When it came to understanding and communicating with my baby, I continued to build on the baby sign language being taught at daycare. In doing so, communication between us is becoming more clear. I spend less time wondering if I’m guessing correctly and more time trusting in his growing independence, knowing that he will tell me his needs and wants.
It doesn't bother me everyday. Mostly, I go on, business as usual, enjoying my children and the stage of life I'm living. Until it happens: a childfree friend posts to social media. A pinterest-perfect picture of her island backdrop vacation. You know, the one...
I had heard all of the stories about how toddler boys were crazy to their younger siblings, often as a result of jealousy. The day we brought my youngest home from the hospital, I already had tactics to defend my...
At dinner time, I fed my kids frozen peas because I was too tired to heat them. My baby's shirt . . . pants . . . socks . . . and hair ate all her mashed potatoes, and I had to bathe her while the preschooler made some sort of suspicious noise doing some sort of suspicious activity in the adjacent room. I was right to be suspicious.
The first two weeks with newborn twins is shocking. I did not have much experience with newborns, and now there were two.
Hi, my name is Hayley, and I am a book junkie. I buy them used, I buy them new and my house is bursting with books of every kind. I can't remember a time in my life when I...
We live in an age where we can read about the experience of 50 different moms’ experiences breastfeeding within an hour and yet I’ve found all that really did for me was lead to overwhelm. Anyone with a platform can spew misinformation about breastfeeding.
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8 Tips for Making a DFW Family Staycation Smooth Sailing
You have our permission to build a fort, have a pillow fight, even play with your (room service) food on your next family staycation in DFW.
