Blind Spots
Teaching my teen to drive continues to be challenging, but perhaps less because of the driving itself and more because I’m still learning how to help her.
Teaching my teen to drive continues to be challenging, but perhaps less because of the driving itself and more because I’m still learning how to help her.
We are not Canadian but it doesn’t take much to get us to celebrate a Queen’s birthday. After all isn’t every day a perfect day to celebrate like a queen? Most Canadians celebrate, Queen Victoria Day on the first Monday before May 25th with a picnic and the opening of their summer cottages but we thought it would be appropriate to throw a royal tea party.
A family is having a hard time establishing boundaries with a mother-in-law and grandmother who travels cross country to visit and stay over even knowing it’s very inconvenient for the entire family’s schedule.
A mom has been following the Satter Method with her toddler at mealtime but is stumped about second helpings and needs some advice about making sure her young one gets enough protein and veggies in his diet.
Celebrate spring with four fun, flowery foods kids will love. These are perfect for a spring bento box lunch, or kids can eat them at breakfast or snack time.
A mom needs advice on whether she should be concerned about her toddler son drinking water at bedtime through a sippy cup.
It’s strawberry-picking season, and that means bonus time with my teens and all my favorite, yummy recipes. Viva la strawberries!
The mom of a toddler needs sleep advice for when traveling. She has had bad experiences getting her daughter to sleep when traveling and is considering forgoing a summer trip because of it. There must be a better way. We have some advice.
It’s Mother’s Day weekend and a time to get nostalgic about baby’s and thus mother’s milestones.
An expectant mom is having a very strong nesting urges but needs her super supportive husband to clean up his office first. What can she do nesting-wise to appease her urge without upsetting her husband, too.
But that’s how I feel about my kids. I really don’t care if they like my music. They spent years listening to me play Aretha, Luther Vandross, The Rolling Stones, etc. and if they one day said, “Hey, Mom? Can you put on that one AC/DC song?”, that’d be great. But I certainly don’t expect it. Just like they don’t expect me to say, “Hey, kids? Can you put on that one Tyler, The Creator song?”
Do you know a graduate that will need this when s/he leaves for college soon? Just download a copy of my Laundry Cheat Sheet and print to share with him or her.
As we near the end of my autistic son’s first full-time year back in public school, the stress is wearing him down, but really, he’s doing great.
Mothers love handprints of their growing kids as keepsake gifts. For Mother’s Day we teach you how to make a handprinted head scarf DIY gift.
A dad needs help with this baby’s sleep schedule and getting the baby to sleep in longer. The baby wakes up too early and no one (including the baby) is happy about it.
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with our Mexican Hot Chocolate recipe and gift pouches. Just print and cut out our free printable.
A FTM needs help learning how to talk to other moms in her Baby and Me Yoga Class. She wants to make friends with these other moms she sees, she just doesn’t know what to say.
Sometimes your family isn’t blood related, but rather, dear friends and people in your life who act exactly as you wish your family would.
A pregnant reader is being shunned and hurt by a friend who is jealous and hurt because she and her husband have decided not to have children. She wants to know whether her friendship is salvageable?
Family vacations are supposed to be idyllic and build precious memories, but at what point is it more stress than it’s worth?