8,401 steps I suppose a better title is "Some work, little progress" but that\'s not very dramatic. Eric and I ended up having a lot of (non-renovatio ...
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Guess How Much I Love You By Sam Mac Bratney The classic story about love for your baby is now in a beautiful rose gold book. Guess How Much I Love Y ...
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4,063 steps Eric had a 2 am virtual book reading...meaning neither of us slept much last night! But he enjoyed the reading. I was busy working on bre ...
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These free printable “miss you” cards to colour are perfect for kids to send to their friends and family that are missing. There is nothing like ...
23-01-2021 21:51
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The debris isn\'t gone, but it\'s all hiding away in bags now. I estimate we have about 400 bags in the room. All of which have to be carried down and ...
22-01-2021 21:55
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LIFEVAC Home Kit  In a few seconds, your life can change. As a parent, we are responsible for the health and safety of our children and ourselves. C ...
21-01-2021 21:56
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Love From The Very Hungry Caterpillar If you are looking for the perfect Valentine’s Book that tots to teens will love, choose the #1 New York Times ...
21-01-2021 21:56
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Virtual Birthday Party for Kids It is your little one?s birthday! Time flies so fast. There is so much to do. Whether your child?s guests live far a ...
21-01-2021 21:56
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I slept terribly last night, thanks to my zombie finger. I finally decided to have it looked at this morning. Why" A) I\'m a violinist and this finger ...
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These free colour by number printable worksheets are the perfect quick activity that will entertain kids and reinforce number recognition and maths al ...
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Remote Learning is hard, especially as we don’t have all the resources and learning aids that they are used to having in their classrooms at school. ...
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9,105 steps We suffered our first renovation casualty today: my finger. Aieee!!! I was prying some plaster loose with a hammer and somehow my finger g ...
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6,287 steps I spent the entire morning getting paperwork ready for our visa renewal. I\'m not done but at least I\'m much closer than before. After ...
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Is Sleep Apnea Waking Up my Child" Addressing Early Rising
A mom who has successfully sleep trained her children with The Shuffle wrote in a question ...
18-01-2021 21:56
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3,846 steps The sun was out, so we spent the afternoon at the beach, basking like lizards. This Christmas and 6 years ago, the kids\' Canadian grandpa ...
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12,000+ steps, all walking up or down a mountain We had a fantastic day sledding at La Colmiane, a small ski resort 80 km from Nice. I\'m so exhauste ...
17-01-2021 21:52
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I love candles, they bring so much warmth and glowing light especially over our dark winters. However due to my candle addiction I was left with a lo ...
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Blimey Box – STEM Educational Escape Games Right At Home! As parents, we all want our children to be STEM Savvy. How do we sway our kids to math, te ...
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14,714 steps I was surprised to wake up with sore legs today--I was expecting sore arms! I\'ve been hobbling around all day. We used the morning to ...
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18,869 steps Uff da! I am tired out from today\'s adventure. Comrade came by as promised this morning with his dump truck. He managed to back it into ...
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Transition from the Crib — When and How to Make It a Smooth One
All too often, parents rush to get their child to transition from the crib into a be ...
14-01-2021 21:59
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Cosleeping Happens! What to Do About Accidental Bed-Sharing
There are lots of things to which we might say ?not me? before having children. Maybe we t ...
14-01-2021 21:59
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 Welcome Baby USA When you have a baby, it can be a shock to realize how much work goes into this little bundle of joy. The exhaustion, the time and ...
14-01-2021 21:57
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Stuck inside with a baby during lockdown" We look at ways to bond with baby at home and pass some time which you can both enjoy.
As we find ourselves ...
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9,014 stepsWe spent the morning at the prefecture, the administrative building that does immigration, driver\'s licenses, car registration, and other ...
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These simple lunch ideas are perfect for family lockdown lunches. One of the most monotonous, but essential things about parenting is the constant fee ...
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3,018 steps We met with Comrade this morning. He seemed excited to see what we\'ve done with the apartment since we bought it. We asked him about our ...
13-01-2021 21:54
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Stop My Toddler From Cosleeping — My Husband is on the Couch!
A reader wrote in with a plea to “stop my toddler from cosleeping.” She wrote:
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12-01-2021 21:58
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7 Tips to Gently Wean Your Breastfeeding Toddler
If you?ve made it to toddlerhood and are still breastfeeding, kudos to you! Breastfeeding is a huge c ...
12-01-2021 21:58
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10,124 steps We\'re in a holding pattern waiting to arrange for the dumpster. Comrade is coming over tomorrow morning to take a look at how much const ...
12-01-2021 21:54
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Eco Gloves – Keep Clean and Save The Environment When you are cleaning, you want your hands to feel safe. As a parent, you have to not only look aft ...
11-01-2021 21:57
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EASY DIY Heart Craft For Under $10 That You Can Do With Your Kids! Making crafts with your kids can be so special. Finding great crafts to make with y ...
11-01-2021 21:57
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9,090 steps It?s so nice to have a day off from renovating. I slept in (for a half-hour) and read in bed for another hour. I made sourdough bread, ta ...
11-01-2021 21:55
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I actually wrote another update and it got lost when I tried to post it. Yesterday I was NOT loving the cleanup. We\'ve been doing it every day this ...
10-01-2021 21:55
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12,548 steps I am exhausted. We cleaned up in the morning, filling 100 trash bags with plaster debris. Then I stayed and demolished the rest of the c ...
09-01-2021 21:57
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Ideal Bedtime: How to Decide What Time Your Child Goes to Bed
How do you decide when your child should go to sleep at night" Is there really an ideal ...
08-01-2021 21:54
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As lockdowns and social distancing continue to punctuate 2021, we take a look at what it really means to give birth in a global pandemic.
It may be on ...
08-01-2021 21:50
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Each month our columnist Leonora Bamford shares her little luxuries from the worlds of parenting, pregnancy and lifestyle.
It?s 2021, let’s take a d ...
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And the walls came tumbling down... So much dust everywhere. First order of business: knocking down the small interior wall (cloison). It is made of ...
07-01-2021 21:50
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Fairy Science Fairies like magic and pixie dust. Esther the fairy likes facts and science. Will the land of Pixieville be the place for this budding s ...
06-01-2021 21:55
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Terrible 3s The terrible 3s are a time where your child is not taking instruction well, feels wildly independent and they are only three years old! Ye ...
06-01-2021 21:55
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14,165 steps It\'s 9pm and I think it\'s the first time I\'ve sat still all day! I got started on demolition right away. Eric helped me move the piles ...
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Most parents will be delighted to know that their children can use Google Classrooms on an Xbox or PlayStation. Yes, seriously. All their need is a ...
06-01-2021 21:53
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One Nap Per Day: How to Transition Your Toddler with The Shuffle
If you’re a parent who sticks to a schedule, your days probably revolve around your ...
05-01-2021 21:57
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Toddler Won’t Sleep at Night" Your Tough Sleep Question, Answered
A mom of five is having a sleep problem with her youngest. This mom’s toddler wo ...
05-01-2021 21:57
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11,666 steps Double thumbs up for today. First thing in the morning, Zari and I went to a pharmacy for a rapid Covid antigen test. She tested negativ ...
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13,741 steps Our 7 am wakeup was rough. I powered through the morning and went running after I dropped the kids off at school. It was now or never, as ...
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Sleep Training Siblings ? Navigating Sleep Two at a Time
There?s an old saying every parent hears when they?re expecting a second baby: ?One is like n ...
04-01-2021 21:59
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As we welcome a new year and wave goodbye to Christmas indulgence, we’re turning to Piccolo’s Mushroom and Chilli Broth for a health kick ...
04-01-2021 21:55
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6,262 steps Trash total: 56 bags, 16 hand loads School starts again tomorrow. I hope we can get up on time! We\'ve been spoiled the last two weeks wit ...
03-01-2021 21:56
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6,279 steps No renovating this weekend. We decided to wait until a weekday. And it rained all day--again. We couldn\'t convince the kids to come out ...
03-01-2021 21:56
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9,474 steps I woke up around 6 am to a thunderstorm with a few flashes of lightning. No one else heard it. Then I couldn\'t get back to sleep, so I r ...
03-01-2021 21:56
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I loved the The Body Image Book for Girls; Love Yourself and Grow Up Fearless by Charlotte Markey. It is a fun and approachable book for girls explain ...
01-01-2021 21:53
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Baby and Child Sleep Questions: Your Questions, Answered
Are you trying to get your 8-month-old to nap" Do you have a 4-year-old Houdini who needs to ...
31-12-2020 21:57
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5 Tips for Better Sleep ? Make This the ?Year of Sleep? in Your Home
Happy New Year! It doesn?t have to be January 1st to make changes, but it is ?res ...
31-12-2020 21:57
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Naked Nursing Tank: Open Busted Tank TopYour baby needs to nurse, but you are out in public and you are uncomfortable about showing off all that skin ...
31-12-2020 21:57
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7,627 steps Trash total: 30 bags, 16 hand loads Wow! What a day. The kids all helped in the morning pulling nails and stacking boards. We are now DONE ...
31-12-2020 21:52
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11,023 steps Trash total: 27 bags, 16 hand loads I had a long work day yesterday, but instead of falling asleep I was wired. I lay in bed for a long t ...
31-12-2020 21:52
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5,070 steps lots more trash hauled away...can\'t remember how many but I wrote it down somewhere! Well, we\'re headed back into a stricter lockdown ...
31-12-2020 21:52
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2020 has sucked big time. In fact it has been a disastrous year for us and I\'m sure many. Read about my reflections on 2020 and my thoughts for 2021. ...
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