Mom Diaries

Mom Diaries

mom fails

Top 10 Epic Mom Fails

It's true, being a mom is a hard job. You really don’t know the full extent of what you are getting yourself into until that first little bundle of joy is laying in your...

Out Of The Mouth of Babes – Things Kids Say  

One of the perks of being a parent, that everyone forgets to mention, is that your child will inevitably humiliate you at least once during their toddlerhood. Children have no filter. None. If they...
Finding the Super Mom Within

Finding The Super Mom Within

Women can have it all, but boy is it a pain the butt to get. While men can be satisfied with a successful career, women are almost expected to have the career,...
Anti-Bullying - Mother Teaching Kids Kindness

3 Ways to Teach Kids Kindness

I decided a long time ago that if I did everything else wrong with my kids, they would be nice people if it killed me. I was bullied mercilessly in junior high and in high...
homework

5 Tips to Helping Your Kids Keep Up With Homework

When I was a young girl, we’d go to school, learn, do the work assigned and maybe have homework. What was on the homework was what we were taught in school so we rarely...
work-from-home

4 Ways to Find Balance Between Work, Home, and You

Recently I had a realization about myself that made my life slightly less complicated: I like to think that I am a stay-at-home mom when in reality I am a working mom. I may...
wardrobe

10 Essential Pieces For the Modern Mom’s Wardrobe

Moms have a lot on their plates and a good bit of those responsibilities include being on the go. We can develop the bad habit of throwing on jeans or sweatpants, sneakers or flip...
divorce

5 Tips to Helping Your Kids Through Divorce

When my ex-husband and I separated almost seven years ago, two of my four children were very young and one hadn't yet been born. My teenager was 16, the babies were 2 and 3,...

4 Ways to Celebrate 2014 in Style

One of the first things some of us think about when December 25th is over is catching post-Christmas sales. The second thing is what to wear while ringing in the New Year. And let...
relaxing

How To Make 2014 About You (and Not Feel Guilty About it)!

There are roughly 525,600 mommy blogs about being a good mom. The topics range from ditching cell phones to telling doctors where they can stick their immunizations. We can read about feeding our kids...
Recipes & Activities Dental Health

5 Tips to Expanding Your Kids’ Palates

When I was growing up we were not given a choice of what we did or didn’t want to eat. You ate what was put on the table or you didn’t eat. And should...

Recognize Your Strengths, Embrace Your Imperfections

When our first daughter was born, I convinced myself that I was insane because I would creep into her room several times per night to make sure she was still breathing. Now that she...
alone

Going Solo: 5 Helpful Tips to Surviving Christmas and New Year’s Eve Alone

Not everyone is excited to hear sleigh bells ringing. It’s just a constant reminder they’ll be alone during one of the most family-oriented holidays. Sometimes it’s a divorced mom or dad whose children are...
50 shades of grey

Talking 50 Shades of Grey: How Risky is Risqué in the Bedroom?

A book took the female world by storm lately.  You may have heard of it:  50 Shades of Grey.  This one little book fascinated and enlightened so many women to a steamier side of...
First Time Grandmother Tips for Caring for new Grandchild

First Time Grandmother? 4 Steps to Caring for Your New Grandbaby

When my daughter told me she was expecting a baby I was a little, uh, surprised. Okay, I’m going to be honest: I am still raising children and I cringed at the idea of...
Survival tips parenting multigenerational children - family

6 Survival Tips for Parenting Multigenerational Children

When I gave birth to my oldest daughter almost 23 years ago I did not know it would be an additional 13 years before I had another baby – three more babies in a...
Keeping the Romance Alive after Kids - Sunset Kiss

4 Ways to Keep the Romance Alive After You Have Kids

I know from experience how tough it can be to keep romance alive and well after having given birth to a child.  With constant sleep deprivation, schedules completely out of whack, food for myself...
beauty is in the eyes of my daughter

Beauty is in the Eyes of my Daughter

Every day I climb out of bed and head to the bathroom. I grimace at my reflection in the mirror. My hair is a mess, my skin is aging and my body is not...

Moms of Etsy: Liana’s Crafty Holiday Greetings (and Decals!)

We like to celebrate the busy moms of Etsy, and they don't get much busier than the singularly-named Liana--who's crafting away greeting cards and decals while raising a 7-year-old and a set of 11-year-old...

Reading Roundup: Dora the Explorer Classics!

We admit that we're having a lot of fun with the new DoraGamesX.net. It's pretty fun and educational for a free corporate website.  There's a spooky forest, a farm game, some pirate action, and a pet...

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