Written by Kris Louis of www.parentingwithkris.com No matter the age of your kids, being a parent continuously challenges us, whether we’re nurturing toddlers or preparing teens for adulthood. And the moment you think you’ve figured something out, new concerns suddenly arise. The fact is that raising healthy, well-adjusted kids is a demanding, all-consuming job. With […]
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How To Have A Perfect Lawn Without Using Pesticides
Now more than ever it seems like many homes are using pesticides for their lawn care. Pesticides are chemicals that are used to kill weeds and insects. Most commonly sold products are labeled “weed and feed.”
How to know when your child is ready for their bed
Our journey from bed-sharing to our child seeking her own space Written by Sarah Seweryniak Before any of us have children we have this blueprint in our minds of how we’ll parent. Ignorance is bliss before you have children. I find it comical the things I said I’d never do, I have done. One of […]
Say Goodbye to Your Child’s Rainy Day Blues
Photo via Pixabay Who says that rainy days have to be boring? By exploring the fun activities below, your child will be anything but bored! This up-to-date list of educational online activities will nurture your child’s curiosity, creativity, and sense of fun without feeling “educational” or b-o-r-i-n-g. Get Moving! Rainy day or not, according to […]
Our Family Bed
If you had asked me 6 years ago my thoughts on children sleeping in their parents’ bed I would have scoffed and said something like, “my children will be sleeping in their own beds…” And then I would have made or thought some remark about enmeshed families. I’m pretty ashamed of that now. And I’m […]
Book Club: No Bad Kids, Toddler Discipline Without Shame, by Janet Lansbury (Session 2)
Book Club is held generally on a biweekly basis in our closed Facebook group: Gentle Parenting of WNY. *Summaries are often statements by the author pulled right from the chapter being discussed. These statements, for me, carry weight and often are what the questions end up being about. Some questions, too, may be questions the […]
Book Club: No Bad Kids, Toddler Discipline Without Shame, by Janet Lansbury (Session 1)
Book Club is held generally on a biweekly basis in our closed Facebook group: Gentle Parenting of WNY. *Summaries are often statements by the author pulled right from the chapter being discussed. These statements, for me, carry weight and often are what the questions end up being about. Some questions, too, may be questions the […]
adventures in Exclusive Pumping
Meet Sarah! Sarah Seweryniak is a freelance writer and marketing professional. She resides in Western New York with her husband Matthew. They welcomed their daughter, Genevieve, in the Summer of 2017. Adventures in Exclusive Pumping In the months leading up to the birth of my daughter, I had been prepping my idea of what […]
The Truth About Negative Reinforcement
When you hear the term Negative Reinforcement, what do you think? What does that mean to you? Does the term ‘negative’ immediately make you think ‘bad?’ If it does, you’re definitely NOT alone. Negative Reinforcement is often used as a way to say that ‘bad’ behavior is being reinforced: “We have to make sure we’re […]
Our Summer Idea List (free printable!)😘
The title was supposed to be The Ultimate Summer Bucket List. But as Clare and I talked about it, my husband added that bucket lists sound like ‘To-Do’ lists to him. And he’d rather not have a to-do list during the summer. Pretty sure his contribution to the items on our list was “throw out […]