This is the first of a five-part blog series titled, “Get Your Body Back After Baby” which is based on a past School of Mom Facebook chat session, where I discussed “Five Tips to Get Your Body Back After Baby”. The following is taken from chat transcript, where…
Read More...Pop Up Shop Show & Sale – Now Accepting Applications
What is the Pop Up Shop Show & Sale? Well it’s a shopping day for Moms (& Dads of course)! We’re bringing together the best in brands, boutiques and handmade items for moms & tots for one day. We have a very limited amount of…
Read More...Review: Toronto’s Newest Baby Store, The Best of the Best
Toronto Midtown Mommies and Mommies to be, you are in for a treat! Today was the public Grand Opening of the Mom’s to be…and More specialty shop “The Best of the Best“. My sidekick and I were on the guestlist a day earlier and had…
Read More...Safety First
We were in Drumheller, Alberta and the famous ‘Dinosaur museum’ (Royal Tyrrell Museum) was on our agenda for the day. It was breakfast time at our hotel, and a giant stack of pancakes was on the menu for my-then five year old Berlin. I glanced…
Read More...Just coping on Valentines Day, BUT I wouldn’t have it any other way.
A heart divided or just bigger? Valentine’s Day, like most holidays changes drastically as one gets older. In elementary school it was all about making those little card holders and getting cards from every person in the class while trying to see how many cinnamon…
Read More...{GUEST POST} How Much Sleep Do Babies Need?
By: Heather Plante, Soothing Angels. I was recently asked, “What is the most common issue you see in babies who have sleep problems?” Of course, there are many issues and struggles facing sleepless families but the simple answer is routine and consistency. Many parents need to…
Read More...{GUEST POST} Why I Became A Doula
This is a guest post by Melissa Baker, CD(DONA) Certified Birth Doula, DONA Trained Postpartum Doula. My Sojourn Through Birth and Into a Doula On March 29th 2002 I gave birth to my first son Roka Raine. It was a wonderful and unexpected gift of life. Finding…
Read More...ModernFamilyExpo is coming to Vancouver: Win a $390 Ultimate Date Night!
Are you looking for ways to live your life in a greener, healthier way? Would you like to attend an event that has you and your family’s needs in mind? One that offers ACTIVE solutions that are eco-friendly and fun too? The ModernFamilyExpo is Set…
Read More...You’re Not Ruining Your Toddler’s Life… And other things to remember when you’re pregnant with Baby #2
So you’re due with number two. You’re exhausted, you’re feeling huge (even though it’s only month 3, thank you to the earlier ‘pop’), your nausea feels like it’s lasting three times as long this time, and you feel like you’re ruining your toddler’s life. It’s…
Read More...How to Hire a Babysitter
I understand the challenge of finding a babysitter. I am one of those moms who couldn’t bare to leave my first daughter with a sitter, not even my Mother-in-law. I recall one such night where she had so graciously offered to come look after Nya…
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