Raising Kids
Last week I wrote Teaching Early Obedience: Why Starting Early Matters, and today, I'd like to share some practical way you can get started with teaching early obedience in your home! Setting basic boundaries and teaching early obedience are important to our family. Our son is one year of age and we've been using gentle early obedience [...]
Schedule / RoutineBest Baby Sleep Tips for Better Naps
If you are looking for baby sleep tips to help with a baby who takes short naps, you are not alone. (Note: You can find Part 1 - Baby Sleep Tips for Longer Naps here.) It's an incredibly common problem and many parents don't know where to find practical solutions that really work. Baby sleep tips are a dime a dozen these days, but I'm [...]
Teaching Early Obedience: Why Starting Early Matters
It’s only natural for every parent of a young child to have that moment where you realize your baby just turned into a little person. They have a mind of their own. They want to do things their own way. You take a step back and notice that things could quickly start to spiral out of control. The saying “Oh that’s just what babies do” is [...]
Best Baby Sleep Tips for Longer Naps
As I first time mom I remember looking down at my infant son, and thinking ‘I was told there would be more naps!’ He was a little guy just doing his own thing. Wide awake. Ready to go. Not a good napper in the slightest. In fact, I read all the newborn baby sleep tips in the world trying to figure his naps out. Naps can involve a lot [...]
Can you Teach a Pre-toddler to Develop a Positive Attitude?
To my surprise and excitement, I was given an amazing opportunity to participate in BFBN week. This group of bloggers was my lifeline when Jameson was first born, and they continue to be a huge support to this day. This week we are talking about disciplining for attitude. You may wonder what exactly disciplining for attitude has to do [...]
Mom LifeDear Son, Happy First Birthday
Dear Sweet Son, Congratulations! You’ve survived an entire year with me as your mother. I’m not a big believer in miracles, but I think the fact that there’s been only one trip to urgent care, one allergic reaction and zero calls to child services means we are well on our way to a miracle. At any rate, you are alive and thriving! [...]
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Mom
We read all the books, accept all the advice, and prepare as best we can. The baby comes, and somehow, there are always so many things lingering that we all really wish we knew. We all have a story about the truths of our first months as a mother. If nothing else, at least it’s an honest story. Today I’m sharing my list of 10 things I [...]
DeploymentJourney Through Deployment — A Book Review
Deployments are emotional roller coasters, filled with twists and turns, ups and downs, catapulting you in crazy, unexpected directions. As a military wife, I am no stranger to deployments. During the beginnings of my relationship with my now husband, together we journeyed through three deployments in three years. It was an unconventional [...]
MilSpouse LifeDear Military Spouses on Babble,
Dear military spouses on Babble and everywhere else, We’ve all learned some tough lessons in the past week, and I cannot seem to get it off my mind. Typically shying away from controversial topics and discussions, this is one I feel compelled to write about. Last week, there was an article posted on Babble entitled, My [...]
Military ResourcesThe Hidden Costs of PCS Moves
We are preparing to move very soon, and already, I see the dollar signs adding up daily. Buying stuff to get us better organized, buying more cleaning products to do a ‘move out’ clean, buying more luggage, buying more fast food because we are too lazy to cook…the list is starting to get pretty long. There are so many hidden costs [...]
