It occurred to me watching Carly Corinthos Jax chatting with her ex and now current love interest, that I hadn’t seen her youngest in a while. The adorable blonde tween cherub with the bad attitude hasn’t been seen since summer. Her two adult boys however have burning hot storylines. I came to an awesome conclusion! […]
Dear Person Who Thinks They Can Parent Better Than Me: Please refrain from turning around and rolling your eyes in disgust because I am refusing to pick up my 30 lbs three-year-old. She can walk. In fact, she’s been walking for the past 24 months. For some reason you don’t recognize the oldest known power […]
O was going through my VHS Disney collection. She opened each one and said, “Nope, nothing in there.” I stifled my giggles as she did this 20 times. Finally, she walks over to me and says, “Mommy, these are broken. Look! They have a crack in them,” pulling on the hinge over the tape. Oh, […]
The hardest part of vacation ending was not going back to work. It was knowing after a week of waking to hugs and kisses that my daughter and I would be like passing ships in the morning again. ~Nicole Marissa
Recently, I told my daughter that her Great Uncle Kenny would have loved her. She embodies his favorite things. She is full of joy, always singing and dancing and marching to the beat of her own drummer. It amazes me how very compassionate this small human is. Sometimes I worry she is too good for […]
Parents have a lot to think about when deciding what to have for snack, but now, a study of prenatal and postnatal development of children exposed to high levels of junk food has shown that junk food affects your child’s behavior.We all know giving our children too much sugar is bad, but did you know […]
I hate those DayQuil/NyQuil commercials telling me that moms and dads don’t get sick days. Why the heck not? I am a firm believer that we should be awarded sick days because our children are Petri dishes of sickness. What kills me is they get the sniffles and we get laryngitis. So yes, we parents […]
Up until very recently, my very glamorous day included changing diapers. It was like the cutesy Disney characters on Ollie’s training pants were laughing at me! She would do #1 but she was not giving up having mommy smell her training pant presents daily.
Me Time Sometimes we pretend the hours between our children’s bed time and ours is “me time”, but you deserve better than that.
In honor of the pseudo-holiday I’ve dubbed “Toddler Appreciation Day”, here are just five of the reasons you should love your toddler today. #5 Adventure is their middle name. They are down for a new experience. If you lead, they will follow. #4. Building a blanket fort and watching your favorite childhood movie will make […]
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