The Self Esteem Project: Empowering Our Children
“We can do everything in our power to give our girls a solid foundation and healthy body image, but as soon as they get out into the world, everything and everyone around them will try to shatter it. I felt like I had to help in some small way.”
Celebrating National Multiple Births Awareness Day
May 28th is National Multiple Births Awareness Day in Canada. The date marks the birthday of the country’s most famous multiples, the Dionne quintuplets. Annette, Cécile, Yvonne, Marie, and Émilie Dionne were the first quintuplets…
Bring The Kids to A Concert – Please!
One of my favourite things about summer is the abundance of community concerts. It’s a wonderful opportunity to expose children to live music — without worrying about keeping them contained to seats or having to buy expensive tickets in advance.
Favourite Organizing Tricks
Who doesn’t love new organizing tips? Here are a few of our favourites at Pickle Planet. Mesh Laundry Bags: These are my absolute favourite. I use these suckers for everything! Our first trip to the…
Mental Health Services in Moncton
Parents have a doubly important role when it comes to promoting mental health; we must take care of ourselves and our children. One in five Canadians deals with some form of mental illness or…
Top Five Tips for New Parents
We welcomed three babies into our home in less than two years. While there are still many aspects of parenting that are a constant mystery to me, I feel confident about a few things when…
Making Connections: #ECMChat
It’s not always practical to get together and hang out with other parents. Whether it’s breastfeeding, bedtime, sports practice, or just being too friggin’ tired to go out the door, we can’t always find the…
Mother’s Day Gifts
Looking for some new ideas on what to get Mom for Mother’s Day? Here are a few of my favourite things. My first Mother’s Day as a Mom was in 2012. My husband, our 10-month-old…