5 Tips For How to Better Understand Your Toddler

5 Tips For How to Better Understand Your Toddler

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Toddlers can be challenging. They’re argumentative and stubborn one minute but then loving and complacent the next. Some days you may wonder how you’ll both survive this sometimes tempestuous stage. Quite a bit of this has to do with understanding your toddler. And also understanding that their vocabulary isn’t as developed as ours. We’re adults, after all, and they still have quite a bit of growing to do. You can try introducing discipline with your toddler but also understand that they may not understand consequences. Toddlers can be a ton of fun, and a lot of work. It is easier to deal with toddlers, if you understand how they work. 5 Tips for How to Better Understand Your Toddler 1. Patience Is Not A Virtue…

How to Keep Babies Safe from RSV

How to Keep Babies Safe from RSV

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  This post was sponsored by AstraZeneca as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. Did you know that October is RSV Awareness Month? As the mom of two premature children, I am very much aware. RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) is a common seasonal virus that usually appears between November and April.  RSV affects the lungs and breathing passages. The symptoms mimic a common cold and most children will have RSV at least once by the time they turn two. RSV is also the leading cause of infant hospitalization during the first year of life. But that doesn’t mean that you should isolate your child or not go anywhere during this season. That would…

The Importance of Practicing Fire Drills at Home

The Importance of Practicing Fire Drills at Home

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“This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. All opinions are 100% mine.” October is Fire Prevention Month and while we have shared some fire safety tips in the past, today we want to talk about the importance of practicing fire drill at home. We will be sharing our Fire Safety and Firefighter Tot School unit soon (just tying up a few things) so be on the lookout for that early next week! As children, we all practiced fire drills at school. Sometimes we knew about them ahead of time and other times they were quite the surprise. As adults, you may experience occasional fire drills at the workplace. It’s important, at all stages of life, to be…

Why It’s More than Okay for Mom to Take a Time Out

Why It’s More than Okay for Mom to Take a Time Out

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Dear Stressed Out Mom, I see you. In fact, there are numerous times during the day that I am you. This business of raising children is tough. And sometimes, our days start out bad and end up worse. Or they might start out great and end up terrible. I get it. I understand that you may be tempted to throw yourself on the floor and participate in your child’s tantrum. I understand that you may want to lock yourself in the closet with a bottle of wine or container of ice cream. I have been there. Maybe you think that you don’t deserve to take a time out. Or that you simply cannot take a time out. Maybe you feel guilty over the very thought….

Comparison is the Thief of Childhood Joy

Comparison is the Thief of Childhood Joy

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Siblings are bound to fight. This may just be some sort of unwritten rule or maybe it’s just hard coded into our human DNA. Whatever the case may be, the likelihood that there will be peace between siblings is highly unlikely. But are parents also part of the problem? This post makes use of affiliate links When parents compare their children, whether it’s intentional or not, they are contributing to sibling rivalry. Every child is unique, and this is exactly as it should be. Ask any person, child or adult, whether they like being compared to someone else and the answer will inevitably be a big “no.” So why do we compare our children to each other? We generally do this because we somehow feel…

How to Help Your Child with Homework

How to Help Your Child with Homework

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When you were younger, did your parents help you with your homework? For the most part, I did my homework independently. But if I really needed some guidance, I knew that I could ask my mom. And while homework may not have been my favorite part about school, I also knew that it had to be done. Even if it meant doing it the morning it was due. Now it seems that children have homework at younger ages. I’m not sure why this is being done and I can’t say that I agree with it at all. But if your child is struggling with their homework, here’s how to help them without doing all of the work yourself. Every child deserves a parent who is…