In the past, stay at home moms were looked down on and seen as a second-class citizen. Though now, with the rise of technology, stay at home moms are more accepted and seen as an equal. There are many benefits to being a single stay at home mom. You can save money by not paying …
Play-Doh was invented in 1956 by a soap salesman named Noah McVicker. He was working for the Kutol Products Company, which sold a wallpaper cleaner called Kutol Doh. McVicker mixed together some of the cleaner with cornstarch and water to create the first batch of Play-Doh. The company’s owner, Cleo McVicker, liked it so much …
Play-Doh: Love it or Hate it, You’re Stuck with it I love play-doh, I really do, except when I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns. So let’s just say it’s your basic love-hate relationship and learn to live with that. Why do I love play-doh? Simple: It can keep my 2-year-old busy for …
The 11 steps of attempting creativity with a toddler around: Step 1: lay out all your materials Step 2: Have a mini heart attack when your two-year-old swipes the scissors. Lunge at her before she can do any damage and accidentally scare her into tears Step 3: Spend 15 mins consoling a wailing toddler who is convinced that …
Bedtime with babies and toddlers: not an easy thing no matter what routine, method, or prayer you use in an attempt to get your little one to fall asleep. As far as I’m concerned, there’s no right way or wrong way, but in case you’re thinking about co-sleeping like my husband and I are doing …
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After so many years, it appears that the pyromaniac within me is still alive and well. To be fair though, this time around I wasn’t trying to set the house on fire, it was more of a turn-around-and-find-flames-in-the-kitchen kind of thing really. Allow me to explain. Mondays are always difficult when it comes to choosing what to cook; …
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I was never very good at math in school, it never failed to reduce me to a stressed-out mess (or a crying one at that). After yet another day spent battling numbers, I would console myself that once I graduated, I would never need to do math again, at least nothing more complicated than balancing …
You know how kids pick up a new word and suddenly they’re using it all the time and it’s completely adorable? And you know how it’s adorable for maybe the first few hours and then it’s maybe not all that adorable? Yes, that. Lilly recently discovered the allure of the word ‘boring’ and for the …
Toy company logic: Let’s make it teeny tiny, cute, and completely useless, they’ll eat it up! Toddler logic: I want that teeny tiny, cute, and totally useless toy that I’ll forget about/lose within 4 hours of buying but am willing to throw a tantrum for right now! Nothing Like A Toddler to Dash Your Feelings of Self-Importance …
6 Questions I Ask Every Morning Being a parent involves asking a lot of questions, all day long, and repeating several of them throughout the day. And a lot of the questions we ask would sound completely ridiculous to a non-parent. 1) Where are your pants? 2) Why is there a unicorn in my purse? 3) …
