Parenting
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5 Steps to Super Charging Outdoor Playtime*
With the sunny months fast approaching, your child will want to spend more time outside. And since fresh air and exercise is so good for kids, as a proactive parent, you’ll want to do as much as you can to enrich this experience. With that in mind, here are five steps to supercharging outdoor playtime. Credit Arts & Crafts Unleash your child’s creative side by investing in some arts equipment such as an easel and paints —or go old-school and get a chalkboard and chalks. The freedom to draw and create unique and wonderful works of art will keep your child entertained for hours on end. And you…
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Guest Post // Top Tips for Traveling with a Baby*
Traveling with a baby is most definitely more challenging when you compare it to your pre-baby travel days. But your trips can still be loads of fun, and rewarding. You just need how to do it right. Thousands of parents travel around the globe with their little ones and you can do it too. How? Don’t worry; just follow this guide! Here are some amazing tips for traveling with a baby. Invest in the right baby gear Start your travels off right by preparing for it beforehand and investing in the right baby gear. It makes sense to buy the right equipment because it is designed to make…
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5 Things to Do While You Wait for You Baby to Arrive*
It’s crazy to think that seven years ago I was five months pregnant with Little Miss, how time flies! It wasn’t a great time for me so I don’t really remember that much about being pregnant and the first year of her life so yes, part of me wishes I could have a re-do. Although it seems like I probably won’t have any more, it’s nice to be able to talk to other expectant mothers and pass on any usable knowledge I have from my own experience. Looking back, those 9 months flew and in comparison to my whole life they were just a drop in the ocean, but at…
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Meet “The Hengelings”*
As a parent it’s easy to get bogged down with mindless kids tv shows. I used to be THAT mother who didn’t want my little one to watch much TV, but after parenting for 7 years, it’s inevitable even if it’s just to give yourself 5 minutes peace (and trust me, you’ll be craving it!) I have to admit that I actually credit LM’s speech from a young age to watching TV while I tried to work in the background. I also think it helped with her development emotionally and I have some fond memories of shows we used to watch together when she was young that are no longer…
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What We Did for Summer 2018
This week summer officially ends for me, as Little Miss goes back to school. It’s not the weather, or the light nights, days at the beach or barbecues that define summer for me, it’s having LM off for six whole weeks. At time they feel like they stretch for years, but then it’s over in the blink of an eye and I wonder why I was so worried about them. This was the first summer I truly struggled. I’d always heard mothers in the school yard saying how difficult summer was, filling the long days on little budget but I wasn’t one of those. I love having LM at home,…
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3 Important Things to Think About as a Parent*
Parenting is hard. That’s the first thing that always comes to mind when I’m asked about it. Hard but rewarding. For me, one of the hardest parts is thinking about the “what ifs“, I swear my life feels like a constant health and safety analysis. Before I had Little Miss and it was only just me I used to do things without thinking of consequences, and I definitely had a wild patch in my early 20s. Becoming a mother, and a single mother at that encouraged me to start considering the future and be careful with my money. Of course I’m still a little reckless, we do holiday a lot…
