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Holiday Fails From Your Burlington, VT Moms Blog Writers

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Well, the season of holiday fails is upon us, friends. The pressure to cook, create, and concoct amidst time constraints and cranky in-laws apparently is a real-life recipe for disaster. This month, I gathered our...
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Menstrual Cups: 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know

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This month marks my (gets out the calculator)… 260th period. Ah, 260 weeks of inconveniences, awkward moments, leaks, embarrassments, and rushing to find a bathroom. 56 of those weeks were post-baby, which equated to heavier...

How Motherhood Ruined My Dreams… As Illustrated by Snapchat Selfies

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Not, like, dreams of being a beauty pageant queen or an astronaut. No, motherhood just ruined my sleepy-time dreams. When I was in college, I had such beautiful dreams. I would go to sleep after...
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Why We Don’t Do Time-Outs

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I’d first like to say that this is NOT one of those judgmental parenting posts, where I think my method for discipline is better than yours. If time-outs work for your child and your...
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Our Not-So-Perfect Marriage: Surviving Lies, Temptations, and Rumors

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Our Not-So-Perfect Marriage A lot of people have told me that my husband, Mark, and I have “the perfect marriage.” We don’t. Our marriage, like most, has been tested by temptations, lies, rumors, arguments, and...
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The Most Powerful Phrase I Taught My Child

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I told myself that the reason I taught my 4-year-old daughter, Ellie, this powerful phrase was because I wanted her to be more independent. That's partially true -- I do work from home in...
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Finding Happiness – 8 Ways to Escape the Motherhood Funk

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Happiness seems so fleeting nowadays. Especially when exhaustion sets in. Sometimes I hate motherhood. I love my daughter. I really do – even when she’s throwing a temper tantrum, even when she spreads kinetic sand...

Spirituality and Parenting

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When it comes to spirituality, I consider myself a “Jill of all Trades.” I was raised Methodist, am the daughter of a Catholic Deacon, was surrounded by friends who were Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Atheist,...

Pet Spotlight & Answering Toddler Fish Questions

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Since my daughter (E) turned 4, she has been begging us to get a pet, her very first! We live in an apartment, so our options are limited. I finally found a clearance sale at...

To The New Mom Who Says Parenting is Easy

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Oh, Mama! If you’ve been mingling on the mommy-blog scene lately, I’m sure you’ve come across this Facebook post by a fellow mom who is ranting about how easy parenting is and how the...

Mommy’s Intuition or “I Think I’m Psychic”

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“I think I’m psychic,” I said to my logical, skeptical, mathematical husband, “or a medium, or something.” “Oh yeah?” he said nonchalantly. Though he’d never outright say it, it’s a known fact in our household that...

Holiday Travel Tips for Your Preschooler

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The holidays are fast-approaching, and this could possibly mean more travel time with your preschooler or toddler. Here is a process that we've used for a 5-hour trip that has consistently worked with our almost...

Public Tantrums and a Random Act of Kindness

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Lately, toddler behavior has been a major topic of controversy and has even made the news. Please allow me to take a moment to pray to the gods of all that is holy that my...

10 Ways to Use Humor to Combat the Terrible Twos, the Horrible Threes, and...

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It’s no secret. I’m frazzled. My clothes are wrinkled. My hair is greasy. My floors are sticky. This is the first summer that I thought the ants might actually run me out of my home....