Okay, so you want to lose your baby weight, right? Or your “winter weight,” or your “oh-my-gosh-where-did-this (insert bulge, bump, lump, area which is bigger, etc., here) weight.” So you vow to eat “healthier,” and you hit the elliptical...
Recently, my youngest has been testing my ability to discipline. He’s six. WAY to old to be throwing fits. And yet, over the past couple months, there has been a significant increase in the frequency and intensity of these...
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I am a mama who has been either pregnant or breastfeeding since late 2011, and I just recently weaned my baby boy.
Is it any wonder that I have wine on the mind?!
Not to say you can't drink while breastfeeding...
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Those last pesky five pounds of baby weight are always the hardest to shed, right?!? They stubbornly cling long after your baby is really no longer a "baby." Wouldn't...
I’m typing this post at 9:30 p.m. I was up at 3:30 a.m. because my two-year-old wanted to party. I couldn’t get back to sleep after that. I went to work just after 8 a.m. I plugged away at...
I slowly pry my eyes open and look at the clock. It's 6:45 a.m. on a Sunday. I hear the door slowly open and close. Then the footsteps. "Mom?" She isn't groggy so I wager she's been up at...
We are still trying to come up with words to express how completely blissed out we are that we are expecting our fourth baby in October! In February, we were able to read two pink lines on that infamous stick....
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Nine hundred seven. The number of square feet of living space in our house. My husband and I called it cozy before we had our first baby in August 2012. It has quickly become something more akin to snug....
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Summer Programs at The Little White Schoolhouse
Keep your kids engaged with learning during the summer with Jump Start at The Little White Schoolhouse in Ankeny, Iowa. It is designed to...
