By: Brooke Takhar My baby is now three years old but I still remember the early days in our tiny apartment, bored, tired and grumpy. My go-to solution was always to bundle us up to sustain gale force wind trauma and walk to the nearest…
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By: Amber Clouthier What is it about babies that make fully-grown people say the silliest things? In the cases of parents, at least in my case anyway, I would say the cause is sleep deprivation. I hardly remember completing a sentence the first few months…
Read More...Top 3 Must-Have Beauty Tips to (Fake) Looking Your Best
By: Kristina Cross. What do eye cream, a topknot, and espresso have in common? They are the Top 3 Must-Have Beauty Tips to (Fake) Looking Your Best! With two young kids at home, I often find it difficult to get ready in the mornings without…
Read More...Five Things: Links We Love
This week is extra exciting because we have the scoop on a new online store opening especially for us Canadian Mamas who love to snag a great deal on great brands. Keep reading… 1 | The Baby Duck Club has opened its virtual doors and…
Read More...5 Postpartum Symptoms I Wish I Knew About Before Baby Arrived
By: Daina Sparling They tell you that after the birth of your child you’re going to start feeling normal again, eventually. But what they (whoever ‘they’ is) don’t tell you is you will feel anything but normal during the postpartum period. Lasting anywhere from…
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Mama Blogs is an event about starting a blog and finding your voice and inspiration, and we’ve offered it in Vancouver and Edmonton a few times over the past couple of years. I love seeing the moms come out inspired and filled with the desire…
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...Teaching Toddlers to Meditate
Excerpts of the this post were taken from Mom Paradigm ~ the world between naps. Written by Lee-Anne Ekland. Mama Needs Sleep I’ve had issues with sleep since before my son was born. From working in a job that wasn’t fulfilling me anymore to the…
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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….
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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…
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