Raising Daughters

'Nuff Said!

There are things I expected to have to teach my kids.  How and what to eat, how to drink from a sippy cup, how to brush their teeth and so on.  I researched them, ignored everything I read and did what I wanted. I even feel like I am teaching them their manners pretty well. [...]

Earlier this week, my Nephew showed up at my house with a beautiful, white Bichon dog that he found wandering on the side of a very busy street. Seeing that she was clearly someones very loved pet, he scooped her up and brought her to me.   We are dog lovers and he knew we [...]

I would say that my life has gone from crazy to insane in the last 5 months.  The blog is growing, kindergarten started, and pre-school, and for the last four weeks or so, I have been plagued with extreme exhaustion and illness.  Turns out my Thyroid is all out of whack again and it is [...]

Subscribe to A Day in Motherhood Follow me on Google + Follow me on Twitter As many of you know, we all woke up to a new Facebook news feed this morning.  Once the Twitter streams started and exploded, the problems with the feed options became apparent.  Especially for those of us trying to run [...]

I have to say that I have not been writing much because a) there has not been a lot to say and b) I am so overwhlemed with school schedules and other activities that there just has not been time to sit and think. But, the last two nights some really odd dreams are entering [...]

How much is too much when it comes to kids and activities?  When do you know when to pull the plug on extra curricular activities and at what age is is appropriate to push them? My girls have been doing gymnastics one day a week through the summer.  They LOVE it and so I have [...]

Sarah is a jewel.  A unique, special, gem of a child.  She is sweet, loving, a little too smart for her own good, and just downright a blessing to have as a daughter. She also makes a stubborn mule look like a docile, submissive kitty cat. The child will hold out on anything at all [...]