Note: Today’s post is written by Jenny Kales, The Nut-Free Mom. It’s been said that having a child is similar to having a bomb go off in your marriage. Now try having a child with a chronic, life-threatening medical condition that is greatly misunderstood and sometimes maligned – food allergies. This is what happened to [...]
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Why I Write About Kids So Much When this Blog is About Saving My Marriage
So I’ve begun to think that one of the reasons we’re having such a hard time with marriage these days is because we put so much of our time and energy into our kids. And now that children have moved from the periphery of the family to the center, there’s not a whole lot of [...]
How to Repair Your Relationship With Your Kids in 30 Minutes or Less
Spend 20-30 minutes of one-on-one time with your kid, doing whatever it is they want you to do. Seriously. Get down on their level (close to their Legos, Barbies, books, games or whatever it is that they’re into) and let them decide what you’re going to play. Then let them decide what happens. All you [...]
Why Free-Range Parenting Isn’t Sounding So Bad Lately
So even though school’s finally started, I’m still not getting a break. Nico’s already home sick from school, Gabriel’s only been in preschool for 2.5 hours this first week and I’m quickly losing my mind. The funny thing about all this is that last week I wrote a post over at Ed News Colorado about [...]
39 Ways You Know It’s Still Summer
Your brain’s mush. Your bank account is, too. Your kid’s spent the last 20 days begging you for a bigger, better water gun. When you give in and buy him a Super Soaker, it lasts about 5 minutes, until he notices that his friend has a bigger, better Super Soaker. You spend the next 28 [...]
How to Act Like a Grownup (Even if You Don’t Want to)
I’m so excited to have a guest post appearing on Jill Smokler’s fabulous blog Scary Mommy today, How to Act Like a Grownup (Even if You Don’t Want to)–check it out! I absolutely love Jill–if you haven’t checked out her blog yet, now’s the time! Her book would’ve saved me a lot of grief if [...]
Children’s Day
So after a thorough cross-examination over why we celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day but not Children’s Day, I’ve allowed Nico to talk me into a new holiday. Partly because my kids have suffered so badly from all the gruel and forced labor. And, really, isn’t it time to give them something other than an [...]
What’s Eating Your Child (or Your Spouse)?
Suzita over at Play. Fight. Repeat. turned me on to this amazing book, What’s Eating Your Child? by Kelly Dorfman, and I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s changed our lives. (At least it did until we fell off the wagon this past week with out-of-town visitors and end of the school year parties, ack. [...]
That Lovely, Peaceful End of the School Year Scramble
You finally get your kid pegged, your schedule nailed down, your ducks in a row and then–poof!–it all changes. Summer break hits, relatives come a-visiting and before you know it, you’ve forgotten what day of the week it is, much less what month. Sound familiar? That’s what the past couple of weeks have been like [...]
Hiding Behind Our Children (or Our Work)
After Gabriel was born, I was so damn exhausted that I couldn’t finish a sentence, much less carry on a conversation. I mean, I was still wiped from when Nico entered the picture, and now that I had a 2.5 year-old and newborn to juggle, I was a blathering mess. Gabriel wasn’t the easiest baby, [...]
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I'm a part-time writer who works from home, alongside my work-from-home hubby and our two boys, ages 5 and 3. Welcome to our crazy little space shuttle! Tanja Pajevic
