Disclosure :: this post is sponsored by Children's Hospital.
Get a Jump Start on Heart Disease Prevention With Your Little Ones
February is National Heart Month! To observe this very important month of awareness for heart disease, we would like to share a few ways to work to prevent Heart Disease before it is even a problem – in childhood! While heart disease is primarily a health issue in adults, and not children, many of the factors that cause heart disease begin in childhood. According to the CDC, one in every six children in the U.S. are considered obese, a statistic that concerns doctors and parents alike, as many of the unhealthy habits that contribute to childhood obesity can lead to...
I understand that as parents we want what is best for our kids. We want them to do their very best on a project, make good grades, and keep a clean room. I want all of these things too, I do, but not at the expensive of doing this FOR my kids. I will set up my children for success, but I will not complete the tasks for them.
Each of my children have age appropriate chores. Why? Because one day, my children will be adults, and I want them to know how to run a household. My children participate in laundry, dishes, floors and cleaning their rooms regularly. Also, it is my son’s responsibility to always empty to garbage...
I'm tired, y'all. And I don't mean physically fatigued. I mean I am mentally exhausted. I'm sure you know the deal -- you've read the "invisible workload" articles -- but more importantly, you live the reality. You know exactly what I mean when I say that I am tired of having a monopoly on all family information. Something I once took pride in has come full circle to bite me in my big ol' butt: I am tired of answering everyone's questions and frustrated that I can!
At some point, my husband and children came to the valid conclusion that Asking Mom was a much more efficient way of solving their problems than figuring them out themselves. I answer any...
It’s amazing how the tiniest moments can have the biggest impacts on us. A recent trip to CC’s with my five year old did just that.
We were out running errands on a super cold day. I had been feeling under the weather and wanted a hot tea. At first, I reached for a cold chocolate milk out of the bin for Veronica but changed my mind. “How about hot chocolate today?” I asked her. It had been almost a year since I first gave her hot chocolate and she acted like I was trying to poison her. She seemed apprehensive but appeared to have forgotten the last incident, so she said okay.
We found our table and discussed how much...
We’re a family that cloth diapers. We’ve had this plan before Maverick was born, and I remember having friends and family members chuckle at the idea of us doing it. “You won’t have time”, “It’s so expensive to cloth diaper” were two of the things I heard the most. Surprisingly, I don’t find it very time consuming. I mean you’re going to change a diaper anyway so why can’t it be a cloth? I’m not going to lie, though, the idea at first made me nervous, I mean spraying poop in the toilet kinda made me cringe ... especially newborn / beginning stages of solids poop. But I will try anything to save money. I did some research and...
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