Boy moms know — there’s drippage, there’s splatter . . . there are times when the bathroom at home smells like a public restroom at a gas station. Thankfully, this guest post from Tove Maren Stakkestad at Mama in the Now has a solution. As a mom of four boys, she really knows how to tackle …
Summer’s here . . . and so is working mom guilt. Here are 5 ways to cope.
Summer break! It’s time when kids everywhere enjoy vacation homes, family time, lazy days of sleeping late, breakfast on the back patio, and then splashing in sprinklers all day. Or, in the case of many working moms like me . . . kids are at summer camp. Don’t get me wrong – my boys love …
5 Tips for Parenting in a Scary World
My key for parenting in a scary world: Open the door. Say “I love you.” Go. It was one of those weeks that make me realize what supermen and superwomen we truly are parenting in the scary world we live in today, and it inspired me to update this post from 2016 in hopes that …
How to encourage creativity in children
If you know me at all, you know I thrive on creativity and love to foster creativity in children as well. Since I was a wee little girl I’ve been writing books, poems and songs, doing arts and crafts projects, and launching small businesses during elementary school in the playroom of my house. Creativity comes …
What Moms Really Want for Mother’s Day: (What if we stop “momming?!?!”)
Mother’s Day has always been one of my favorite holidays, even long before I became a mother. Probably because my mother is my everything and is worth celebrating every single day. She’s my worrier and my biggest fan, my voice of reason even when I don’t agree with her, my soother, my funny friend, my …
Patience. I’ll be right there.
Sometimes, parenting three kids is so easy (Wait, what? Remind me that I said that). Other days, I get dizzy from my head turning this way and that way answering “What?” “Yes!” “Hold on a second!” “Don’t do that.” “In a minute.” “I said IN A MINUTE.” After yelling “I have only two eyes, but …
Screen time rules: How to occupy kids of different ages, no screens involved
Screen time: It’s like profanity in some houses, blasphemy in others. Here, it’s a way of life. It’s part of making it work as a working mom of three boys, trying to get through each day with some semblance of sanity. I remember the days when “let’s make a Hot Wheels car parade!” or “let’s …
10 Lies Parents Tell Their Kids (and why it’s OK)
Being a good mom, the way I judge it, actually includes doing many things I never thought I’d do. Things like yelling at my kid in public or letting them watch TV in the morning before school. And lying to them. Wait — there are lies parents tell? Yep. And don’t worry, I don’t make …
When Mom Needs Maintenance: Self care for sanity
Maintenance Required. When that message popped up on my dashboard display, I felt like my car was judging me. How dare it suggest I need a bit of self care! Yes, I’ve been working long hours, super-busy with kids’ projects and homework and events, still getting up to speed in my new role at work, …
Working mom: 5 Strategies to Make it Work
Yep, I’m a working mom. There’s always a lot going on. Like this. The scene: My husband is away. I responsibly lay out the ingredients for homemade chicken meatballs, a dinner the kids typically love and one that is OK for the “healthier” eating kick I’m attempting right now. I reach up in a cabinet …