Parenthood brings all sorts of realizations and surprises – some profound and some small. One thing that was shocking to me after our first child was born was the amount of ‘stuff’ that comes with kids. In the early years, it’s equipment. A swing, bouncer, exersaucer, bottles, breast pump. The list goes on and on. […]
Accepting A New Season of Life – No More Babies
Maya Olivia Cooper Hope & Henry A mom to a littles and babies. That’s me. For 8 years I’ve lived in the world of bottles, pacis, onesies and diapers. Sleep training, cradle cap, strollers and toxic waste disposal. What can I say? I’m a bit of an expert. Babies and toddlers are my specialty. If there were some sort […]
Participation Trophies Create Entitled Socialists
Just last year we entered into the world of children’s athletics. Between our kiddos, we’ve participated in four sports seasons, which has resulted in four trophies. This isn’t because my children’s teams won a season championship, or even because one of them was picked as Most Improved or Best Sportsman. We have trophies simply because […]
The Problem With Our Adoption Is Me
It’s no secret that this adoption thing has been really hard for me. Really. Hard. I’ve written about it several times before, but have purposely avoided writing about it more often than not. The primary reason is that I am fully aware that no one likes to listen to a broken record – especially if it’s a downer. My story has […]
Stomach Bug Survival Kit – Every Mom Needs One
“Mommm, my tummy hurts.” The nighttime sonnet that strikes dread in all of motherkind. The phrase that signals a night of misery and waste management lie ahead. Unfortunately, there’s just no way around it. You can wash and scrub and sanitize, but there are certain stages in childhood that there’s just no avoiding the stomach bug. It seems that preschool […]
Online Safety Essentials – Tips To Protect Your Children Online
In my last post, I addressed the dangers of pornography and why we need to protect our children from porn. We ended with the issue of how can we protect our children from this industry vying for our children’s attention and allegiance? Hopefully, this post will provide some answers. First, we have got to recognize the dangers of pornography […]
Why We Need To Protect Our Children From Pornography
A while back an article circulated social media that both shocked and appalled parents from the United Kingdom to the United States. The article was written by Martin Daubney, the former editor of Loaded, a UK magazine similar to Maxim here in The United States. The article, Experiment that convinced me online porn is the most […]
HAIR!!!
Hair has gone from playing hardly any role in my life to dictating much of it. I have curly hair. Not super curly, but curly enough. As a toddler I had loose little ringlets, but as I grew older, my hair straightened quite a bit. The short hairs around my face still curled in high humidity […]
Expert Diapering Hacks
I have had a child in diapers for eight years straight. I know – you’re jealous. Except for the first 22 months of my diapering career, I have had at least two, and for a while, three, children in diapers. A sizable percentage of the last eight years, I have spent changing and wiping. In […]
Minecraft Party Decoration Ideas and Downloadable Printables
The Summer is birthday party season for us. All three girls have birthdays in June or July. Since Olivia was four, the girls have had a joint party. They have all of the same friends, so it makes sense to just invite everyone to one party. We let the girls do something special with them on their […]
