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My Summer Mantra
Before critiquing, correcting, or criticizing I will ask myself, “Is this really an issue or is it just annoying me?” (Endless potty jokes – I’m looking at you.) I will remember when they’re...
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Summer Skin Care for Babies 101
We’ve been enjoying some great sunny weather this summer and I hope you guys have been doing the same! One thing I forgot until having M, though, is how sensitive a new baby’s skin really is. So I did...
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{Parenting} Teaching Kids to Wash Hands & Kill Germs
As a parent of three small children, germs are kind of the bain of my existence. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for my kids building up their immunity while playing in the dirt and socializing with...
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6 Things Your Child’s Teacher Wants to Know
I recently found out our contributor, Kristin, has been hiding a very big secret from me – although she currently works as a professional photographer, she used to be a 1st grade teacher! You guys, you...
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Kids’ Responsibility & Money Management Printables Pack
What would you say if I told you that my 4 and 5 year old get up, get dressed, and even make breakfast on their own every morning – and have been doing so for over a year? Or that they already have a...
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5 Tricks for Calming Back-to-School Jitters
We’ve got a whole “Back-to-School ” theme going on here this week. Last week it was6 Things Your Child’s Teacher Wants You to Tell Them and on Monday I finally released our new Kids’ Responsibility...
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How I Got My 4 & 5 Year Olds to Get Themselves Ready in the Mornings
Image: © Suzette – www.suzette.nu | edited and text added | Jippe Eating Scones | CC by 2.0 In honor of the fact that we’re giving away a cordless Dyson MC59 Motorhead vacuum cleaner worth $549, I...
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How to Make the Ultimate “Quiet Box”
With the crisper (and around here, decidedly wetter) fall weather comes more time spent indoors. That means, it’s time to get creative with ways to keep the kids busy. Along with relying on our...
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Family & Money-Earning Jobs For Toddlers & Preschoolers
There are lots of great reasons to treat your children (even your youngest kiddos) as accountable, active participants at home by giving them both family jobs and money earning jobs. Here are a few of...
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POYEL: Car Hacks for Happy Kids
Whether your family routinely does a ten hour trip to grandma’s every Thanksgiving, or you just find yourself in the car shuttling kids around A LOT now that school’s back in session – a well organized...
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4 Things About Having 3 Kids (That Nobody Ever Talks About)
One of my favorite parts of this strange and unexpected blogging career of mine, is that I get to play so many different roles. Some days I’m a managing editor, some days I’m a photographer and graphic...
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Top 10 Ways to Keep Kids Active When Stuck Inside
You guys know I’m all about getting outdoors whenever possible! I’ll admit, however, that has been a little more challenging this year with the baby in tow – sometimes I’m just too tired to face arming...
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The One Question that Has Made Me a Better Mother
Happy Friday friends! I wanted to pop in quickly and share with you a post I wrote this week for eHow’s Mom Channel. It’s a personal one for me and I really hope you like it – here’s a preview: …The...
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Parenting Hack: Mantras for Being a Mindful Mama
I mentioned last week that we’d be covering various “life hacks” this month in the areas of parenting, organization, meal planning and memory keeping… True to my word, today we’re talking about...
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Parenting Hacks: 14 Habits of Happy Families
Last Friday we started talked about mindful parenting (specifically 4 powerful mantras for families) and I promised we’d be back with more helpful stuff this week. Before we delve into a few more...
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How 5 Rings Are Going to Make Me a Better Mom this Year
How many of you resolved to yell less at your kids this year? Actually, let me amend that, to just be nicer to your kids? I ask because I’ve seen a whole lot of stuff going around the web lately about...
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Top 10 Parenting Books for Raising Girls
Next month, I’ll be having my third child and my third girl. Which means that parenting little girls is always on my mind. Whether you have a single daughter or a whole slew of them, these books are...
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FREE Webinar: A Quick-Start Guide to Positive Parenting
Image Credit: © Suzette Normand | 02.26.10 | CC by 2.0 (text added) I don’t know if it’s just me, but I find that late January is a great time for a sort of parenting re-boot. The holidays are over and...
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Positive Parenting: A #5RingsToStopYelling Update
Ok guys, it’s been about a week now since my 5 rings* arrived – time for an update. (Before getting to that, if you’d like some background on this challenge go here for why we’re doing this and how...
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{Parenting} What Am I Doing Wrong?
Image Credit: © Natesh Ramasamy | Why Am I in Such a Bad Mood? | CC by 2.0 I’m so very excited to introduce you to our newest contributor, Jessica, today. She is the mother of four (yes, four!) little...
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