When I asked Caroline about her feelings, and if she had any worries about the baby in Mama’s belly, my 2.5 year old was able to clearly identify and express her feelings to me about the situation. Not only that, without prompting, she told me all of the ways she’d address the issues when the …
Mama’s Organized Chaos
I am 8 weeks pregnant, and I know there are lots of people wondering why on earth I jumped the gun and announced when I was so early in my pregnancy. Well, I have 4 reasons that I chose to announce early, and I decided to share them in my post at Her View From …
Today is a very special day! Kimberly over at Team Cartwright has teamed up with me for a topic day. We have a common issue in our houses… toddlers that don’t want to do things independently, or try new things. The interesting part, however, is that our toddlers do this in very different ways! As a …
Yesterday I wrote about some behavioral problems that have been getting worse over the last couple of weeks. They seem to really be magnified right now, and I am feeling at a loss as to what else to try with Caroline. Read all about the issues we are encountering, and my current tactics in this …
I need some insight. This probably isn’t a typical blog post that you run into. Usually blog posts are all about the answers. Well, in this blog post I’m asking questions, and I need your insight. I need some outside perspective on this issue. I like to think through things by writing them down, and …
I was a day late for my period…we all know that doesn’t really count as late. I’d felt dizzy and just lacking energy the past couple of days, and I happened to have one of those super cheap pregnancy tests lying around from when we were trying to get pregnant the first time. “What the …
Room sharing is the devil. Don’t ever have your kids share a room. Avoid room sharing at all costs. Stock up on wine and chocolate. Just kidding. Kind of. You’ll want the wine and chocolate anyway. 5 Tips for Room Sharing With Kids The truth is, room sharing is probably not ideal unless you have …
Oh the screams and the cries today. The hitting, kicking and not listening. The “horrible twos” we all hear about rear their ugly head every so often and it’s brutal. If I’m consistent in my expectation and discipline accordingly it only gets worse before it gets better. But I also know that if I don’t …