We recently received a Mommy SOS from a mom looking for advice on how to handle her daughter crying at preschool morning drop-offs, and I couldn’t help but sympathize because I have been dealing with the same thing myself....
Dear C-Section Scar,
I’ll admit when I found out at 36 weeks pregnant I was going to need you that I left the doctor's office in tears and sat crying in my car. How bad would you hurt? What was...
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I cannot stop talking about the book No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame, by Janet Lansbury. Chances are if you’ve overheard me chatting with other toddler moms at the playground lately, it’s been...
I approached potty training for both my kids the same way: by not really doing it. I didn't read any books on the subject, we didn't practice a certain technique, and we didn't track their progress on a sticker...
ICYMI, last week, Mid-Peninsula Moms Blog founder, Kelly, and our resident sleep expert, Dr. Sarah Mitchell, went live on Facebook to answer readers' questions about their babies' and young children's sleep habits. Check out the replay below and mark your calendar...
My kids are sixteen months apart. At the time, having kids close in age sounded like a great idea. Our daughter was an angel baby, and we said, "Let's do it again!" So we did, and then the reality...
I think most of us are guilty of uttering The phrase, “When I’m a mom I will never do (blank),” before you have kids. One of those resolutions for me was that I would never co-sleep with my kids....
I wish I could stop time right now because this is my favorite age so far of my son - 18 months. He and I are in this groove where our days are flying by and we’re having a...
Growing up, my mama made school lunches for all three of us girls. When I was in elementary school, lunch primarily consisted of a sandwich, canned fruit, Ruffles potato chips, a cookie, and a juice box. Sometimes, my mama would...
A friend of mine recently dated a guy who was from, what I’ve come to refer to as, a “naked family” – that is, a family where even as adults, nudity just isn’t a big deal. She learned this...