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I want to be a “free range parent”. But the reality is, I have a Helicopter Mom inside me that is dying to get out. I am in a constant battle to “push her down”. Every obstacle that my toddler climbs, she wants to hold his hand. Each piece of food my baby eats, she …
What we are eating: Gallo Pinto I might of overdid it when I tripled this beans and rice recipe. But we have had leftovers all week–I sautéed it with with scrambled eggs for breakfast and ground beef for lunch. What we are playing: Plasma Car Hands down, this is toy of the year in our …
What we are eating: Warm Quinoa and Chicken Salad I love One-Pot Meals. Mostly because I hate doing dishes. But also because I can feed them to my 6-month old baby (sans salt). Cooking everything together in a pot makes it nice, soft, and baby friendly. Learn more about feeding babies real food on an …
I am frequently told that it’s a waste of time to travel with kids because “they won’t remember it anyways”. Parents who are more experienced than myself usually advise me to wait until our kids are older–maybe 10, 11, or 12 years? I smile and nod politely—but the truth is I disagree. We recently returned …
American mother Debra Ollivier gave birth to her first child in Paris. When her baby reached the age of mobility, she shares, “I baby-proofed our apartment with rubber edge liners, covers on electrical sockets, latches on windows, locks on drawers and toilet seat guards… my French neighbor Genevieve took one look at our place and …
Who doesn’t love a chunky baby? My son was a big baby at birth. He received a lot of praise from family members for being “a big, healthy boy”. But by 3-months, he had dropped into the 5th percentile for weight. Yes, that is single digit “5th”. The pediatrician told me he was perfectly healthy–he …
I am not going to lie, I think chickens are kind of gross. But after touring some outdoor classrooms in elementary schools, I was hooked on the idea of buying backyard chickens to create “unplugged, hands on” education in our own backyard. As with most of my ideas, the conversation with my husband, Mr. B., went something like …