Simplify & enjoy life at home with littles.
My simplest solution for how to stop yelling at kids is to practice an idea I call “one-downing.” One-downing is the opposite of one-upping. You’ve heard of one-upping, right? You know… First Mom: “I make my own granola.”Second Mom: “Oh well I make organic granola AND use essential oils.”Third Mom: …
I wrote about some helpful phrases to use with 1 year olds and 2 year olds (and all their emotional drama). And since that’s as old as we get around here (until December when we’ll have a 3 year old), I’ll have to end this mini series here with a couple bonus …
I recently wrote about ways I keep my house clean. Lest that post in any way communicated that our house is always clean, please know we were a hot mess by Friday night. These pictures are proof. And sometimes, there’s a strange encouragement in camaraderie – in knowing you’re not …
This is not a “how to” potty train, but rather an in-the-thick-of-potty-training survival guide and humorous though sharing session. If you are potty training a kiddo and about to pull all their your hair out , you are not alone! I read all the right books and did all the research and talked to all the …
I stumbled upon this article one day, talking about Pink (the singer). It wasn’t super interesting or anything, but one thing struck me. She was interviewed about her 2 year old and the phrase “the terrible twos” inevitably made it’s way into the discussion. The article reads: The Grammy-winner admits …