Archive for tag: single mom

Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms

 
If you ever wondered where the mean girls and guys of middle school and high school went, just check a message board of a mom blog and you’ll find ‘em – hypercritical, uber-uninformed and super-perfect in their own lives, of course.
I’m not alone in my observations.  Tina ...

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Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms

 
Unfortunately, we have all seen the terrible headlines about abuse and neglect by childcare givers, and I  think that we can all agree that on some level or another, this scares the sh*t out of every parent that leaves their child in someone else’s care. I happen ...

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Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms

 
Oh, the great debate over public versus private gives me great anxiety – and no, I am not talking about my Facebook profile settings (which, by the way, I still can’t quite seem to master). I am talking about the internal and external debate over public education ...

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Originally posted on Lifetime Moms
Taking a child to the doctor’s office is obviously less fun than say, going to the zoo. Everything from figuring out an appointment time that works to the vaccinations, forces it way down to the bottom of the list of things I like to do. This is ...

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Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms

 
My daughter recently started preschool and because of this, I have been giving a lot of thought to the fact that she has now started a new phase of her life that will last for about the next 20 years – where teachers will sadly be spending ...

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Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms

I am really not sure why, but the idea of potty training has stressed me out since my first trimester of pregnancy. Which is really interesting considering I was very single and pregnant in my first (and subsequent) trimesters, but despite all of that – the idea ...

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Have I ever told you about the most impractical purchase I’ve ever made?
Pretty sure I haven’t – so here it is.
The most impractical purchase I’ve ever made.
And the most impractical thing about this bathing suit is not the deep plunging neck line, if you can even call it that.  Nor is ...

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My sister warned me that this would happen.
Well she didn’t specifically tell me that Toy Story underwear would make me cry. BUT she did give me some insight into the depth of love that comes along with parenting.
“You aren’t going to love her right away,” she said when I was about ...

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Originally Published on Lifetime Moms 1/17/13
As a parent, I learned early on that changes in routine and transitions to a new routine can create upheaval in a child’s world.  And depending on the type of transition, changes can be equally as unnerving for Mom – regardless of how anticipated they are.
Last ...

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I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends…the Lemieux family certainly did…and I will have a musical reminder of the holiday for a long time to come.

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