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How to Help Your Toddler Overcome a Fear of Open Water

How to Help Your Toddler Overcome a Fear of Open Water

The ocean is one of those parenting things for me. You know those things you absolutely adore that you cannot wait to share with your kids? That favorite book you read as a child. That favorite ice cream spot. That favorite summer vacation spot. The 

3 Simple Steps to Reset When Family Travel Goes Wrong

3 Simple Steps to Reset When Family Travel Goes Wrong

The flight attendant was giving me one of those “get your *%#+ together crazy mama” looks as I re-boarded the plane clutching my daughter’s kindle in hand. affiliate links are included in this post. It has been one of those days. You know the kind 

5 Math and Movement Games to Play While You Wait

5 Math and Movement Games to Play While You Wait

I had just said “stand still please” for the fifteenth time in ten minutes and my daughter sighed long and hard as she stomped her feet back to the space next to me showing me she was as annoyed as I was. We had been 

6 Steps to Becoming a Parenting Team

6 Steps to Becoming a Parenting Team

I remember one of the first long days as a twin mom after my husband went back to work. My two week old twins and I spent most of it on the squishy couch in the living room wedged on the nursing pillow. My daughter was 

7 Chores Your Toddler Can Start Learning Today

7 Chores Your Toddler Can Start Learning Today

“It’s just easier if I do it myself.” When my twins were toddlers I thought that every day. It seemed that everything we did together took twice as long and was easily three times as messy than if I had just done it myself. And 

5 Swimming Games for Babies and Toddlers

5 Swimming Games for Babies and Toddlers

Our twins love the water. They have loved the water since they were infants. They took swim lessons, but we also liked to play with them in the pool to practice swimming and just have fun. Here are some fun and easy ways to play