I very rarely have time to read anything that is not before me on the screen or in my child’s “Notes to Home” folder from school, but there are three magazines I read with regularity: Newsweek, The Atlantic, and Christianity Today. I was especially moved by an article in the September 2009 edition of Christianity…

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A little over a year ago, I wrote a post called “Lessons From a Miserable Pregnancy: Choose Your OB Wisely.” After I received a call from a friend a couple of weeks ago, I realized that it was important to re-post this information. This friend called upset, suffering from a serious condition common in women…

Don’t Forget! Today is National Seat Check Saturday. Drive over to a local inspection center today for a free child safety seat check. Your kids will thank you. (lamb on the head…optional) .

(photo credit: Tiffany Washko)Last week I began my new job of short order lunch cook to a kindergartner. I’ve served my daughter lunch almost daily for the past five and a half years – including three days a week last year in a lunchbox for pre-school – but this year the gauntlet seems to have…

More information regarding the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Child Passenger Safety Week will be shared later this week, including how you can participate in this Saturday’s “Seat Check Saturday.” To RSVP to Wednesday’s very special Twitter event, please add your name or Twitter ID below. See you Wednesday night! Disclosure Statement: Amy Lupold Bair,…

Saturday I decided to completely overhaul our sunroom. Our home is average size – a 1973 four level split with four small bedrooms – but we’ve got this incredibly useful addition we call the sunroom. In the far corner of the sunroom, deep down in an awkward, dark cabinet, I’ve been hiding a secret for…

In my last ditch attempt to hold on to my children’s pre-school days, I packed up the kiddos, hopped in the car, and headed north to Baltimore for the day to visit both Port Discovery and the National Aquarium. To learn more about our morning at Port Discovery and print out an exclusive Resourceful Mommy…

Yesterday I decided to grab what was left of summer and take my children to Port Discovery in Baltimore, MD. The children had an amazing time! We had been to several “please touch” types of children’s museums in the past, but Port Discovery is unique both in scope and presentation. The first activity to grab…

Going… Going… Going… Going… Almost gone. Just five days until kindergarten…

Get the Sprite & TwitterMoms Back to School Tips & Sweeps widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox!Last spring my daughter’s soon-to-be elementary school hosted a Kindergarten Orientation that mostly amounted to a time to collect health forms and check to see if kids could cut out a teddy bear without help. One…

Last month I had the opportunity to spend time with a small group of bloggers for the Sara Lee Summit at the Kitchens of Sara Lee outside of Chicago. The event kicked off my time in the windy city for the BlogHer Conference and was a unique opportunity to learn about everything from how to…

In less than two weeks, Emma begins kindergarten. Last week I reached out to all of you to ask, “What do you wish you had known?” before you sent your first child to school. While many of the responses made me cry, they were also informative. Here are the highlights! From Nikki at The Guilty…

My children adore Elmo, which is great for me as a parent concerned with what my children view on television and DVD’s. I always feel comfortable allowing them to watch any Sesame Street products, and Bedtime with Elmo doesn’t disappoint. Like most pre-schoolers, Abby Cadabbi and Elmo do not want to stop having fun and…

I’ll never forget the first night terror in our home. First a blood curdling scream. Then our daughter wandering aimlessly around her room, babbling nonsensical phrases, tears streaming down her face. She didn’t wake up. She couldn’t wake up. For twenty minutes we turned on lights, we hugged her, we talked to her…we couldn’t get…

Today my children and I travelled to our favorite value store to purchase the items on my soon-to-be kindergartner’s school supply list. Thankfully, the list was not a mile long, and every item appeared to be a reasonable request, yet somehow we ended up with a cart full of markers, crayons, and folders! About four…

Ever have one of these days? As a stay-at-home mom who is alone with a three and a five year old for 11.5 hours a day, five days a week, I find it hard to keep up my energy level. We all have days where we allow an extra television show or a 10 extra…

(enjoying marshmallows at the lake…just because) This is not one more post about heading for a quick day at the beach or finally visiting the zoo before summer vacation ends – although I’d love to do both of those things. This is about my five years at home with my daughter coming to an end….

In the event of an emergency, passengers traveling with small children should place their own oxygen mask securely on their face before assisting their children. That warning never bothered me until the first time I flew with my daughter. 10 months old and all smiles, she looked at me trustingly as the plane took off,…

(photo credit: Brymo) While I was in grad school at the University of Pennsylvania, I took a course with a professor from the Wharton School of Business called Managing People. Apparently the folks who designed my master’s program in psychological services felt that being able to manipulate my mental health clients might come in handy,…

Staying close to family members has become more and more difficult. Children no longer grow up and build a home of their own on the family farm or down the street from their parents. Even with the technology available today it can be difficult to find the time necessary to e-mail, text, and call family…