How to Do More Than Just Survive Being Home With Your Kids
Thanks to current events, many of us are suddenly stuck at home with kids. School closures and “social distancing” have moms everywhere thinking “What in the world am I going to do with my kids?” And to be fair, keeping…
Dear First Time Mom…
Dear first time mom with a newborn, I see you. I know you’re rocking that dry shampoo and living that legging life. I know you’re sleep deprived, hungry, and hormonal. You might be rocking your baby, desperately praying that he’ll…
33 Rainy Day Activities For Kids
Cozy rainy days give you the occasional excuse to cuddle up on the couch and have a movie marathon with the kids are nice every now and then… but when rainy days repeat for days on end, it’s easy to…
3 Keys to Planning an Unhurried Life
In our culture, it seems like “hurry” is considered a virtue. It almost seems like we view the length of our “to do” list as an indicator of our level of success, but what happens when “busy” isn’t working for us…
6 Tips to Getting Kids to Behave in Public
Have you ever tried to take a wild monkey to a fancy sit down restaurant? I haven’t either, but I’ve taken toddlers and that’s pretty much the same thing, right? (Kidding… mostly). In all seriousness, though, if you’re parenting a…
7 Tips for Building Attachment With Your Fussy Baby
I studied Human Development & Family Studies in College. That came with a boatload of classes on Child Development. I learned about attachment theory and the work of John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. I learned all about the hormone oxytocin…
