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88 Funny Questions to Ask Kids About Their Parents
Conduct an impromptu interview with these funny questions to ask kids about their parents. I guarantee that their answers will be both enlightening and HILARIOUS! Ask them all or just choose a few! Keep record of their answers and the age they were when they answered them for them to look back at later! Or share their answers on social media and challenge your friends to ask their kids the same things! Sporadic interview questions are one of my favorite things to do with my 3 year old. I will ask her the same series of questions just about every month. It’s so fun to watch as some answers remain consistent…
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Toddler Refuses to Sit on Potty | When to Start Potty Training
Ready to start potty training but your toddler refuses to sit on potty? Maybe your child is showing all the “signs” that the potty training books you’ve read say to look for but you are still experiencing potty training refusal? I’ve been there, too. It can be so frustrating! However, these are simply signs of a strong-willed child. They just don’t want to do anything that isn’t “their idea”. They need to feel like they have control. So when potty training day comes, for kids like this, your potty training method is extremely important. How do you know that when your toddler refuses to sit on potty it’s because they are strong-willed? Do you hear, “I do myself!”, all…
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Gotcha Day vs. Adoption Day | Which is it?
In this article, we will examine the true meaning of ' gotcha day', why it is offensive, what you should call it and if/how you should celebrate it.
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Bunny Footprint Template | Easter Fun for Kids
Having Easter bunny footprints throughout the house is a tradition from my childhood. Now that I have children I want to share with them the joy and excitement of finding Easter bunny footprints in the house on Easter morning! So to make it easier on myself, I made an Easter bunny footprints template to make the tracks with and I want to share it with you! If you haven’t heard of having Easter bunny footprints in your house before now, here is how they started in our family: We would go to my grandmother’s house every year for Easter when I was growing up. Easter morning was always so exciting…
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What is Brachycephaly?
My youngest daughter was recently diagnosed with severe Brachycephaly. When our pediatrician first suggested that we go to see a specialist for an official diagnoses I had questions. What is Brachycephaly? What causes it? Is it my fault? How can I fix it? At my daughters‘ two month check up our pediatrician expressed concern about the flatness of the back of my daughters’ head. She advised us to keep her off of it as much as possible and she would reevaluate it at her four month appointment. My daughter started rolling over at 2 months 6 days old. She started sleeping on her stomach shortly after she mastered rolling. Between…
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What Does a Stay at Home Mom Do???
There is a stigma around the title, ‘stay at home mom’. Admittedly, I too, use to be one of those people that asked the question, “What does a stay at home mom do?” Growing up I was taught that you get a job as soon as you can, work all your life and then retire. I just couldn’t rap my head around not working. So I assumed that stay at home moms just didn’t want to work, couldn’t work for some reason, or didn’t have to work. I basically assumed that they were lazy… Boy was I wrong!! I was initially forced to be a SAHM when I was laid…
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Five Must Haves for Girl Moms
In a world of millions of products it is nearly impossible to find the best ones without wasting a ton of money first. This is especially true when you are the mom of a little girl! I know that it's not just me that finds everything "girly" to be darling! Girl moms have it HARD!
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You’ll Always Be My Baby
That's when it hit me... She isn't going to the baby anymore. The center of my universe is going to have to share the spotlight from now on.
Motherhood Refined
