Welcome to my new series— Big Kid Bedtime Problems! Certified sleep consultant Hadley Seward is going to help us sort through our issues. Don’t worry. All hope is not lost.
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I thought my worst sleep problems would live and die with the newborn years, but I was mistaken. I now have a five and eight-year-old and I am knee deep in sleep problems.
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Reading about our itinerary is one thing, but seeing everything we did on video hopefully gives you an even better sense of all the fun we had in New Orleans.
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The other day I found myself thinking about my own insecurities and realized that I wasted so much of my young life wondering if I was attractive or not.
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Is it time for back to school prep already??? Even if the kids are ready, I’m not sure I am.
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07/17/18
What World Will My Girls Grow Up In?
I grew up in a world where I trusted the people in power. I was proud to be an American. What will it mean to be an American in the world my kids come of age in?
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The week before summer camp started, Mazzy, Harlow, and I (with Allie standing in for Mike because he had to work) took a seven day California road trip from San Jose down to Big Sur.
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I always knew New Orleans as a place for drinking, jazz and crowded streets. Mazzy and Harlow will remember it as a place with great climbing trees, fancy boats, butterflies and pillow doughnuts.
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06/23/18
This is Not the America I Love
This is not a political debate. It is an issue of human decency.
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From the Santa Monica Pier to a glass slide that’s 1000 feet high, here’s all the kid-friendly things we did over a four day stay in LA.
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06/19/18
Pizza on the Balcony
The end of the school year means an onslaught of activities, events, recitals, class breakfasts, end of the year parties, performances, parent participation days, etc. etc. Family dinners at home are pretty much non-existent.
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This is an excerpt from Doug Moe’s hilarious new book “Man vs. Child: One Dad’s Guide to the Weirdness of Parenting.”
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This year, Mazzy started getting real homework and the responsibility to complete assignments on her own. Let’s just say, it was not an easy transition for her.
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At first, both Mike and I were a little unimpressed with Mazzy’s interest in graphic novels. But after battling with her to read novels without pictures, I did some research.
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Parenthood is a roller coaster and the initiation period, aka that first year, is basically your uphill road to the top. It’s slow, scary, exciting and seems like it goes on FOREVER.
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