By: Joleen Dilk Salyn Are you heading out on the open road this summer with kids? Are you filled with dread at the possibility of listening to your overtired child crying and complaining the whole time? Relax! That doesn’t have to be the case! Use…
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By: Kathy Klassen I love clothes. I have a lot of clothes but yet I have nothing to wear. I’m guessing you know exactly what I’m talking about, right? Because I always talk about challenging yourself, whether health & fitness related or not, I decided…
Read More...{SERIES} Part 4: Choosing the right storage solution for toys
By: Stephanie Hawkins Choosing the right storage solution for toys When most people think of organizing, they think of shopping for bins and baskets. But finding the right storage solutions for your stuff is almost the last step in the organizational process. If you haven’t…
Read More...Purging the Baby Clothes: Should You Sell or Donate?
It’s time to get purging the baby clothes. Either you know you’re not having any more children or your children are different genders and you have no need to keep the baby boy stuff for your baby girl. But what do you do with all…
Read More...How Does She Do It: Bobs & Lolo’s Lorraine Pond
We are so excited to launch our How Does She Do It feature! Every few months we’ll interview and feature a ‘Celebrity Mom’! In between we’ll feature ALL moms (You! Please apply here!) We are ecstatic to introduce our first Celebrity Moms – Canada’s Bobs…
Read More...Summer Vacation with Kids
By: Joya Williams SUMMER VACATION: No Baggage Please! This year our summer vacation is a week in Barbados. We’ve never been and we’re all pretty excited. I love the anticipation of going away, the knowledge that the hardest decision will soon be where to eat…
Read More...Child Safety: 4 Tips for Taking Your Young Child Into Crowds
By: Tamara Bailey In our modern life, visits to airports, stadium events, parades, and other large attractions are inevitable. Often noisy and bustling with activity, these are the types of places where I want to keep an iron-grip on my children. While my preschooler is…
Read More...Member of the Month April Announced! {May Prizing Revealed}
Are you a card-carrying Member of Modern Mama? You can live in Halifax or Vancouver, or anywhere in this great Country, or even in Cabo San Lucas Mexico (we have a new location there) but as long as you’ve got your perks card, you’re in!…
Read More...Healthy Frozen Treats for Summer
By: Shauna Robertson With the weather warming up, its time to find healthy ways to cool down! Here are five of my favourite healthy frozen treats. Frozen Grapes This is an easy one and so tasty! Skewer grapes on a wooden BBQ skewer (If you…
Read More...{Series} Parenting Quiz #4: How do you plan meals for your kids
By: Naomi Maharaj Think you have this parenting thing down to a science? You handle messes, tiffs, and tears without a bat of an eyelash? Or are you constantly second guessing yourself; reading parenting books and trying to decide which parenting style you want to…
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