Posts Tagged ‘kids’
Kindergarten
Where did the summer go? I feel like I blinked and suddenly it’s September. Similarly, I blinked and my firstborn son became a kindergartener. As you read this, he already has his two weeks of elementary school under his belt. As a teacher myself, I LOVE back to school. I will fully admit that shopping…
Read MoreSurviving a Day at the Beach
Summer is hands down my favorite season. I love the warm weather, the flowers, and the lazy weekend days with a cold drink in my hand watching my children play. I feel like summer is forever associated in people’s minds with the beach. Although I love summer, I’m actually not the biggest beach lover. That…
Read MoreSleep Study
Last week my one year old had to go to for a sleep study at Yale Children’s Hospital. He has not been sleeping well and we have had concerns about his breathing and restlessness at night. He also has small airways due to a genetic condition so his medical team decided that a sleep study…
Read MoreWintertime Fun
Here in Connecticut, we are in the middle of our winter season and it can be hard to keep little people busy indoors when all they want to do is run around outside. Here are a few ideas to keep toddlers and preschoolers busy during those days when you are ready to lose your mind.…
Read MoreParenting during a Crisis
Posts about the current pandemic situation bombard our social media feed every day. Now in addition we also have posts about racial and ethnic equality. It’s overwhelming. Today alone I’ve seen three blog posts about how to be the best parent during this pandemic but many of them seem to sugarcoat the reality that is…
Read MoreFlying during a Pandemic
Lately, the topic of plane travel seems to come up often in my online mom support groups. Obviously given the current situation (ya know being a pandemic and all) few people are considering pleasure travel. What many people are considering though is travel to check on elderly family members or to get and bring family…
Read MoreTraveling WITHOUT Kids
My husband and I were recently blessed with the opportunity to take a trip to Niagara Falls in Canada; without our toddler son. My mom, bless her heart, offered to fly out from Texas to stay with our son so that my husband and I could go just the two of us and recharge our…
Read MoreChildren’s Music
My toddler son LOVES music. He wants to listen to it ALL the time and loves to have dance parties with me in our living room. I love this about him but as much as he loves jamming to the radio with me, he also loves “kids” music. Plus… we have reached the age where…
Read MoreToddler Parenting Struggles
People who aren’t close friends often ask me how I have so much great advice and tell me how I seem to really have it together. Well, prepare to have you mind blown, I really don’t! The truth is that I am a total hot mess 99% of the time. I struggle with self-doubt, I’m…
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