Niamh

Flying with children sucks. There’s no two ways about it.  But if you are mentally and emotionally prepared… and pretty well prepared luggage/food-wise flying with children doesn’t have to mean YOU lose…

Even after having two babies I could never think of myself as a “mom”…. I mean the word was totally loaded. It conjures up an image of minivans, PTA meetings, mom jeans,…

One of our Stay at Home Family members has decided to not stay at home anymore … yes, it’s true… our three year old had her first day of preschool today. I…

With the responsibility of having two lovely little ones depending entirely one me I’ve been thinking more and more about the type of parent I want to be… I figure there are…

As parents it is vital to understand water safety (especially as drowning is the number two cause of death in children under fifteen… just behind vehicle accidents). I just read an article…

I’ve recently enrolled my daughter in The Little Gym Liffey Valley (the only one in Ireland as far as I know). I’d heard good things about their program, but I’m not really…

I didn’t watch a lot of kid’s tv when I was young. In fact, my parents pretended that we only got one channel on our old black and white tv (PBS).  This…

When it comes to potty training there are a million different types of advice out there: do it in a day, do it slowly, use rewards, let them run around naked, etc.…

Preparing for baby, both mental and physically is a mammoth task. You have many things to think about, what do you need to have, what do you need to do? One of…

Toddler tantrums are inevitable. Toddlers are trying to get their own independence and find ways to not have to rely solely on you, however they can’t communicate yet. When you don’t magically…