My husband and I tried for five months before we conceived our daughter. Those five months were filled with a lot of anticipation, a lot of stress and a lot of heartbreak as each month passed.
Then we got pregnant.
I know how fortunate we are. For many Canadian couples, fulfilling the dream of having a child is not so easy. Read more…
I remember when my little boy was two…into absolutely everything.
Then, there was three. Tantrums about absolutely everything.
And…just when I thought things had settled down…FOUR!!! OMFG. Read more…
My little guy will be ready for kindergarten in about a year…so the story out of China this week both shocked and saddened me.
By now, most of us have read about the deaths of two young children in China, following their eating tainted yogurt, which allegedly came from a neighbourhood kindergarten. Read more…
My daughter’s little friend came home from school with a book in her home reading bag entitled, “Mum’s Diet.” Above are snaps of a few of the pages of this book. Basically, it’s a story from a child’s perspective about how his mom goes on a diet and how he hates it because when mom’s on a diet he only gets to eat lettuce and tomatoes. He doesn’t even get to eat spaghetti (because that is SO unhealthy). Read more…
When one of my best friends told me her then three-year-old niece, Ivy Sweet, had been diagnosed with leukemia my heart sank. As a parent, your greatest fear is for something terrible to happen to your child. Charlene, Ivy’s mom, was living my worst nightmare. Despite the rough hand she has been dealt, she continually amazes me with her positive attitude, resilience and faith during a time when it would be very easy to hunker down into a state of self-pity and depression. Now, Charlene wants to help other parents who are going through what she has (and continues to, as the parent of a child being treated for cancer). Her message – for all parents – is here:
My daughter keeps asking for a little sister. At first it was cute…then it started to evolve into a daily request, which became harder and harder to address. I can relate. Growing up as the only girl (I have two younger brothers) in my family I, too, yearned for a sister. I’m pretty sure I even begged my own mother for one and I would say her answer was pretty much the same as mine…”Not a chance.” Read more…
My daughter is craft obsessed. She loves discovering, creating and sharing…and often it is something made from nothing. I, on the other hand, am not as naturally creative. It sometimes takes me a lot of time and effort to think of new, interesting and engaging activities to keep my kids busy. Yes, yes…I do know about Pinterest. However, when you are a working mom of two, Pinterest not only gives you lots of fantastic ideas, but it can also make you feel pretty inadequate when you don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to actually putting them together. So when I found out about Sparked Kids Crafts (a Vancouver Island based, monthly subscription service that conveniently delivers educational arts & crafts, science and imaginative play activities to children ages 3 to 7), I was pretty darned excited. Read more…
Oh, Amber Dusick, you so speak my language. This is a parenting book that I can get on board with!
Based on the popular blog crappypictures.com, PARENTING: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures is a collection of stories, anecdotes and lessons on the many trials and tribulations of parenthood, accompanied by hysterical drawings that are, admittedly, crappy. Read more…
Today I was doing some grocery shopping with my kids when I came across this:
I took a photo of it and posted it to my Instagram and Facebook page with the simple comment that this product is ridiculous and infuriates me. Let me explain why. Read more…
