Spit-up On My Shoulder

Ever since I became a mother, I’ve struggled with keeping the house clean and not letting chores overwhelm me throughout the day. A few weeks ago the “chore issue” came to a head again as I felt I was doing WAY more than anyone else in the house.
Then I read an article in The […]

I’ve been taking a fascinating and eye-opening online class. The best part–it’s free! The class is Take Control of Your Career and Your Life by Marcus Buckingham and it’s through the Oprah website.
Marcus guides you through discovering your strengths and weaknesses. Once your know what they are, the goal is to build […]

I love this list from Rick and Jan Hanson’s website, Nurture Mom, of ways dads can help mom out. Feel free to forward it to the dads in your life!
Top Ten list (in no particular order) of What Dad Can Do For Mom addressed to the father. Hopefully some of these suggestions will […]

Did you hear about this? Until 7 p.m. Chicago time today you can download Suze Orman’s 274-page book Women and Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny for free as a pdf file. I just did it and it took 5 seconds to download. I did need to download Firefox first […]

A recent study found that married women do about one less hour of housework per week for every $7,500 they earn as full-time workers outside the home, regardless of the husband’s income.
I found the study’s conclusions interesting, but was surprised about the following comments from women in the article:
“It’s not about the paycheck for […]

Thank you once again to my buddies, Rick and Jan Hanson, co-authors of Mother Nurture, for letting me share tips from their newsletter.
Have you found that you and your partner fight more since becoming parents? Join the club! Exhaustion, the stress of being on-call 24 hours a day, teething, colds, breastfeeding […]

I love this idea from the July 18th edition of Dollar Stretcher for Parents, a free weekly e-newsletter.
Rather than buying the special scented diaper disposal bags to
put smelly diapers in (the kind you keep in your diaper bag
for when you’re out), just reuse the plastic bags that
newspapers come in. If you want to make them […]

It’s amazing how much “stuff” comes with having kids. I’m not a big shopper and still struggle to keep on top of it with my girls.
Luckily we’re back with professional organizer Denise Williams with solutions for managing your child’s clutter. If your child is past the baby stage, these tips are […]

The article that came out today titled Many Young Kids Have TV in Bedroom shocked me. You can read it here.
I’m no saint about watching the TV (I’m addicted to Dancing With the Stars), but I was amazed that the article found that 20% of kids under 2 have their own TVs. 43% […]

I found a great article about how to decorate the nursery for your baby’s health. The article is by Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub and you can find it here.
We usually focus on how pretty the nursery will be and not on potential health triggers. Your choices of products can help your child avoid asthma […]