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Read More...Top 10 Instagram Moms 2014
We love Instagram, come check us out here. (I post my family pics, event pics and Modern Mama behind-the-scenes happenings.) We’ve picked our Top 10 Instagram Moms for 2014 below. We originally posted our Top 10 fave Instagram moms in November of 2012. Last July, we listed a new crop…
Read More...The Innocent Path to Short-Order Cooking (and preventing picky eating)
By: Kristen Yarker As a busy Mom you have many job titles. Titles such as taxi driver, educator, nurse, and house-cleaner. But there is one job title that you do not want: Short-order cook. It happens so innocently. Yesterday your 10 month old doesn’t seem…
Read More...Travelling with Kids: 6 Tips For Keeping Your Children Well Rested on the Road
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…
Read More...Too Many Clothes & Nothing To Wear
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…
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