Category: Parenting
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When Your Child is Afraid of the Dark
The last couple months, our almost four year old son has started saying he is afraid of the dark. Below are some of the strategies we are using to help him cope with this fear: Memorize Psalm 4:8 – This verse says, “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell…
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How I am Managing Life with Two Toddlers and a Newborn
To say that adding a third child to our family was an adjustment would be an understatement. Our oldest is not even 4 yet and we have a 2 year old and now a 3 month old. Our house has definitely gotten more crazy these past couple months. Our older two have become more clingy…
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Quiet Time Activities
We recently started quiet time with our son. He is almost four and only recently stopped napping. Since we have a newborn, I really need the downtime that naptimes provided. For about an hour and a half, he plays quietly in his room while his sisters nap. Visit this post on how we went about…
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How to Start Quiet Time with a Toddler who is No Longer Napping
With three kids so close in age, I need some time during the day to rest or to catch up on stuff if needed. Our oldest (almost four) recently stopped napping so we are establishing a quiet time in his room so that I still have some time to myself every day without resorting to…
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Confession: I am an angry mom
The people who know me would probably be surprised. I am a quiet usually very patient person, and I don’t get angry easily …except at my kids apparently. Usually it starts out small. One of the kids made a mess at the table and there are crumbs everywhere. I feel the seed of irritability take…
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How I Get out of the House with a Baby and Two Toddlers
I have found that our two toddlers get stir crazy and are more likely to act out if we stay home all week. I try to get out two or three times a week with all three kids. We usually run errands one morning, go to our Bible study one morning, and go to story…
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Things You Need to Hear when You’re Raising Little Kids
With a three year old, two year old, and newborn, I really need to hear some of the things in this post. So if no one else is telling you these things, take it from me–your fellow mama.
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Making Mom Friends
It can be harder to make friends when you have kids’ mealtimes and nap times to work around or school pickup and drop-off. With little kids it sometimes feels like all you can do is keep your head above the water, but I have found it important to have a community of moms. Not only…
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More Preschool Learning Ideas
In a previous post, I shared what we were currently doing for our son for preschool learning activities. I’ve added in some new things/changed how we were doing some things. This post is an update with a few things that have changed.
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Best Frugal Choices
Babies and kids can be expensive but there are definitely things you can do or choices you can make to cut down on the cost. I am a stay at home mom and even though my husband makes plenty to provide for us, I like to think that saving a bit of money here and…
Purposeful Mama 