Mama Hood

At some point, your toddler is likely going to hit, and it doesn’t matter how “gentle” you’ve raised them, or how little the reason seemed for doing so – but here’s the thing, you have to handle it calmly while remaining firm! If you’re new to parenting, you might think you need to “teach them a lesson” by hitting them back. It’s sort of the societal norm, and even I did it. Then I realized something, after my toddler kept hitting, and obviously that method wasn’t working – why in … Read more

With my twin baby girls approaching toddler hood, I’m really starting to see the differences that everyone talks about in the experience of the first baby compared to the 2nd – and it’s SO true! With my first, I was all about eating everything healthy – with my second and third now? Pass the cheez its!! First baby falls – rush to their side, hugs and kisses, the whole nine yards. Today when my twins both ate it at toddler gym? Meh, they seem fine. They’ll find me if they … Read more

If you’re reading this, the situation probably sounds pretty familiar – the baby needs help, so dad goes to pick her up, and she instantly starts crying! Alot of times, that can be pretty disheartening for dad… I know my husband sometimes got bummed that it seemed our babies only wanted me! However, you’ll be relieve to now that it’s actually pretty common, and even more relieve to know that this is just a phase! I can’t count how many times hubby jumped up to help one of our babies, … Read more

“The terrible twos and threes” is something you’ve probably been warned about over and over.. but how do you deal with the terrible three symptoms, and how do you discipline the terrible twos without spanking or timeouts? I had PLENTY of warning, and even more questions – then I saw it for myself! The insistance to do everything on their own, to freak out over seemingly meaningless things, to fight almost every decision and save the most EPIC meltdowns for when you’re out and about.. But what if I were to … Read more

With the New Year on the way, I can’t help but think of resolutions, as most people do, however they tend to be a little different now as a parent! Now, I’m not saying those aren’t awesome resolutions still (they are!) but I feel like when you are in the “trenches” of parenthood, sometimes you just gotta worry about getting through the day…. or to the next nap! With that being said, my only resolution this year is to be a more patient mom. I absolutley lose my mind when … Read more