But then they grow up and you don’t get to hold them, touch them like that…even if you want to. It’s like learning to love the smell of an apple…
Browse Category For
Parenting
Showing: 61 - 70 of 71 Articles
16 Poignant Father-Daughter Quotes | How daughters see their fathers
The father-daughter relationship is such a special one. The existence of that relationship (or lack of) influences such a large aspect of a girl’s life and the woman she’ll become. That’s why there are so many outstanding father daughter quotes. Girls and women have so many special things to say about their daddies. Here are …
My Postpartum Anxiety Experience
People talk about baby blues and postpartum depression, but rarely do you hear anything about postpartum anxiety. That is what I had.
Empty Nest Mom: Feathering Your Own Nest
I have been asked “How do I do it?”, “Aren’t you sad?”, Don’t you miss her?” And the answer is “Of course”. I remember that Saturday morning like it was yesterday. I woke up, looked at the clock. 8:00 AM. Jumped out of bed and dashed down the hall. “Get Up Get Up! We’ll be …
Homeschooling Tips and Tricks
Teaching children at home has become increasingly popular. Years ago, teaching your children at home was taboo at best and illegal at worst. Times have changed, though, and many parents are turning to homeschooling for one reason or another. Parents decide to homeschool for many reasons: religious preference, bullying and lack of discipline in the …
How to raise a family while being a momentrepreneur
Juggling family & entrepreneurship as a mom In this post, I’m going to give you three tips that have saved me so much time, energy and to be honest also my sanity while juggling between raising a family and being a momentrepreneur. To be honest, being a momentrepreneur is amazing. But I’m not going to …
Relationship after baby: How to Transition your Relationship into Parenthood
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage! Isn’t that how the nursery rhyme goes? You spend months getting ready for baby, you read tons of books and join all kinds of groups to help you prepare to bring baby home with one goal in mind….keep the tiny human …
9 Things I wish I knew before baby (Number 3 is key!)
Heard the saying “experience is the best teacher“? It was never truer for me than when I had my baby. From the very first day she was born, a ton of things I’d like to have known and/or believed before I’d given birth. A ton. Number 3 will explain why there aren’t more points in …
13 First time mum tips for sanity (From Real Life Moms!)
First time mum tips for sanity. Clean dishes and clothes are pretty essential but don’t sweat it if you suddenly stop vacuuming every week.
My Best 5 Mums on YouTube
As a West African mum, I wish there were women like her on the Tube. West African women who show you what’s really going on in their daily lives without any airs or an unnecessary and often false appearance of opulence.