Raising Daughters

Raising daughters is fun, challenging and the most amazing part of my life. As a single mom, my daughters need a strong, reliable roll model. As a mom, I need support, love and understanding. Parenting in general is better with usable parenting tips, parenting advice and a supportive friend along the way. ADayinMotherhood.com aims to be that friend! My posts offer honest and real life struggles and celebrations that surround motherhood!

Mom, Mommy, Mama

Ahhh – the sound of my children’s voices. Sweet, innocent, exciting. I craved their first word and hoped and prayed it would be “Mama”. Even though it was Dada – for all three! I want to see HIS c- section scar! Anyway… I analyze every word and love the mispronunciations and confused looks at new ones. Yes, speaking is [...]

2016-05-08T23:30:29-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

Maternal Instinct… or Lack Thereof…

When it comes to maternal instinct – let’s just say I am “instinctual challenged”. I really have no knack for parenting nor do I have the ability to develop said knack. In fact, on any given day I can be heard cursing the Man upstairs who gave me the ability to pour drinks, bake cookies and fill out a [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:55-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|4 Comments

I Am a Lazy Parent

Hello. My name is Lori… and I am a lazy parent. At least that is the perception filtering through a certain person right now. Amazing I even have live kids, really. I know, it is a shame. Its a travesty. My children would be so well rounded, behaved and well groomed if I would just [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:55-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|10 Comments

Mother Daughter Quotes

I have found the mother daughter quotes that make my heart warm and my feelings understood. Raising daughters is a full time job. Sometimes, through the varying emotions, search for personal style and the relationship that will be a bond for life, there are no words to explain the beauty of the love between a [...]

2016-05-08T23:27:34-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

MAYDAY! MAYDAY! Mommy Down, Mommy Down!

Getting food poisoning is pretty rotten. Pretty stinking rotten. Getting food poisoning with 3 kids under 4 makes you wish you were the dude that froze to death that Rose dropped into the ocean at the end of Titanic. Seriously. When I woke up yesterday, I did not feel the need to cross the pearly [...]

2016-05-08T23:27:34-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

How to Get Your Kids to Sleep… or Not

Originally published 6/1/2010 Every night around 7, I give the girls a bath, dress them in clean, fresh jam jams, give them milk, brush their teeth, read them a bedtime story and watch them each drift into peaceful slumber not to wake until morning. I may just be an expert on How to Get Your [...]

2016-05-08T23:30:29-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|5 Comments

How a Mom Shops at Target

When I got married and we decided that children would be in our – very – near future, I had visions of what it would be like. A peaceful day with flowers in our hair and butterflies swirling around our family’s heads as we shopped hand in hand, our baby laughing in her pressed, white dress and [...]

2016-05-11T15:33:23-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|15 Comments

Signs of Child Molestation in Children

I wrote a post about a class I attended at my church that gave some tips on how to spot a child molester. Well, there was a lot more to the class than I could put in that post, so this is part two. Below are some things I learned about the Signs of Child [...]

2016-05-08T23:27:35-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|14 Comments

Raising Daughters: Teaching Kids to Support Each Other

Last year, two of my three daughters were the cutest cheerleaders you have ever seen! My youngest was too little for a squad back then. With the divorce, I had to curb cheerleading but have managed to get them back into tumbling at the same gym. I am hoping, God willing, that I can put [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:56-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

Motherhood Nation: Stuff’s Just Funny Y’all

Come join the revolution of support and truth in motherhood! Submit your Guest Post Ideas to my Contact Me Form! Things can get heavy really quickly in motherhood. Really heavy. The pressure of having to get everything done along with dealing with little personalities that are changing every day can get overwhelming in no time. But sometimes, [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:56-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|1 Comment

Raising a Daughter: What if Your Daughter Were Miley Cyrus?

Miley Cyrus has certainly stirred up some serious controversy lately. She gyrated at the VMA’s and took a lot more slack than her counter part, Robin Thicke, and has a new video ‘Wrecking Ball’ out that is shocking the moral code of America – again. As a mom raising a daughter -actually, three – I [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:56-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

My Favorite Mother Daughter Pendant

**Affiliate links are included. All Amazon Associate TOS are being met.** I am at home missing my girls as they are with their dad. So, to beat the blues, I grabbed my computer and started looking for birthday gifts for my 5 year old who will be 6 in a month. Along the way, I [...]

2016-05-08T23:27:35-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|4 Comments

Previous 262728 Next