Tag: Babies

How to Survive the Grocery Store with Young Kids

How to Survive the Grocery Store with Young Kids

When my twins were about 6 months old I braved the grocery store for the first time by myself with both of them. It did not go well. 60 minutes later I left the store with half of our list completed, two less socks than 

How to Get Out of the House with a Newborn

How to Get Out of the House with a Newborn

“I need to get out of the house.” A couple weeks into my maternity leave with twins and I had reached the point where I needed some fresh air. But where? How? I remember pondering this second question in particular as my twins lay snoozing 

How to Survive the First Three Years with Twins

How to Survive the First Three Years with Twins

“That looks like a second heartbeat.” Those are life changing words. In my experience, if you have heard these words you will react in one of two ways. Delight, followed by some panic, or simply panic. Two babies? One baby is a lot, right? Just 

5 Baby Products New Twin Moms Need + One to Skip

5 Baby Products New Twin Moms Need + One to Skip

I remember walking through the aisles of the baby store completely overwhelmed by the towering shelves of baby equipment. I was wondering what on earth I actually need for the twins growing in my belly. There are things that all babies need – a place 

Z is for Zoo Animals: Learning Activities for All Ages

Z is for Zoo Animals: Learning Activities for All Ages

My kids still sleep with a mound of stuffed animals around them. When I peek in on them before I go to bed I find they both stretched out on their backs dozing peacefully. Tucked under their arms and all around them are monkeys and 

Easy Light Table Ideas for Infants and Toddlers

Easy Light Table Ideas for Infants and Toddlers

My kids have been quietly playing for over an hour in the next room. Every now and then I peek into the room, but every time I see the same thing. Two bodies. Carefully building. Quiet conversation. Concentration on their faces that are being lit 

6 Steps to Becoming a Parenting Team

6 Steps to Becoming a Parenting Team

I remember one of the first long days as a twin mom after my husband went back to work. My two week old twins and I spent most of it on the squishy couch in the living room wedged on the nursing pillow. My daughter was 

Colorful Ice Cube STEM Melting Activity for Toddlers

Colorful Ice Cube STEM Melting Activity for Toddlers

One extremely hot day I decided to test the theory of “the sun is so hot…” No I did not try to fry an egg, but I did put some colored ice cubes out on the sidewalk and WOW did they melt fast. For a 

Gross Motor and Art for Infants

Gross Motor and Art for Infants

I can feel the cold seeping in through our old home’s walls as I watch my twins toddle laps across the wood floors. It is below zero again outside and as much as I love going on adventures with my babies, we will not be going anywhere today. 

10 Awesome Gross Motor Activities for Babies + Toddlers

10 Awesome Gross Motor Activities for Babies + Toddlers

Babies and Toddlers are active little ones that are in constant search of ways to practice and develop their Gross Motor skills. I don’t think we often think of learning to crawl or balance or walk as curriculum, but for babies and younger toddlers this