Are you stuck in the eternal struggle of getting your kids off their screens and into the great outdoors? Fear not! We can give them less screen time and more green time. There's a movement that might save your...
One second she’s a sweet angel, blowing kisses and giving hugs, the next she’s mad and smacking at my face, hitting the floor (or any object around her) or her taking swipes at her sisters.
Yeah, I know, she’s only...
Spring is ALMOST here! So excited to get outside and enjoy everything that comes with warmer weather. Since we can't be outside ALL day, indoor projects are fun too!
I have a 3.5 year old boy who is active... like...
"Enjoy it now. They all grow up to be monsters," snarled a random woman at me as I changed my newborn in a public restroom. This hurt my heart more than I would like to admit. An already challenging...
In just a few days, my youngest child will turn 3.
It's a hard birthday for me to handle. He is my second and last baby, and in my mind, he is still just that - a baby. But in...
No. You did not read this incorrectly. I do in fact email my toddler, as well as my preschooler, even though they are currently illiterate. Why you ask? Because I can, because WE can, because technology allows us too,...
My one-year-old son brings me things throughout the day: a Thomas the Tank Engine train, a drink coaster, a piece of carpet lint.
This evening’s item was a ketchup bottle. I was sitting at our kitchen island talking to my...
An adventure is an exciting or unusual experience. It may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome. According to Dr. Sears, around fifty percent of baby walking usually begins by one year, but there is a...
It is very important to my husband and I that our boys grow up learning how to give graciously, accept others and be nonjudgmental. I have big ideas of how our family can get involved in various organizations when...
Everyone knows that women are complicated and at any given moment we could have multiple thoughts running through our head. We decided that putting those thoughts to paper, would be a fun thing to do...so Dayton Moms Blog...
Post Weaning Depression
This is a much lesser known or talked about issue than post-partum depression.
In fact, the DSM-IV doesn't distinguish the two diagnoses, I suppose since it is for the most part the same physiology. Here's what happens: Post-partum,...
In case any new mamas out there need some clarification on the subject, let me start by saying one thing… The terrible twos are REAL, ladies!
They’re not a myth. They’re not an urban legend. No, they’re as real...
I could recite Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by heart after the first week my girls insisted that should be the only book I read them. Since then, they’ve gone through phases of different favorite books; and as daunting as...
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Raising a 4 year old child with a...
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Bloom :: An Event for Moms! {2024}
Bloom is an event for new and expecting moms, foster moms, and adoptive moms (recommended for any mom up to toddler age!), and other...
