Let's face it, we parents need all the help we can get when it comes to air travel. So that's what I'm sharing with you today: tips, tricks, little known facts, hacks--everything that three years of frequent infant (and now toddler PLUS infant) air travel has taught me. This is a sponsored ...
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How to keep your technology SAFE with kids around
Kids and technology: it's a parenting topic we've only had to talk about for the past few decades. Most of us don't know what it's like to grow up with cell phones, laptops, tablets, and desktop computers around from our babyhood. But kids today don't know anything different. It's something new for ...
I spotted the Sibling Glimmer
I wasn't supposed to see it. But it was one of those moments that filled my mom heart to the brim. It's been exhausting--the transition from one to two kids. I've lived the past six months on newborn sleep but with a toddler start time to the day. Plus the ten weeks before that on third ...
What it’s like to have a kid who is much younger than he looks
This kid right here is three feet and three inches tall. And he's two. When he's playing with his three, four, and five year old cousins, he just blends in. He was born a hair shy of 23 inches and has never been below the 99th percentile for height his whole life. He's big for his age. I ...
5 tips to make mornings easier for moms living on newborn sleep with toddlers as well
Moms of two or more everywhere are in sleep poverty--we're exhausted. We're waking every two to four hours for at least the first six months of our new baby's life, and yet the day has to begin whenever the older child wakes. Right now, I'm doing my blogging and virtual assistant work after ...
Ten times you felt like a Crisis Negotiator with your toddler
Crisis negotiation, as defined by our friends at Wikipedia, is "a law enforcement technique used to communicate with people who are threatening violence (workplace or domestic violence, suicide, or more rarely, terrorism), including barricaded subjects, stalkers, criminals attempting to escape after ...
How the new baby made you a terrible mom to your toddler (why it happened and how to make it better)
Somewhere in the fog of those first months after our second baby was born, something happened that I didn't think was possible: I had days where I flat out did not like my toddler. It's a hard thing to admit. But I started admitting it to other moms of two or more children. And you know what I ...
How and why I encourage my toddler to help care for our baby
Becoming a big sibling comes with its fair share of losses--undivided attention, immediate need-meeting, and a world that revolves around his or her nap schedule are just a few. I don't know about you, but I tend to feel bad for my toddler because of all the losses that arrived with his new baby ...
The best trick for getting your kid’s ears to pop while flying
Living one thousand miles away from family makes for a lot of flying for our kiddos. This little guy in the photo has been on 17 flights in his 2.5 years of life! And usually, he's awesome. We use snacks, drinks, naps and pacifiers to get through the parts of the flight where the pressure changes. ...