Ways to recover time lost by Daylight Savings Time, as well as time lost being unhappy.
Here at LoveMom, we bring you the love. Our weekly Baby Bytes bring you everything else. Here are this week's 7 must-click mom links. Ways to rediscover the joy in your life, how to recover the stolen hour from Daylight Savings Time, and why shutting down your devices for the National Day of Unplugging will restore sanity in your life. Why some women downplay the joys of motherhood, women that leave their children for a career, and why Lent is a redundant occasion for mothers.
Planning a vacation without the kids was the opposite of relaxing.
We're currently living on the edge of a new pregnancy, and the tension this involves has us virtually climbing the walls. Our relaxation solution? Plan an adults-only trip for our five-year anniversary. We're thrilled at the prospect of having some time together, but just planning this trip around work, childcare and our finances is eventful in itself. Parenting really is, and always will be, living on the edge of chaos.
Marital satisfaction before and after children, and how to tell your date that you're a single mom.
Here at LoveMom, we bring you the love. Our weekly Baby Bytes bring you everything else. Here are this week's 7 must-click mom links: Charlie Sheen falls into an ugly custody battle with Brooke Mueller, while other single moms learn how to tell dates that they have children. Unexpected costs incurred upon having children, using the TV as a babysitter and how to make motherhood the most rewarding adventure of your life. These links, along with 10 things moms never thought they'd do to get their baby to sleep.
Raising pets can pretty much determine you and your partner's unique parenting styles.
Before I begin, let me preface this piece by saying that I take dog parenting very seriously. I don't just wake up, take the dogs out, make sure they're fed, leave for 10 hours and come back to do it all over again. I actually "parent" my pooches. Parenting these two furballs has been wonderful practice. I believe that, through them, my husband and I have established our roles as a parenting duo.
How to keep the romance alive when you're a parent.
Early romance is such a powerful thing. You meet, fall in love and have a romantic courtship. You have your dream wedding, and a wonderful honeymoon. You want to spend every single moment together. Then the honeymoon ends and reality sets in.
Motherhood often means being on the receiving end of unsolicited, and unwanted, advice.
The moment you announce your pregnancy to the world, everyone and their cousin feels the need to tell you what's best for your child. It's one thing for a close friend to mention that you may want to reconsider your baby's soft-drink habit; but, it's quite another when a stranger feels the need to comment on how best to discipline your toddler. Here's what to do when you find yourself face-to-face with a wagging finger pointed at you and your child.
Most parents don't mention how hard sleep training is on marriage.
Letting my son cry it out has not been the main issue in our house. Instead, convincing his father that sleep training works has been an epic battle. Sleep training impacted our marriage, and my job, in ways that no sleep training guide prepared me for. Some light needs to be shed on the conversations that happen in the parents' bedroom while the baby cries.
What to say when your children want to know whom you love the most.
If you have kids, you will inevitably be asked questions about everything from sex to whether or not there's a devil. But what about when they want to know who you love more?
Maternity leave standards, high-risk mom jobs and how to humiliate your child into straight As.
Here at LoveMom, we bring you the love. Our weekly Baby Bytes bring you everything else. Here are this week's 7 must-click mom links: what moms give up for motherhood, maternity leave standards throughout the world and one mom who embarrassed her child into better grades. These links, along with 7 tips on how to do it all as a single mom.
Jon & Kate may be reconciling. Are you considering it, too? How to protect the kids.
Most children of divorce secretly (or not so secretly) hope their parents will get back together. Having the family reunited and everything as it used to be may seem like a perfect resolution to many children but, in fact, reunifications can be difficult for everyone involved.
