Tag Archives: family
Block the Sun, not the fun! Sun saftey!
1heart1family in For the love of parenting - 8 comments - posted on May 1st, 2013When the sun begins shinning, you must remember to protect your kids! Continue reading
Passover, you really need to step it up
mayahood in Just Between Us - 5 comments - posted on Apr 1st, 2013While we’re raising our children Jewish (I’m Jewish, my husband isn’t), we do sometimes “celebrate” non-Jewish holidays. After-all, one set of grandparents isn’t Jewish and we don’t want to deprive them of what I’m sure was their life-long dream of spoiling their grandkids during the holidays. So this season, the two competing holidays that we’re celebrating are Passover & Easter. However, I have to hand it to the non-Jews, Easter seems to have the upper hand, and here’s why. Dinner Easter – nice and quick one course turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Passover – nice long four course meal … Continue reading
Work-life balance: is it just a fairy tale?
MommyGearest in For the love of parenting, Inspiration, Just Between Us, Organized Chaos Blogaholics, Review Blogaholics - 5 comments - posted on Mar 22nd, 2013Let’s face it: work is work, whether it’s balancing the books at a national corporation or balancing your family’s budget. I struggle every day with this fairy tale called work-life balance, which I think is safe to simply call “balance.” Does it exist? Continue reading
On having a second child
mayahood in For the love of parenting, Just Between Us - 1 comment - posted on Mar 6th, 2013I just had my second child a month ago and while the nights are still sleepless and the laundry is never ending, here are a few things I learned along the way that are different this time around. 1. Labour During my first labour, I was in so much pain that I swore up and down that I would never have another child (don’t we all). Well, this time around, I got an epidural at 3 cm and was smiling versus at 4 cm and experiencing hell. 2. Postpartum emotions While I experienced baby blues after my eldest was born, … Continue reading
Tips for traveling with infants
mayahood in Holiday Blogaholics, Just Between Us - 2 comments - posted on Feb 18th, 2013Growing up my parents were really big into traveling, and I got the “bug”. Travelling definitely tops my list of “hobbies”. When we had my oldest son, Kyle, I was excited to continue traveling like we always had, plus baby! We’ve been very fortunate to travel a bunch since his birth. The first “trip” the 3 of us took was when Kyle was 3 weeks old when we drove up north to the cottage for thanksgiving weekend. Not a “real” trip, but it was definitely a haul. When Kyle was 5 months old, we drove 8 hours (yes, you read … Continue reading
Have you seen my son’s pacifiers?
mayahood in Just Between Us - 3 comments - posted on Feb 11th, 2013My 27 month old son is obsessed with his pacifierS. The problem is, they keep disappearing on us. I don’t know where they go or how they get lost, but they do. I kid you not, but we’ve probably purchased over 100 pacifiers in his lifetime. If you’ve ever purchased any before, you know they’re not cheap. The average going rate is $10 for 2. So if you do some quick math, we’ve probably spent invested somewhere around $500 on these plastic and rubber gadgets. I know what you’re thinking… “get one of those clips so he doesn’t lose them” … Continue reading
On How Absence Definitely Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
Chris Read in For the love of parenting, Just Between Us - 1 comment - posted on Feb 8th, 2013It didn’t take long to miss the little things after leaving on my recent journey to the land known as America. There was no hug goodbye, no “we’ll miss you Daddy”, really, there was nothing but silence as I slipped out the door at 5am on a cold Thursday morning. As I hit the road that morning, I had a nervous excitement about where I was headed and the experiences I would have. Still, there were constant reminders of what I was leaving behind. A miniature hockey bag on the floor made me think about how great my son’s first … Continue reading
Trying to get in the fruits and veges? Try “Squoosh”!!
Monica in For the love of food, For the love of parenting, PTPA in the News - 0 comments - posted on Jan 29th, 2013At one time or another, I’m pretty sure we have all struggled with getting our kids to eat the required servings of fruits and vegetables each day. I know, in the past I have tried to get the servings into them via fruit smoothies, fruit faces on bowls of oatmeal, ants on a log…{no, not real ants…celery sticks filled with cheese and topped with raisins…lol} and adding grated carrots to pasta sauce. These options all work well, but lets face it, we are all very busy and these “tricks” may be great for the week-ends and holidays, but what about the rest of the … Continue reading