Inspiring Happy Families through Marriage & Motherhood
Sleep is something that most parents miss dearly after having a child. You expect it with a newborn, even with a 1-2 year old. But after 2-3 years you would think that your child would have figured out this whole bedtime thing. And yet, every night you dread the crying, tears, and tantrums that come with putting your toddler to… Read More
I don’t know about you, but I’ve read a TON of information recently about how time outs are teaching kids to hide their feelings and that having emotions are not okay. But I also have a toddler who sometimes hits when he doesn’t get his way. And he needs to be removed from that situation so other kids don’t get… Read More
Trying to teach emotions for toddlers can be incredibly daunting. They may not understand a lot of the words you are using to describe things and you will probably get frustrated when their reactions are overly dramatic. One simple way to make this situation easier is to use a book that makes the subject approachable and simple for that age group…. Read More
Are your kids getting restless before it’s even lunchtime? Do you check the clock thinking it’s almost nap time when it’s not for another 2 hours? Are your kids completely bored with going to the grocery store and playing with the same toys every day? Stop worrying about coming up with something to do and days that feel like they… Read More
You know that mom who always has everything you need? When you are wondering if you should go home after 5 minutes at the park on a hot summer day because you don’t have sunscreen for the baby. Or it just started to downpour and you have no umbrella. She is ready to bandage, feed, or change any child on… Read More
When is the last time that you flipped out at your child? He came up to you and said he wouldn’t clean his room. You demanded that he clean his room or he wouldn’t get to have his friend over so he stomped away yelling “I hate you!” and slammed the door to his bedroom. How do you react? Emotions… Read More
Becoming a mom is weird. One day you are just you like you always have been going about your business. And then the next day you are responsible for another human being. A little person who can’t do anything on their own and communicates in another language that you don’t speak. So you are left to figure out how to… Read More
Do you love reading? But you are having trouble fitting reading time in with your kids? Or maybe they are not interested so you just give up. Just because they are not giving you their full attention doesn’t mean you should stop reading to them. It can take a lot of time for kids to be able to sit still… Read More
One of my favorite ways to spend time together as a family is to play board games. I could play them all day long! But when you have toddlers it can be really hard to do this fun task. So I set off on a mission to find some great options that we could play together. And I came up with… Read More
When you are picking mac & cheese up off the carpet (who puts carpeting in a dining room anyway?) with your toddler crying in his chair because you yelled at him not to throw his food on the floor, what is running through your head? After the anger and irritation fade, is it something like “I am a bad mom…. Read More
