Parenting

When you have an angry child, chances are it takes every ounce of your being to keep your cool. Between the irrational reasons they get angry, or how quickly they blow up, to not knowing what to do to get them to calm down, it can be really frustrating. Like I’m constantly trying to remember that … [Read more...] about How To Help Your Young Child Handle Anger

Sibling rivalry is without a doubt one of the hardest parts of parenting for me. It’s so hard to not be able to sit down for two seconds because as soon as you do, your kids inevitably start screaming and fighting with each other. No doubt it’s usually over something dumb… There might be 5,000 … [Read more...] about 6 Tips To End Sibling Rivalry

Many times when you’re in your first trimester of pregnancy, you feel tired, morning sickness, irritable, and other lovely symptoms that tell you that you have a baby growing inside you. While the symptoms suck no matter which pregnancy you’re in, whether it’s your first or fourth, it’s harder on … [Read more...] about How To Cope With Pregnancy Symptoms When You Have a Toddler

*Updated I adore having a daughter. I love that I innately get her and I know what to expect with her. I know that as she gets older I can help her through a lot of issues because I’ve been through them. But one of the things I have dreaded for my daughter was the eventual meanness she is … [Read more...] about How to Not Raise a Mean Girl

“You will never be this loved again. So on the days when you are feeling stress out, touched out, and depleted, just remember that you will never be this loved again. One day you will long for their affection. So choose a soft voice, choose gentle hands, choose love.” AK This is one of my … [Read more...] about Parenting When it’s Hard

“How do you do it?!” “How do you manage two kids under two by yourself?!” “I have no idea how you do this all the time!” If I had a nickel… But for real I do get questions and comments like that all the time especially when my son, O was just born and my daughter, A was 22 months. When I first … [Read more...] about How to Manage Two Kids Under Two in the Beginning