Sarah is greeted at the door of the toddlers room by her 15 month old daughter, Peyton. “I love you,” Peyton says. Sarah replies “I love you.” “Hungry,” says Peyton. “ “We will eat when we get home.” Just after finishing her Cheerios, Peyton says “more” to her mother. “You want more Cheerios, Peyton.” Peyton nods her head yes. Then…
Mackinac Island is the one place in Michigan that everyone must visit. It’s a place the entire family can enjoy. I’ve been vacationing with my children on Mackinac Island every summer since they were babies. It’s a tradition for my family since my husband and I were married on the island. Each year for our anniversary we visit with the…
These days spanking is widely viewed by many modern parents as an outdated and ineffective disciplinary method. Since falling out of favor with younger parents, many mistakenly assume state legislation prohibiting corporal punishment in schools also applied limitations to parental spanking. In reality, the old doctrine of spare the rod, spoil the child has not been criminalized, and spanking continues…
There’s so much to consider when you are a parent. One of the big decisions you will make is when to leave your child home alone. Each child is different, and only you know when your child is capable of handling the task. Read about questions to ask yourself to determine if your child is ready to be left home alone.
Kelly’s Top Ten Tips for Breastfeeding Success! Virtually anyone is capable of breastfeeding successfully. We are capable of growing our babies in our wombs, we are also capable of continuing to sustain this baby with our milk alone! If women couldn’t breastfeed, we wouldn’t have survived as a species. That being said, why does it seem that so many women…
Amazing how time flies. I can’t believe that my baby is half way to a year old already. Carlyn is such a happy baby. At six months she was working on crawling and now has figured it out. She still doesn’t sit on her own for too long. She is doing a lot of babbling, most da da, and her squeaky laughter…
Guest Blogger Carissa Knoles “Let’s name the giraffe — —- and the gorilla —-. My Mommy and Daddy say those names. I like them. Then they can be the Mommy and Daddy animals and we can name the kids Sweetie and Cutie, ok?” Feel free to fill in the blanks. This long-winded 4-year-old innocently plays with a peer, whose eyes are…
At 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 31st my water broke. I didn’t think much of it, I actually thought my bladder was leaking, but after emptying my bladder at 4 p.m. and standing up to more fluid, I was pretty sure my water had broken so I called my doctor. The doctor instructed us to go to the emergency room,…
Sarah is greeted at the door of the toddler’s room by her 15 month old daughter, Peyton. “I love you,” Peyton says. Sarah replies “I love you.” “Hungry,” says Peyton. “ “We will eat when we get home.” Just after finishing her Cheerios, Peyton says “more” to her mother. “You want more Cheerios, Peyton.” Peyton nods her head yes. Then…
