Two Meaningful Quotes About Motherhood for the Mom Who Feels Unappreciated
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Two Meaningful Quotes About Motherhood for the Mom Who Feels Unappreciated

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If you’re feeling a bit underappreciated as a mom, I get it. Sometimes it seems like the work that we do just isn’t acknowledged and it sucks. As moms, whether we are stay at home, work at home, or work outside of the home; we do a lot. We tend to wear many hats in addition to our primary hat as mom. And that applies whether we are a single moms, married moms, divorced moms, etc. Moms are very busy people. And more often than not, the work that we do on an every day basis? It may not seem like we’re doing enough. It may seem, to others, that we simply aren’t doing a lot. But in reality? Yes, we are. We are doing…

Why Use Sensory Boxes or Sensory Bins for Special Needs?

Why Use Sensory Boxes or Sensory Bins for Special Needs?

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Sensory bins, or sensory boxes, can be quite beneficial for children with special needs. But why is that? Whether you are using them at home or in school, here’s how to incorporate sensory bins for special education needs and purposes. And honestly? If a craft challenged, mess fearing mom like me can embrace the idea of sensory boxes and sensory bins? Anyone can. I hate the mess and honestly, I’m not a huge fan of creating or touching slime. I may have a few sensory issues myself that need to be addressed. Why Use Sensory Bins for Special Education Needs? Sweet B uses sensory bins quite a bit at school. They provide her with a unique opportunity to experience play without having to be fully…

Why I Stopped Trying to be a Supermom and How it Reduced My Stress

Why I Stopped Trying to be a Supermom and How it Reduced My Stress

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I’m very capable of finding stressful situations. You might say this is a special talent. This ability to find and create stressful situations. A lot of this, of course, is purely internal. And it’s based on my own mindset and approach to situations. In that case? One would think that the easiest thing to do is to just stop trying. Easier said than done. And especially when it comes to parenting. Parenting is both the most stressful and the most rewarding thing that I have ever done. I love my kids without question but they stress me out. And there’s nothing wrong with admitting that. What I would also like to say is this: when I stopped trying to be supermom my relationship with my kids started…

Free Printable Daily Schedule for Children on the Autism Spectrum
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Free Printable Daily Schedule for Children on the Autism Spectrum

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Many children on the autism spectrum benefit from routines and structure. But how do we, as parents, provide this structure for them? It’s really easier than you think when you use free visual printables for autism. In fact, all it takes is a little bit of repetition and you’ll have created a functional daily routine and schedule for your child in no time at all. Still confused as to the how and the why? Or maybe you just want to start simple? I’ve got you covered there too with my free printable daily schedule for autism– designed to help you with setting up a functional routine at home. Why use a daily routine schedule printable? Sweet B, because of her autism, is a very visual…

How to Help Your Autistic Child Make Friends

How to Help Your Autistic Child Make Friends

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Simple things like making small-talk or even starting a conversation can be excruciatingly painful for autistic children. Social skills are not always easy and many children on the spectrum have difficulties in this area. This impacts many areas of their lives and hinders their ability to make friends. So how do we, as parents, help our autistic child make friends? Well, aside from modeling this type of activity, we can also provide them with conversational starter cards.  How to Teach Autistic Children to Make Friends Learning how to build friendships can be difficult. Not just for our autistic children, but for anyone. However, when your social skills are limited, this becomes increasingly difficult. It may be difficult for your child to make the necessary small talk…

DIY Mason Jar Avengers

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Do you love the Avengers movies? So do we! Celebrate your love for all things Avengers with this DIY Mason Jar Avengers craft! This post was originally sponsored by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #AvengersUnite #CollectiveBias We have been waiting for MARVEL’S The Avengers Age of Ultron to come out on DVD for quite some time. The first movie is one of my absolute favorites and the other movies in the franchise are equally exciting. My personal favorite characters are Thor and Iron Man, for different reasons. While we haven’t planned out a watch party exactly, we had been counting down the days to the release of the movie.  Once we finally heard of a definite release date, it…