For parents it might seem that every child you know, except your own, go to bed without a fuss. This might make you wonder what it is you're doing wrong. Truth be told, some children are just easier than others to put to bed. Avoid nighttime stress by using these five helpful toddler bedtime tricks.
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Showing posts with label Reflections. Show all posts
Dr. Oz Was Right!
Dr. Oz has said many times on his popular show that elastic waist pants are not your friend, it turns out he was right! Whenever he said this I would sort of think, "Seriously, how could you not tell if you were gaining weight!" Unfortunately, I now know the answer to that question first-hand.
Jewelry Ninja
2 Against 1 recently teamed up with Jewelry Ninja to help promote their new Posh Mommy line. Just by entering the promotion code "twins" you will receive free shipping on your order. Jewelry Ninja has something for everyone. So why not take advantage of this great promotion. Whether it be for that special someone in your life, your children, or even yourself.
What is Jewelry Ninja you ask?
Great Question. Well, at Jewelry Ninja, their goal is to sell fine jewelry at even finer prices. They offer a variety of diamond, gemstone, and personalized jewelry items. They sell many of the same items as the bigger chain stores, but do it for a price. Jewelry Ninja does not use any expensive advertising, but instead depend on word of mouth and social media to get the word out about their products. They believe if people like their products, they'll tell their friends! So, they want all of their customers to be satisfied with their purchases. Jewelry Ninja takes special orders too, so if you don't see something you want, just ask. They can probably get it for you.
Posh Mommy Collection
The Posh Mommy Collection features personalized pendants that allow you to "show off the ones you love." The collection includes not just necklaces for mothers but also Posh Daddy dog tags for fathers and a Posh for kids collection as well. The Posh Mommy Forever Loops have been a hit with grandmothers as they can accommodate up to six names and birthstones.
These sterling silver pendants come in several shapes and sizes that can be mixed and matched. Both sides of each pendant can be engraved. They can also be set with birthstones (which show through on both sides). The loops are the most popular and come in three sizes, the Wee Loop, the Posh Loop, and the Forever Loop.
Posh Mommy has been in the spotlight repeatedly. Posh Mommy necklaces were featured on Ellen's Mother's Day episode. The CBS early show named Posh Mommy one of the top ten personalized gifts of the Christmas shopping season! Posh Mommy necklaces have been featured in several magazines including People, In Style, and In Touch.
There are lots of celebrity Posh Mommy and Posh Daddys as well. Among the Posh Mommy celebrities are Trista Sutter from the Bachelorette, Brandi Glanville, Camilla Alves (Matthew McConaughey's wife), Mark Wahlberg's wife Rhea, Danica McKellar, Maxine Bahns, Brooke Burke, Renee Baio, Garcelle Beauvais, Naomi Priestly, and Natalie Morales just to name a few. There are lots of celebrity Posh Daddy's as well, including Carson Daly, Ian Ziering, Mario Lopez and Jay Demarcus from the Rascal Flatts.
The Posh Mommy collection is a modern update to the traditional mother's ring. There are many options to choose from. With prices starting at under $50 they make a great gift for someone else or for yourself!
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What is Jewelry Ninja you ask?
Great Question. Well, at Jewelry Ninja, their goal is to sell fine jewelry at even finer prices. They offer a variety of diamond, gemstone, and personalized jewelry items. They sell many of the same items as the bigger chain stores, but do it for a price. Jewelry Ninja does not use any expensive advertising, but instead depend on word of mouth and social media to get the word out about their products. They believe if people like their products, they'll tell their friends! So, they want all of their customers to be satisfied with their purchases. Jewelry Ninja takes special orders too, so if you don't see something you want, just ask. They can probably get it for you.
Posh Mommy Collection
The Posh Mommy Collection features personalized pendants that allow you to "show off the ones you love." The collection includes not just necklaces for mothers but also Posh Daddy dog tags for fathers and a Posh for kids collection as well. The Posh Mommy Forever Loops have been a hit with grandmothers as they can accommodate up to six names and birthstones.
Posh Mommy has been in the spotlight repeatedly. Posh Mommy necklaces were featured on Ellen's Mother's Day episode. The CBS early show named Posh Mommy one of the top ten personalized gifts of the Christmas shopping season! Posh Mommy necklaces have been featured in several magazines including People, In Style, and In Touch.
The Posh Mommy collection is a modern update to the traditional mother's ring. There are many options to choose from. With prices starting at under $50 they make a great gift for someone else or for yourself!
Sippy Cup Hide and Seek
Lately it seems I have been playing a daily game of hide and seek with the twins sippy cups. Let me tell you it has been frustrating. I didn't think it was possible to lose at hide and seek against a sippy cup. However, I can assure you it is. One night last week I hunted high and low in this place in search of one missing sippy cup. I went to bed that night thinking I would have to buy a new one the following day.
Sure enough, the next morning as I'm getting the twins breakfast ready, in walks Laura drinking from that very sippy cup. The sippy cup, who just the night before had beat me in a game of sippy cup hide and seek. The night before I had asked both Brady and Laura several times if they knew where the cup was. They laughed and danced, they even pretended to look for the cup. Well, I hope they were looking for it. If not, then they were mocking my loss of the game of hide and seek with the sippy cup.
Tonight before we put the twins to bed my husband decided to join in on the game. Together we looked everywhere for this sippy cup. Especially since it was just purchased today. Laura and Brady standing around, helping as always. I could tell my husband was starting to feel the same frustration I had felt the week before. Sure enough he found it on the couch, in front of his face. This has happened to me on countless occasions. The more I hunt for missing sippy cups, the more frustrated I get too.
I am determined to come up with a device for these sippy cups. A pager perhaps, so I won't lose at sippy cup hide and seek again.
Sure enough, the next morning as I'm getting the twins breakfast ready, in walks Laura drinking from that very sippy cup. The sippy cup, who just the night before had beat me in a game of sippy cup hide and seek. The night before I had asked both Brady and Laura several times if they knew where the cup was. They laughed and danced, they even pretended to look for the cup. Well, I hope they were looking for it. If not, then they were mocking my loss of the game of hide and seek with the sippy cup.
Tonight before we put the twins to bed my husband decided to join in on the game. Together we looked everywhere for this sippy cup. Especially since it was just purchased today. Laura and Brady standing around, helping as always. I could tell my husband was starting to feel the same frustration I had felt the week before. Sure enough he found it on the couch, in front of his face. This has happened to me on countless occasions. The more I hunt for missing sippy cups, the more frustrated I get too.
I am determined to come up with a device for these sippy cups. A pager perhaps, so I won't lose at sippy cup hide and seek again.
The Mystery Rash
Recently our house, well Laura in particular, was plagued with what we were calling a mystery rash. Literally here today, gone tomorrow. Better yet, here for 20 minutes, gone for 20 hours. I first noticed this mystery rash while giving her bath. It was almost as though she had what looked like a couple of welts or swollen bites on her arms.
Because of how fast the mystery rash seemed to spread although it stayed only on her arms, I took her to the hospital. If I had noticed the rash only 15 minutes earlier we could have gone to the walk-in clinic instead. I suppose this could be called, first time parent syndrome as the rash didn't seem to be bothering her, no fever, really no change in her at all. However, my husband and I wanted to be sure she was okay.
Of course by the time we made it to the hospital and registered her, the rash was gone. Considering the time was nearing 10 p.m. and we were looking at a minimum of six hours before she was going to be seen by a doctor, we left. Both Laura and Brady had a family doctor's appointment scheduled for the following morning, so I figured I would just mention it to him then. As well, my husband and I monitored her closely through the night.
The family doctor said she probably had an allergic reaction but as to what, he had no idea. He told us to watch her closely in case it happened again. That day she was fine, no rash. The third day was another story. Off and on throughout the day these same welt-like bumps were showing up on her arms. My husband and I racked our brains trying to figure out what could be causing this mystery rash.
We narrowed it down to two possibilities. A different cereal she had been eating through the week or the change in laundry detergent. We've never had a specific brand of detergent that we used, as we've always just bought whatever was on sale. Go figure the week the "name-brand" detergent is on sale, I buy it, and....... hello rash.
Needless to say all that laundry I was complaining about, well at least a quarter of it had to be re-washed. Knock on wood though, we must have been right. Since we went back to the cheaper detergent, the mystery rash is gone. The laundry on the other hand, it's still there.
Because of how fast the mystery rash seemed to spread although it stayed only on her arms, I took her to the hospital. If I had noticed the rash only 15 minutes earlier we could have gone to the walk-in clinic instead. I suppose this could be called, first time parent syndrome as the rash didn't seem to be bothering her, no fever, really no change in her at all. However, my husband and I wanted to be sure she was okay.
Of course by the time we made it to the hospital and registered her, the rash was gone. Considering the time was nearing 10 p.m. and we were looking at a minimum of six hours before she was going to be seen by a doctor, we left. Both Laura and Brady had a family doctor's appointment scheduled for the following morning, so I figured I would just mention it to him then. As well, my husband and I monitored her closely through the night.
The family doctor said she probably had an allergic reaction but as to what, he had no idea. He told us to watch her closely in case it happened again. That day she was fine, no rash. The third day was another story. Off and on throughout the day these same welt-like bumps were showing up on her arms. My husband and I racked our brains trying to figure out what could be causing this mystery rash.
We narrowed it down to two possibilities. A different cereal she had been eating through the week or the change in laundry detergent. We've never had a specific brand of detergent that we used, as we've always just bought whatever was on sale. Go figure the week the "name-brand" detergent is on sale, I buy it, and....... hello rash.
Needless to say all that laundry I was complaining about, well at least a quarter of it had to be re-washed. Knock on wood though, we must have been right. Since we went back to the cheaper detergent, the mystery rash is gone. The laundry on the other hand, it's still there.
Load After Load of Laundry
Lately it seems as though there has just been load after load of laundry. I've felt overwhelmed and literally buried in it!
When Laura and Brady were only a few months old, they, like most babies vomited a lot. Laura especially. She was the type of baby who had to be burped every couple of ounces. If you didn't burp her enough she would vomit and be so fussy due to gas. Brady on the other hand, he could drink almost all of his bottle and was fine. Either way, at the time they went through at least a couple of outfits a day. I though I felt overwhelmed by laundry then.
Strange thing, is now that Laura and Brady are older there seems to be even more laundry. Last week it felt like either my husband or myself were doing at least one load of laundry per day. We used to be quite good with our laundry, it would be washed, dried, folded and put away all in the same day. With the exception of my husband's clothes as he for some reason refuses to put them away.
Now, for whatever reason, the laundry isn't getting put away until the following day. Whether we've gotten sidetracked or forgot about it, at least one load of laundry is always left overnight. By the end of that following day there is already, at least two small loads of laundry. It's like their is never no laundry to be done.
I miss those days of a couple of loads per week, rather than 1 load per day. I guess the leap in loads is to be expected when a house goes from 2 members to 4. At least as Laura and Brady grow so do their clothes. I remember how excited I was when I first started receiving all of the cute clothes for them. Organizing their dressers, sorting through clothes. Now, it seems like the small clothes never end. Especially with the amount of small clothes you can fit in per load.
Oh well at least it's a new week. With that week means new loads of laundry though :)
When Laura and Brady were only a few months old, they, like most babies vomited a lot. Laura especially. She was the type of baby who had to be burped every couple of ounces. If you didn't burp her enough she would vomit and be so fussy due to gas. Brady on the other hand, he could drink almost all of his bottle and was fine. Either way, at the time they went through at least a couple of outfits a day. I though I felt overwhelmed by laundry then.
Strange thing, is now that Laura and Brady are older there seems to be even more laundry. Last week it felt like either my husband or myself were doing at least one load of laundry per day. We used to be quite good with our laundry, it would be washed, dried, folded and put away all in the same day. With the exception of my husband's clothes as he for some reason refuses to put them away.
Now, for whatever reason, the laundry isn't getting put away until the following day. Whether we've gotten sidetracked or forgot about it, at least one load of laundry is always left overnight. By the end of that following day there is already, at least two small loads of laundry. It's like their is never no laundry to be done.
I miss those days of a couple of loads per week, rather than 1 load per day. I guess the leap in loads is to be expected when a house goes from 2 members to 4. At least as Laura and Brady grow so do their clothes. I remember how excited I was when I first started receiving all of the cute clothes for them. Organizing their dressers, sorting through clothes. Now, it seems like the small clothes never end. Especially with the amount of small clothes you can fit in per load.
Oh well at least it's a new week. With that week means new loads of laundry though :)
Perfect Sunday Morning
Pre-marriage, pre-babies I longed for my Saturday nights with my girlfriends. Coming home early Sunday morning, sleeping until late Sunday afternoon. Those were the days....... or so I thought.
Sunday mornings have become my Saturday night. The Daddy in this house has to work crazy hours to keep the house afloat so Sundays are the only full day we have together as a family and we cherish it. We do our best keep our Sundays free so we can spend together as a family.
It's a treat for Daddy to be the one to get Laura and Brady out of their cribs on Sunday's. They get Mommy all week and miss their Daddy. A few weeks ago I was going about my Sunday morning routine, getting Laura and Brady's breakfast ready while Daddy got them from their bedroom. We try to stay 5 steps ahead of the twins, something we've done since they've been born and has proved to work well in this house.
As I finished up in the kitchen, Laura walked in , Brady behind her and lastly Daddy. As I watched three of the most important people in my life walk into the kitchen, I suddenly felt overwhelmed with emotion. This same Sunday scene has occurred on many occasions in this house. However, there was just something about that Sunday morning, something that made me realize how truly lucky I am.
I would not trade one of these Sunday mornings for all of the Saturday nights I used to have. I now look forward to Sunday mornings. The pitter patter of four little feet and two big feet coming down the hall. For me that sound is the sound of a perfect Sunday morning.
Sunday mornings have become my Saturday night. The Daddy in this house has to work crazy hours to keep the house afloat so Sundays are the only full day we have together as a family and we cherish it. We do our best keep our Sundays free so we can spend together as a family.
It's a treat for Daddy to be the one to get Laura and Brady out of their cribs on Sunday's. They get Mommy all week and miss their Daddy. A few weeks ago I was going about my Sunday morning routine, getting Laura and Brady's breakfast ready while Daddy got them from their bedroom. We try to stay 5 steps ahead of the twins, something we've done since they've been born and has proved to work well in this house.
As I finished up in the kitchen, Laura walked in , Brady behind her and lastly Daddy. As I watched three of the most important people in my life walk into the kitchen, I suddenly felt overwhelmed with emotion. This same Sunday scene has occurred on many occasions in this house. However, there was just something about that Sunday morning, something that made me realize how truly lucky I am.
I would not trade one of these Sunday mornings for all of the Saturday nights I used to have. I now look forward to Sunday mornings. The pitter patter of four little feet and two big feet coming down the hall. For me that sound is the sound of a perfect Sunday morning.
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