Uh Oh!

AllJars

Before having kids you always hear about the “terrible twos”.  Well in our house we never really experienced them…honestly we didn’t.  In fact, as our daughter reached age two my husband and I thought how awesome that stage was and how grateful we were to have a child that was so fun, happy go lucky, [...]

“Mama, wanna play with me?”

Playroom

Being a Mom is by far the most rewarding thing in my life.  I’d like to think of myself as a good Mom.  I love on, nurture, snuggle, run errands with my daughter, take her to swimming, gymnastics, to friends’ houses to play and I make sure she is well fed and clothed.  But I [...]

Reading To Our Kids

Reading Nook

Reading to our daughter became a tradition almost instantly.  We all know there are a ton of benefits to reading to our children starting at a very young age. According a study done at the Rhode Island Hospital, two groups of eight month olds were compared.  One group was read to often while the other [...]

Terrible Toddler Table Time

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I know that I am probably preaching to the parental choir but my daughter is is horrible eater. This tread towards terrible eating started when we moved away from the baby food, and started to feed her solid food.  She has never had an adventurous palate, but at least in the beginning we could get [...]

The Dreaded Potty Training Post

Potty Training

Image from Potty Training Toddlers Made Easy After my daughter was born I had already decided that potty training and transitioning to a big girl bed (more on this later) were going to be two of the hardest things we (my husband and I) accomplished as parents…at least during the early years.  My daughter is [...]