Ages and Stages

This year, my 10-year-old step-daughter had six items on her Christmas wish list.  Of the six, five were technologically advanced items. Earlier this year, she said she wanted a new phone because hers was not a "new" one.  First of...

My toddler finally has hair long enough for her first pigtails! I picked up some elastics and, with great care (and a little frustration), put her hair in two sweet pigtails. I snapped a quick pic! So cute! Then, uh-oh,...

At what age does it become inappropriate to be co-showering or bathing with your child? One, three, five.....never? In my case I find it rather easy because I have three girls and I bathe with them at least four times...

We had a request for some information on what the best first foods for babies are.  You asked, we deliver!  This will be part two of Best First Foods.  After reading several books, magazine articles, and searching the internet here is...

As moms of toddlers one of our biggest battles is getting our rugrats to eat a nutritionally healthy meal. Between the supermarket snack aisle and the average fastfood nugget meal with interesting apple slices, making sure our little ones...

You see that little two year old up there ⇑? Well it's actually his upcoming 3rd birthday and party planning that has led me to cry a few times lately. It's amazing to me how quickly things can spiral out...

  A New Year, a new journey for many of us. Our new journey consists of being parents once again. And as conspicuous as it may seem to some, others don’t know that we’re on our third! #2 for me...

Attending church on Sundays is one of the biggest hurdles I have encountered as a mother of a toddler. Mostly because in addition to being a mommy, I am also a pastor's wife, so it is a bit more...

Kids want to help. Kids LOVE to help. Kids need to be given opportunities to help and feel a sense of empowerment and accomplishment. My advice on kids and helping: It's okay to let the kids help, even if that means making a mess. Something that might seem...

I'm taking a tour I never quite expected now that my son is potty trained.  It's not one of those fun tours with a bus and an entertaining person giving interesting facts over a loud speaker.  My tour is...