What’s all the hype about placing an amber necklace on your baby to help with teething and drooling? Well, now that my son’s teething, I scoured all I could about the stones because if it helps, why not try it? On my search for…
Read More...Meet Our Top 3 Mompreneurs Who Have Just Won Big!
Wow! We are SO overwhelmed by the support & enthusiasm shown by the friends and family of our 13 mompreneur nominees over the past few weeks. After a week of nominations, and a truly amazing week of voting on the ModernFamilyExpo Facebook page (over 1000…
Read More...Five Things: Links We Love
This week we’ll wrap up some of our new favourite things too, along with some new links and articles around the Web. 1 | Referring to a toddler tantrum as a child being in ‘full on rabid poodle mode’ made me laugh out loud, this…
Read More...Recap: Urban Infant Cover Photo Contest
On Wednesday September 25 we partnered with Kingsway Mall and Urban Infant to present a Cover Photo Contest; we had three professional photographers on site to photograph the participants in hopes of their photo being selected for the cover of Urban Infant. It was…
Read More...IT’S TIME TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE MOMPRENEUR TO HELP HER WIN BIG!
Last week Modern Mama asked you to nominate your favourite Lower Mainland mompreneurs with an eco-friendly and/or healthy focus, and you came back with some great nominations! Thirteen deserving mompreneurs have been selected to move on to the voting round, and now they need your…
Read More...Relaxation Tips for Busy Moms
It seems like there is no rest of the weary. And, the weary person is usually mom. Moms take care of hearth and home, but who takes care of her? If you are a busy mom, learn to value yourself as a person and schedule…
Read More...Five Things: Links We Love
1 | Dressing up. It’s part of our day-to-day around here (with three girls and a giant dress-up bin), and with Halloween coming up next month, the stores have all the costumes in store again. Here are the Best Dress-Up Clothes For Kids by PopSugar….
Read More...Peanut Free Zone: Understanding Both Sides
With the kids going back to school parents everywhere are thinking about what to pack for lunch, keeping in mind it needs to be peanut free. I have spoken with many frustrated parents who struggle with creating a healthy lunch that their children will eat,…
Read More...Five Things: Links We Love
1 | Not for the faint of heart, or those easily offended by fowl language: a funny mom covers all the bases complaining about those perfect ‘Pinterest Moms‘. 2 | It’s coming: Fall which means warmer clothes, boots and scarves. Doesn’t that just sing perfect…
Read More...Back To School
By: Katie Dunsworth I love the invigoratingly fresh start that comes along with the beginning of the new school year. But for families with children starting school for the first time, September can mean added stress and unexpected expenses. Preparing your child for their first…
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