Category: Parenting
Learning to ride a bike
I’d been feeling sort of uncomfortable, all winter long, over the fact that our son hadn’t even attempted to learn how to ride a two-wheeler. Not guilty, exactly, but definitely feeling that it was a bit of a parenting fail. Here he was,… Continue Reading “Learning to ride a bike”
50 thoughts heading into dance recital weekend
Will these tights look dirty on stage? Nah, the lights are bright. Bright lights are like the theatre version of an Instagram filter. I hope the bun looks good. I think I made it too high last time. Where *is* the crown of a… Continue Reading “50 thoughts heading into dance recital weekend”
What you probably didn’t know about wetting the bed
The following is a sponsored conversation with GoodNites® but all opinions are my own. So let’s start with me admitting that I was really, REALLY wrong about bed-wetting. When I heard a few friends talking about how their own children, who are almost five, were… Continue Reading “What you probably didn’t know about wetting the bed”
When your child sleepwalks
Let me tell y’all a funny story about sleepwalking. (Yes, I’m a Southerner when I blog, despite living in cold-ass Nova Scotia.) I try not to (really) embarrass our kids with my writing (sort of) (most of the time) so I’ll keep this story… Continue Reading “When your child sleepwalks”
The perfect Mother’s Day
On the perfect Mother’s Day, I’d wake up to breakfast in bed served at exactly the right time and temperature. My darling children would present me with eggs, bacon, hash browns and a perfectly-buttered English muffin, and then graciously offer to “take” the carbs… Continue Reading “The perfect Mother’s Day”
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