-par (they take an amount of info similar to this blog post and …
Where should you start when you’re asking yourself “why won’t my baby sleep?” Their sleep environment. Like many newborns, my two daughters could sleep anywhere, anytime for about the first 3 months. Then gradually they became more and more sensitive to their sleep environment. You can solve a lot of your baby’s sleep issues like …
After baby “hood”, I thought nothing could be harder. I had no idea that a toddler would make me look back on that first year and think no, that was the easy part. That was Parenting 101. My toddler gave me a run for my money. I was in way over my head. I felt …
Acne sucks and trying to get rid of acne also sucks. It doesn’t matter if you are a teenager or an adult, trying to get rid of acne can be an extremely infuriating and expensive process. There are thousands of products that guarantee to clear up your skin. However, in my experience, most of these …
Skincare is difficult because there are a million skincare products out there to choose from. It becomes extra difficult with every product claiming to give you great, clear, vibrant skin. Claims any skincare product can make because so many words don’t have an FDA definition. To buy the correct products you have to understand what …
Parenting a toddler is not for the faint of heart, they’ll push you to your limits at one minute, then make your heart melt the next. One thing we can all agree on is the need to take a few minutes every now on then to escape from the insanity of it all and have …
I don’t think I am wrong when I say a lot of us have more than one kid in part because we want our kids to have siblings. Built in friends for life. Preventing sibling rivalry was an important goal for me. I was never really close to any of my siblings, but it …
As someone who has fond memories of playing board games as a child, I couldn’t wait until my kids were old enough to finally play. For a long time, the only game my kids would and could play was Candyland. Now that my oldest is five, we’ve tried a bunch and I can now confidently …