In a world made up of milestone charts and peer-to-peer comparison, Day 11 Stop Comparing Your Child shows how becoming a better mom is sometimes as simple as accepting our children for who they are and WHERE they are developmentally, socially and athletically. The Grass Is Always Greener... We've all heard that saying "The grass is greener on the other side"...but one of my ...
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Day 10 Create Your Own Family Traditions
Being a better mom sometimes means making mountains out of molehills. Day 10 Create Your Own Family Traditions speaks to how even the simplest things can become family traditions that our children will carry with them into their own role as parents. Family Traditions Don't Have To Cost Money As a child growing up - in what I am certain was poverty though my parents never let me ...
Day 9 One Smart Cookie
If you are continuing along in the 31 Days & 31 Ways To Be A Better Mom series, Day 9 One Smart Cookie touches on how imperative it is that we as moms don't take a backseat in our child's education. The way we teach our children and the support they receive from us once they enter public/private education will have a life-long impact. The Good Ol' Days A long time ago, in a ...
Day 8 Divide and Conquer
Day 8 Divide and Conquer gets to the root of how a successful marriage or partnership can really make you be a better mom. Learning to let go and play to your strengths works to only better everyone involved, especially your children. Today is Day 8 in the series 31 Days & 31 Ways to Be A Better Mom. Be sure and scroll to the bottom of this post to catch up any you may have ...
Day 7 Find Your Village
We all have heard the saying "It takes a village" when talking about raising kids. Day 7 Find Your Village is all about piecing that village together, whether or not you have family nearby. Because when the going gets rough in motherhood, no one "gets" you more than another mother (or father!). Life's Hardest Work Raising our children is life's hardest work. We bring ...
31 Days And 31 Ways To Be A Better Mom
Are we ready?! 31 Days and 31 Ways to be a Better Mom commences NOW! For those who have been following this blog, you likely know that some of my favorite topics to write about are parenting and raising our children - the good, the bad, the ugly. The sweet and the bittersweet. The funny and the sad. Because, as a mom (or dad!), it becomes all too ...
What I REALLY Learned at Disney
We just returned from a week at Disney and in the midst of an amazing, magical trip, I realized what I REALLY learned at Disney was more a lesson in humanity than a compilation of tips and tricks to make the trip easier the next go round. Sure, those come by default as a mom, but what really moved me were all the lessons staring me right in the face if I was willing to admit to myself that I ...
5 Ways To Help An Anxious Child
If you have an anxious child (like I do), use these 5 ways to help an anxious child and you will be surprised at how much these basic ideas will alleviate many of their worries. I only wish I had learned about them when my kids were even younger. It's easy to forget that little kids have all the worries and anxieties that we have and many times, to the same extreme. They ...
Why I AM My Child’s Best Friend
I've heard it a million times and I've seen it in a ton of parenting articles, but let me tell you why I AM my child's best friend. This isn't the first time I've bucked the current standards of parenting advice, and I am quite certain it will not be the last. I read it everywhere, I hear it from my mom friends, I hear it on tv...explaining why moms should not try and be best friends with ...
Raising Girls Is Not What I Dreamed Of
As a Mom to 2 little girls, I have learned a lot over the years and one of the most prominent lessons has been that raising girls is not what I dreamed of...and I couldn't be happier. The stereotypes abound and my two daughters have shown me that what may be the "average" doesn't have to be their "normal." Each of my daughters is their own person - unique and special. And every ...
