How Will You Improve Your Child’s Behavior? Parenting is not an easy job. Every parent wants a child with good behavior. Wait! Are you encouraging bad behavior in your child? I know, you would never do that, but it might happen that unknowingly you are doing that. Children learn to behave badly, just like the way they learn to be nice and well-mannered.They take … [Read more...]
Complicated Stories: How Sharing Helps
Sharing Complicated Stories After having a baby, sharing their birth story is something many women like to do. However, if that birth story involves a preemie or NICU baby, sharing complicated stories can be very hard. Not only can it be extremely difficult for the mother to tell, but it can be hard for her family and friends to hear. Do people want to hear about your … [Read more...]
Another Gym Post
The Gym Again? Yes! I made it to the gym yesterday! If you read my post about working out yesterday, you know that I am slowly getting back into my routine after being sick. Well, I'm happy to report I was back at Zumba, plus did the ab workout afterwards. I did get a little more red in the face than usual, sweated a little more, and needed a lot more water, but overall, … [Read more...]
Updating Holiday Traditions
Holiday Traditions I'm so excited to have Alexandra, from My Urban Family, here on the blog today. She's talking about holiday traditions today, and how we can make them work for our families as they change. Even though they are holiday traditions, it doesn't mean they don't need a little updating every once in a while. Tweaking My Favorite Holiday Traditions Every … [Read more...]
Mid-Month Goal Check October
How can we be halfway through October already?! Even though some of the days have been very, very looooooong, the month has gone by really fast. How does that happen? I'm going to warn you now, this is not going to be a long post. Last night, I spent 2 hours in Urgent Care. My oldest son came home from school, and was very quiet. When I asked him what was wrong, he told me … [Read more...]