We all were captivated by the story of the magical Elf on the Shelf. What a great idea of another way to bribe your children to behave an entire month before the holidays! I mean the threat of Santa watching…
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How to Respond When Your Child Incessantly Asks WHY?
We parents always seem to be in a hurry. We want our babies to smile and coo…then later crawl and walk, and of course we can’t wait for them to talk. I’ll never forget when our youngest uttered the words “uh…
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2 Minute Drill – Chris Bosh
I decided to have some fun during the preseason with some of the HEAT players, and asked them some of the most pressing parenting questions. First up in the hot seat….Chris Bosh. All I can say is, I need his tooth fairy to…
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Proper Potty Protocol
Is your bathroom the scariest place in your house? Towels on the floor, pee on the seat, water splashed all over the mirror? I am officially on strike when it comes to bathroom tidiness, no matter what I do it’s always…
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Double the Kids, Quadruple the Mom Guilt
I never want this feeling to end, being needed by my baby. The smell of her freshly washed hair, her baby soft skin cuddled next to me, and the sound of her whispering, “lay down with me” at bedtime. But time…
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Things I Never Thought I’d Say – Part 2
I was recently published on Scary Mommy in what I thought was one of my finest blog posts of my budding internet writing career entitled…Things I Never Thought I’d Say. Was it poetic prose? No. Was it uplifting and inspirational? Uhhh…nope….
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One New Food – Plums
Did anyone see Modern Family this week? I thought it was hilarious that Phil was obsessed with plums on the episode! Guess we were on the same wavelength as the writers because that was our one new food choice of the…
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One New Food – Mashed Potatoes
When I imagined One New Food a few months ago, I was super excited. I thought we had cornered the market on how to banish picky eaters from our homes forever! But usually all good ideas have been done before, and…
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Kindergarten Mean Girls
Our five year old came home after her first month of Kindergarten with some pretty spiffy new hand signals she learned at school. She was so excited to share them with me, she couldn’t speak fast enough when she launched into…
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One New Food – Asparagus
One New Food has actually been a hit in our house. Lila loves going shopping and picked out cotton candy grapes at the store (who wouldn’t eat those?!), and this week we even went into uncharted territory and tried the…
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