Sleep issues with your child are the worst. I can’t even count the number of times I have said that to a friend. No one deals well with very little sleep. And it’s hard to get a handle on. I have had a very difficult time finding information on sleep issues with older kids. There …
Of all the topics that come up among new moms — sleep, feeding, exhaustion — there is one that doesn’t get talked about nearly as often as it should: postpartum depression or PPD. So to help normalize the conversation about PPD, I want to tell my story. Hopefully, it will help at least one person …
My friend has often said that her husband, who is a doctor, tells his medical students to always pay close attention to what a mom says about her child because she knows more about that child than anyone else. While this is not always true, it often is more than it is not. We know our kids …
What I am loving Best Ever Chocolate Oatmeal No-bake Bars My husband found a recipe for Chocolate Oatmeal No-bake Bars that, to be honest, I thought I wouldn’t like (chocolate is not usually my thing). I made them for him and after a few days of everyone in the house raving about the bars, I …
Being a stay-at-home mom is filled with a lot of mundane tasks. Some days I feel like my brain is slowly starting to turn to mush. One of the main ways I fight that feeling is by listening to podcasts. I recently had several people ask how I find time for podcasts so I’ll share how and why I do …
A few years ago, I read an article that said a parent’s goal should be to raise healthy 25-year-olds — emotionally, socially, spiritually, and physically healthy. The article gives parents in the trenches a little breathing room and a lot of perspective. That tantrum you are dealing with today may give you just the teaching moment you need …
I am always looking for fun ways to expose my kids to other cultures. It is really important to me that I raise my kids to see outside of the world they live in; to see how others live; and to see that the way we live and the way we do things is just one small …
Reading is one of my least favorite subjects to teach. It is painful listening to kids slowly sounding out their words. I am now teaching 2 of my boys to read at the same time. Please pray for my sanity! One of my boys is really struggling with his reading. He has a hard time focusing and …
I am pretty sure that, until my third child was born, I didn’t fully understand the challenges parenting can present — challenges that have nothing to do with the number of kids I have but with the personality of this strong-willed child. I would have said parenting is hard — physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausting. But I usually got …
I feel like Easter has always sort of snuck up on me, and I put very little thought into what to do with my kids during the weeks leading up to it. As my kids have gotten older, I felt a pressing need to really focus on the meaning of Easter and why we celebrate it. As …