Ages and Stages

Welcome, 2017! We live in an electronic age where our lives are mobile and constantly on-the-go. When my 3-year-old needs to use the potty, he likes for us to read to him; Eric Carle, James Dean, and Yuyi Morales...

My first six years of motherhood were spent as a working mom. As a working mom, I had a lot of feelings regarding the role of a stay at home mom. Mostly, they involved me thinking that they have the...

Every kid is different in how they develop, when they walk, talk, babble, and giggle. They have first words, first steps, first claps. These are all milestones to celebrate and look forward to. Getting their first tooth is also...

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...

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 can only laugh that I am writing about being a Mommy of a threenager when my daughter just turned two and half! I must say I am going to have my work cut out for me over the...

Having three kids in the house, the oldest just having turned 3, my husband and I are constantly on the move and always on the lookout for fun things to do with the kids. My youngest is a wee infant...

I wasn't a mother. As a strong, independent, educated, know-it-all woman I had my ideas of how motherhood would be and what my kids would be like. One thing was for sure, my kids would NOT have a bald spot on...

I have to admit that my daughter, for the most part, is a really good eater. One of her favorite foods is broccoli and the girl actually requests to go out for sushi :) Recently though we’ve struggled a bit...

As my son's 4th birthday approaches, I can't help but reminisce about how he burst into this world. The truth is, I don't remember one second of the actual moment he arrived. Not his first cry, not what he...