Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms
Wow…I don’t remember the last time a book got as much buzz and criticism as Sheryl Sandberg’s, “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead”. I have heard and seen almost everything about the book, and now I am finally reading it.
Sandberg references the importance of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Oringally Published on LifetimeMoms on 12/11/12
That’s it. I surrender.
I fully admit that I, Cara Lemieux, cannot possibly do it all this holiday season. I’m afraid that if I even try, I will lose sight of the joy this time of year is supposed to bring into my heart and my home. ...
Ellie meets Kermit the Frog, and my heart smiles.
Ellie is turning two on Monday, which is both mind-boggling and heartwarming. Everyone told me the days would be long, but the years would be short…but I didn’t fully understand until now, how loooooong those days would be, and how shoooooort these years ...
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