My maternity leave is coming to an end in merely a couple of weeks. What? You thought I was a stay at home mom? I am not going to lie to you – I kind of did too. I am grateful for the year long maternity leave we are given in Canada, but it definitely…
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Cameron at 3: An Interview
Sometimes things happen in our lives and we feel as though we will remember them forever. I am like this with my kids. We go through each milestone and it moves my life so much that I know I will always be able to remember every detail. Unfortunately, like most things in this life, I…
Dear Cameron: A Love Letter to a 3 Year Old
{Written yesterday, on Cameron’s third birthday} Three. I feel like we have been on the precipice of three for a long time now, you and me. You have always been “almost 3” but never ever 3, it seemed. Until today. Today we woke up together and you were three and I was a Mom to…
Poop Happens
You’re probably grossed out by poop. Right? Or maybe not. Maybe you’re a parent, a caregiver, a pet owner, or a medical professional. Maybe poop is such a part of your daily life that you have to remind yourself not to talk about the consistency and colour of your child’s diaper. Maybe poop has lost…
My Secret Sleep Weapon: A SleepBuddy Review and Giveaway
I wrote yesterday about how to get toddlers to go to bed as peacefully as possible. Often however, that isn’t even half of the battle. At some point in their little lives, toddlers believe that when they wake up, everyone else should be awake and be ready to go for the day. This is reasonable…
Toddler Sleep: Taming the Bedtime Monster (with Free Printable)
Unless you are one of the lucky ones, it can seem damned near impossible to get a baby to sleep through the night. After gallons of tears and coffee, it can still feel like sleep is unattainable. No matter how you go about doing it, sleep is a struggle with babies. As for me, I…
Zzzonked – 5 Tips to Get Through the Sleepless Nights
One of my favourite parts of each day is that moment at the end when I am just about ready to call it a night. The chores are as done as they will ever be and the lights have been switched off. The last to go to bed, I very quietly head down the hall…
Notes From the Other Side of a Birthday
So. I am 27. As of Thursday. I had a birthday. A stay-at-home, put-on-a-dress, and-makeup-too, love-filled birthday. It was as fabulous as I could hope for being surrounded by my three best men on Valentine’s Day. I like my birthday. The day is always love-filled and I am always placed right in the middle of…
Love You To Death
File this under ‘Things I never thought I’d say‘. (If you’re a Mom, you know how unbelievably huge that file is). “Stop squishing your brother. Stop now! STOP STRANGLING HIM, Cameron!” With a toddler and an infant, I feel like everyone’s life is constantly hanging in the balance and it is my job to make…
MomsReading Housekeeping
It has been a little over a week since I shared with you my vision of #MomsReading, an online community of readers determined to take back those all-too-busy moments and use them to read. Your response to this group has been absolutely astounding. I am so glad that this idea is something that you have…
Dear Gavin: A Love Letter On Your 9 Month Day(ish)
My Baby. Last week you turned nine months old. Nine months is always kind of a magical time for me. It represents the point in which you have been out in this world as long as you were deep inside of me. It implies some sort of independence – you as you grow and begin…
