A Good Night’s Sleep
Before I had kids I really was pretty harsh on the young parents in my life. They'd come in to work complaining about lack of sleep and I simply...
What is Mommy Medicine?
One night a few years ago...when I was having a rare and wonderfully deep sleep, I had a vivid dream. In my dream I was Mary Poppins. I wore the...
My 2-Year-Old is Throwing Terrible Toddler Tantrums. What Do I Do?
So you've hit the terrible twos. Suddenly your sweet, innocent baby is morphing into a mean dictator. It seems so harshly put...but for most of us who have raised a...
7 Tips to Get Your Baby to Sleep Through the Night
This weekend my husband and I eagerly awaited our family trip “up north†to where Oma and Opa live. Beautiful rolling hills, the fragrance of pines and home-cooked meals not...
How do you prepare your young child for the birth of a sibling?
We were barely into toddlerhood with our first child when we discovered we would be expecting our second child! Very excited, we began preparing for the arrival of our daughter's...
How can I get my toddler to eat the food I give her? Do they come with highly-developed taste buds?
Hmm, well...the answer to this is, you won’t ever get her to eat everything you want her to eat! These little people are extremely determined beings and for some crazy...
How do I get rid of my 2-year-old’s tantrums?
Well, let me say...I don’t know if “get rid of†is the right word here. 2-year-olds will be 2-year-olds and...as we all know, people will be people. Have we ourselves...
How do I get my three-year-old to stop sucking her thumb?
Here is a method that worked wonders with my three-year old daughter. She had sucked her thumb since she was a tiny infant. Finding her thumb right around 8-10 weeks,...