As our toddlers continue to grow bigger so do our tasks as being their parents. I had dreaded potty training ever since Kennedy was an infant. I thought how am I ever going to get this little girl to know how to go potty without having a million accidents first. I looked around our house and thought this is not going to be fun we have solid carpet through out our whole house. What I found on the internet basically freaked me out lol in a nutshell it said "let them run naked for three days and basically hope…
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5 KEYS TO A CONFIDENT TODDLER
Many who meet Kennedy are amazed at how well-spoken, friendly and social she is for such a young age. Her confidence is obvious and thanks to my tips below you too can help build your toddler to have the confidence they need in a world where many will try to tear them down. "Parents need to fill their child's bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can't poke enough holes to drain it dry." - Alvin Price
As a mother we all want our children to be outgoing and confident in who they are…
CREATING AN INDEPENDENT TODDLER
When I came home from the hospital with my new bundle of joy reality set in and I started to think while Kennedy was sleeping peacefully how I was going to raise a strong independent woman. You know the saying "all I need to know I learned in kindergarten" well I think that truly applies to how you raise your child from day one. My husband and I have always been firm believers in helping our daughter be independent as she can be with each stage in her life. would like to be. If I had a dollar for every time…Read more
THE TRAVELING MAMA; SURVIVAL GUIDE
Isn't it funny how things in life come full circle. Do you remember being on a airplane at one time or another and hearing a screaming baby and then thinking to yourself "shut that kid up, doesn't their parents know how to make them quiet". And now years later here you are about to get on an airplane for the first time with your baby and those dreadful thoughts creep back into your mind. You are now hoping that you will NOT be that parent with the screaming child on the airplane. Or maybe this isn't your…Read more
Pimp your Pram!
Are you like me always wanting to have the latest and greatest? Obviously just like anything else in the market of products items are constantly improving each year with new models, new colors and more features of maybe a new or existing product. Now if you are like me sometimes this can be frustrating feeling like I want the newer model because it looks cooler or has a better feature. But being a parent is not cheap and wanting something new and actually buying it are two very different things. So instead…Read more
Mama to the Rescue
It is rare for anyone in my family to get sick but when we do we always try to kick it to the curb quickly! And I mean quickly; my husband will drink two sick teas a day if not more combined with Dayquil, Wellness Formula. You name it and he is probably doing it. The philosophy in our household is... we have too much to do to be sick ("ain't no one got time for that")! And now as a mother it is no different because there is no worse feeling than when your child does not feel well so finding a cure quickly…Read more
HEALTHY MAMA, HEALTHY BABY
A question I get asked all the time is how did you bounce back so quick? And when I was pregnant i constantly was told "wow, you look great you are all baby". Yes maybe it had to do with the fact that I was fit prior to my pregnancy however if I had just ate whatever I wanted during my pregnancy and not worked out I would have been a lot bigger and not have bounced back as quick as I did. I know so many women want to be able to bounce back quickly after pregnancy, let's face it who doesn't want to be a hot…Read more
Caring for your GROWING belly!
Are you pregnant? Is your belly starting to grow and your not sure what to put on it? Are you weary of stretch marks? If so you are in luck because just like you I was totally freaked out about my body changing and what I would look like after the bump was gone. Knowing that I immediately started doing everything I could to not only stay in shape but also keep those stretch marks from forming. Below are a few key things I did for a very low cost in order to keep those stretch marks away. And I can say with…Read more