Journey of a Broken Arm of a 3 year old Toddler – Part 2

June 25, 2011

http://www.foothealthfacts.org/footankleinfo/Bone_Healing.htm
How does bone heal?
Thursday Day 8, 1 full week and follow up day: X-rays look like she’s healed completely! Dr says she’s healing well and that her splint can be removed in 2 weeks’ time (3 weeks total)! Wow, I’m so happy…they really did mean it when they said kids heal fast. I read somewhere [...]

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Journey of a Broken Arm of a 3 year old Toddler – Part 1

June 25, 2011

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PART 1: Journey of a Broken Arm of a 3 year old Toddler
I wrote this to document my journey as a mom who went just went through her toddler having a broken arm. When this happened I scoured the internet [...]

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Mother’s Day 2011 – May 8!

April 27, 2011

The most important day of the year in my mind!

Mother’s Day 2011 is on May 8, 2011!
Mother’s Day is a day that must be celebrated because…for most of us, it’s the day of the most special woman in your life -whether it is your own mother or your wife or simply a good friend [...]

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Parenting across Time Zones

September 14, 2010

When our son was born, my then-husband and I had to figure out our roles as parents. Later when we separated and divorced we had to figure out our roles as sole parents. This transition happened when we were also trying to determine who we were as not-married people. Worse, we had to figure out [...]

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Learn to be Grateful: The Key to Happiness

September 13, 2009

If I could just do one thing for myself it would be to appreciate and be grateful for what I have every single second of every single day. To me personally, I think this is the key to happiness in life. Whatever your situation might be, there has got to be something to be grateful [...]

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Scheduling Down Time

September 12, 2009

The other day, I went into my trusty calendar to plot out all the lessons, special events, etc. from now until December.  I’m sure all you other parents out there have done the same and found your calendar incredibly full already.  How can little beings in our world take up so much of our time?  [...]

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Diaper changing difficulty? No need with these helpful hints

September 10, 2009

One of my least favourite activities these days is changing my toddler’s diapers. I look back on the gooey, runny poohies of my once-an-infact with nostalgic fondness. There’s nothing I hate more than a poopie toddler squirming her way to get out of being horizontal, while digging her toes straight into the goo.
For the benefit [...]

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Boy or Girl? A test that finally works!

September 9, 2009

Ok, there are so many online articles and blogs about gender prediction that I actually told myself I wouldn’t blog about this subject a few years ago. I don’t listen to myself obviously because here I am blogging about it. But I have good reason ok?! If you have read my previous blog entry about [...]

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Workplace Benefits Can Provide Work Life Balance

September 9, 2009

All parents strive to provide their kids the best of everything.   We try to give them all the possible lessons, possible activities, possible toys, and the list goes on.  But all of these ”things” require money.
So, when parents go searching for a job or they stay in a job that they hate, they’re thinking of the bottom [...]

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Top 10 Tips for a Happy & Healthy Family

September 8, 2009

1) Get everyone involved in saving money when eating out
The next time you go out to eat with your family give everyone a maximum amount they are allowed to spend on their meal. This promotes good financial practice for all members of the family and you can even turn it into a game to see [...]

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