From One Mom To Another

As a Stay at home mom we assume we have plenty of time to spend with our children. We are not like the working mom who comes home and must set aside specific time with her child if she is going to nurture that relationship. We are with them all the time, right? Yet [...]

My daughter, Emily, is a month from starting Kindergarten. She is very bright, and loves for us to read to her. She has been to pre-school, and is very prepared for kindergarten. However, as I have several friends that are school teachers and their kids are already reading, I wanted to know what is the [...]

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure ~Ben Franklin
Ever heard this one before? It applies to so many aspects of life. From managing money, to dealing with relationships. Specifically, the one I want to talk about today, with our children. Knowing how to discipline is important. Knowing discipline techniques, logical and appropriate [...]

If you have children older than one, for some not even that old, you have probably experienced separation anxiety. Separation anxiety is difficult for the child as well as the parent. Sometimes I think it is harder for the parent than the child. We feel extreme amounts of guilt and we feel as if [...]

I read parenting books, and seek parenting tips all the time. Just like you I am always seeking out the best way to be the best mom.
I have found that some of the best parenting advice does not come from highly educated therapist, but from mothers who have raised their children. Even if their children [...]

I am currently working with Emily at tying her shoes. While the book “Red Lace, Yellow Lace” is great for having the laces and shoe cut out for her to practice on, I wasn’t crazy about the poem in the book. I searched for a poem I remembered from my childhood, “Bunny going around [...]

If your child wants to study, learn and participate in a religion that is quite a bit different than what you have brought them up in, how do/would you react? What would you say to them and would you allow them to do as they wish in their searching?
~The Mom Blogs
This is a [...]

You may have remembered me talking about starting the process of putting Anna in the Big Girl Bed. Well, when we originally started it took us two nights to realize trying to get her to sleep with her sister was not going to work. So we got a twin bed this past weekend and [...]

God delights in concealing things; scientists delight in discovering things.
Proverbs 25:2 The Message
I was sent this article yesterday. It never ceases to amaze me that while science seeks to disprove a creator, they continuously confirm His existence…
…The kids whose parents regularly attended religious services—especially when both parents did so frequently—and talked with [...]

Have you ever found yourself telling your spouse or someone about something your child did that day and finding that they begin repeating the behavior even while you are discussing it? For example I tell my husband how cute it is that if I say we are going to music class Anna [...]