We just had parent teacher conferences. It is nice to meet the teachers, of course, it is a little nerve wracking, and you always wonder if the little ones are telling you the truth about their behavior at school. So far, so good.
All the teachers no matter what grade were very focused on reading [...]

Late nights, many new faces, presents and sweets that pretty much sums up the average holiday season for a kid. For most families the routine goes right out the window and sometimes the excitement is overwhelming. No matter how good the little darling is too much excitement can cause problems.

Who hasn’t experienced a little kid [...]

You have a brand new baby and EVERYONE wants you to come for the holidays. How do you decide what invites to accept and which to decline?
When our kids were small, we lived a day’s drive away from all our family members. Of course, I realize we were lucky that it was just a [...]

Having your baby sleep with you instead of a crib is a very hot topic in the parenting community. Some families swear by it, claiming it fosters deeper bonds and actually allows everyone to get more rest. Other parents are horrified by the thought-so how do you feel about co sleeping?
Sonya with MilwaukeeMoms.com co-slept in [...]

Amy at the Angry Chicken said this about all the princess paraphernalia
“about the proliferation of princess stuff out there right now. Not just all the night gowns (these give me the heebies-all that synthetic!) but in the movies, etc. I was born in 1972 and it was all Holly Hobby, Free to Be, You [...]

The Daily Beast reports that Disney recently stopped marketing its Baby Einstein series as “educational”. I admit our kids watched those videos, not because we actually thought they would make the kids smarter but because when they did watch TV I didn’t want them watching Scooby Doo or Hannah Montana. I know little kids shouldn’t [...]

Amada from Confessions from HouseholdSix said
“We’ve entered what I call the Mofo 3’s in full force. We were *that* family with the loud kid Sunday. I hate being *that* family. I’m glad it doesn’t happen all that often. I’m also glad he settled once the breadsticks came so we didn’t have to get our [...]

Julie at the Mom Slant is trying to parent without raising her voice or at least without raising her voice for more then two sentences. She tries and fails more often then she succeeds.
As she says
“I have vowed countless times that I won’t yell. That I’ll take a couple deep breaths [...]

Jill at the Modern Mommy Blog has a great number of tips but my favorite is “Have a picnic“.
Now I know this sounds weird considering everyone is heading towards winter, but here’s the thing if you have a great fall day with the sun shining warmly why not pack up a picnic basket and [...]

As Mindy Roberts from the Mommy Blog said, “it’s the little things that renew my mommy batteries“.
I so agree! Moms are used to being many things to many people. Along with being moms they are great business owners or employees, they are supportive spouses and for the kids they are everything from the enforcer (rules, [...]

There is no denying that the H1N1 flu is going around. It is causing many communities to close schools and those that stay open are experiencing high absenteeism from teachers and students.
My kids are telling me about students who are out for the entire week, yes, some of them are on vacation but a [...]

I am sure everyone has a special bedtime ritual. In our house, it is story time.
First, everyone (well except me) gets on their jammies, brushes their teeth and gets their hair brushed (well, for the girls at least the little boy not so much). Then everyone settles down to hear some stories.
Now this [...]

Rose at Mommy and Sweet Pea make a blog is amazed at her baby’s effort to feed herself, she writes
“Over the last couple of weeks our baby has eaten pieces of apple, corn, tortilla, peas, cracker, banana, sweet potato, yams, cheerios, pear….She still seems to prefer feeding herself by tightly grasping the item in her [...]

Jon and Clair Burchell of the Blog Team Burchell wrote this note about their twin son’s birthday.
“We sometimes feel as though we’ve aged ten years whilst they’ve aged by two, but they have been two of the most wonderful, joyous, fun-packed, rewarding, emotional, delightful and heart-warming years of our lives.”
I couldn’t agree more birthdays for [...]

Stacie Haight Connerty at The Divine Miss Mommy has an incredible post on what it is like to have a child undergo major surgery. I think all moms feel this way, here is what she said about that day
“On this day, two years ago, there was no bright side. No silver lining. No sun. [...]

Biosphere A is a chemical widely used in the manufacture of plastics, but has recently been linked to health problems.
According to the news, many manufactures are taking steps to stop the production and sale of bottles with BPA. Last year, stores such as Babies R’ Us and other major retailers began banning BPA bottles. [...]

When your little one is stuffed up, your first instinct might be to reach for some over the counter medication.
After all OTC cold medication helps you feel better, but according to the FDA, while over the counter cold/cough medications are fine for adults and older children they DO NOT recommend it for infants and children [...]

According to Dan Cody’s blog   he feels

“We’re moving towards a more equitable society where traditional gender roles are shifting. The roles of a mother and father are not so clearly definable as they were when even I was a child” and I agree, but do you?

Are parenting duties really fairly split? Do you feel [...]

I read this great post by Kim at UpNorthMommy , she wrote

“So, my youngest son is a crier. Have I ever told you that? When he is unhappy, he lets us know by wailing. Monday was one of those days when he cried about everything. He asked for a drink and no matter what I [...]

Hi everyone. Welcome to my Blog.  I wanted this to be a place for everyone to come to and talk about…..well….Baby blues and Baby bliss. 

My 16 year old boy is….”doing things” that a 16 year old boy would do and for some reason he’s VERY messy at it and doesn’t clean up after himself all [...]

I love Halloween, the decorations, the candy and especially the costumes it really is my favorite time of year.
Really, what other time can you dress your little one up as a pumpkin, ladybug or bumblebee without people wondering if it is washday?
When the kids were little I was all about the store bought costumes. I [...]

This post isn’t intended to scare anyone, but I wanted to share this information, as October is Sudden Infant Death awareness month.
I stumbled on Catherine Connors at Her Bad Mother posting about Sudden Infant Death, I think all new mothers experience what she felt

“When my daughter was an infant, I was terrified to leave her [...]

I don’t know about other moms but I have never had as many coughs, colds and bouts of the flu as I did when the twins were babies.
Chalk it up to not enough sleep and all those new germs that little kids bring home from daycare, the doctors office and playdates. Whatever the reason, I [...]

A few months ago, the girls celebrated their 8th birthday. Even as I frosted their cake and blew up their balloons, I remained in denial that those dreaded “tween” years are just around the corner.
It seems like just yesterday, that we brought home these tiny little helpless babies; it is not possible that they [...]

While I was pregnant, before I discovered I was having twins, I daydreamed about the cute little excursions baby and I would take. I imagined bundling him up and zipping around town on my errands.
Of course, in my daydreams I didn’t have to pack enough supplies to last through all the feeding, changes and other [...]