Journalin'

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.  26th January 2021. (Approximately 8:30am) As I sit with my laptop on the kitchen island, my phone beeps with a text message. It’s a WhatsApp...

Toddler tantrums are actually a developmental milestone for healthy brain development. Next time your toddler loses it in a major meltdown, remember it’s normal, so skip the guilt and embarrassment. You are doing just fine. How you respond to a...

   MEDIA CONTACT Kelly Arditi  415-264-4209 kelly@midpeninsulamomsblog.com   San Francisco Moms Blog Community Grows Mid-Peninsula Moms Blog to further localize resources for San Francisco area families August 30, 2017 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Following the successful launch of San Francisco Moms Blog in 2015, owner Kelly Arditi realized...

While you all have been enjoying gorgeous weather on the Peninsula, I've been stuck under Karl the Fog up in SF for the better part of a week. Ugh. It's meant more time inside at one of our favorite...

It was a good week for my family as we learned our daughter got assigned to our first choice of public kindergartens in San Francisco! If you're not familiar with the process, it's overwhelming, so we're grateful and relieved to...

Since September is coming to a close and it is National Friendship Month, I have someone I want to tell you about; my best friend Jen. In August of 1991, I walked onto the campus of Albion College in...

My son Fritz doesn’t worry about much. He’s an easygoing four-year-old boy. Except when he gets mad or sad and then he cries, or hits someone, before quickly reverting back to his jolly self. He doesn’t think too much...

Editor's Note: If you struggle with mental illness, please see a mental health professional. They are incredible allies and part of any healthy support system. -- If you have a complicated relationship with alcohol, I'm here to tell you that you're not...

I'm in a nostalgic mood this week, so I'm sharing links to things that have stuck with me long after I first saw them. Tell me your favorites, too! Tired of asking your kids, "How was your day?" Try these...

One of my guilty pleasures is watching “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” I grew up in Jersey and even though my childhood in the Garden State looked nothing like the lives portrayed on the show, the casts' accents,...