The Dreaded Pink Eye: Causes, Symptoms & Treatments

The Dreaded Pink Eye: Causes, Symptoms & Treatments

Pink eye. Otherwise known as Conjunctivitis. Which, as many mamas know, is inevitable. Especially if your kid is in daycare. Well, I mean I know that now. I didn't go into mother-hood with the understanding of this little factoid...

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Encouragement for Formula Feeding Moms

Encouragement for Formula Feeding Moms

Dear momma with the bottle, I want you to know that it's okay. That you're making a good decision and your baby is going to be just fine. I see that bond that you share, that you're providing him with life and food and love and that's something that flows from a mother's heart, not just a mother's breasts.

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Top 10 Toddler Parent Apps

Top 10 Toddler Parent Apps

I use my phone and iPad so often for myself and my family affairs that I can barely remember life without them. Here are my favorite apps for life with a toddler!

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Co-Sleeping With Toddlers: Trusting Momma Instincts

Co-Sleeping With Toddlers: Trusting Momma Instincts

It’s 8 PM and I tuck my three-year-old into his little toddler bed. We read books and say prayers and I tuck blankets around him, making sure his lovies are in their correct places. He grins and throws his arms around my neck and my husband and I both give him a kiss, an “I MORE »

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Toddler Cough: What Is Croup?

Toddler Cough: What Is Croup?

This morning at 4am, we had our first real health scare with our son where we raced to the emergency room – even the antibiotic allergy rash didn’t compare. He woke up with a horrible, sudden cough. He was unable to breathe or speak and cried that it hurt. He wheezed and my heart froze with MORE »

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Ovarian Cysts: What Moms Should Know

Ovarian Cysts: What Moms Should Know

Last week my OB/GYN found a rather large cyst on my right ovary. I’m not a stranger to ovarian cysts – I’ve had a ton of little ones throughout my teenage and adult years, plus one big one that ruptured back in 2008. But this time, the doctor suggested that we remove the cyst through MORE »

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7 Ways We Ended The War on Food

7 Ways We Ended The War on Food

I humbly present you with our tried and true forms of trickery, bribery, and honorable/questionable mentions in the ways of 'good' parenting - at least in how we ended the war on food in our home...

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