Category Archives: Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler

Simplify and rejoice this holiday season!

It’s the season to be jolly. Or is it? The countdown is on, even though it’s been since September, that stores started adorning themselves with garland, ‘bobbles’, iridescent lights and perfectly symmetrical evergreen trees. As the weeks have gone by … Continue reading

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Grandparenting: Times have changed

­­­­I am one of the lucky ones who has the support of two sets of grandparents to help raise my 2 kids: 2 nanas, 1 papa and 1 granddad.  Whether it is to watch them on a PD day, or … Continue reading

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The Sandwich Generation

This is the third post in a four-part series on grandparents. The phone rings at the crack of dawn, which has never been a good thing.  On the other end of the line, I hear my mom’s weak voice, “I … Continue reading

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Becoming a grandparent

This is the first post in a four-part series about being a grandparent. As a young parent I was often confused about the conflicting parenting advice I received from family and friends… “Don’t pick the baby up every time she … Continue reading

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How am I ever going to tell my children I have Cancer?

I remember the day the surgeon definitively told me I had breast cancer like it was yesterday.  It was a beautiful sunny June morning.  The day was filled with excitement and anticipation.  My husband and I were leaving on a trip … Continue reading

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