I Took My Baby To A Blind Date
HOW TO MAKE MOM FRIENDS I took my baby to a blind date. Not ON a date; this isn’t a heartwarming post about showing a child what dating should look like, or trying to connect…
Category: Ponders
Creating a Family Yearbook
I’m not one for New Year’s Resolutions, but I do love a great tradition. Here’s how I’m combining the two, while focusing on my family. Today I started our first official family yearbook. It’s a…
How to handle a Christmas Birthday
TIPS FOR BIRTHDAYS NEAR CHRISTMAS There’s no quicker way to ruin a December baby’s birthday than by wrapping up a joint Christmas/birthday present in Santa-covered sparkly paper and blowing out candles next to a lovely…
World Prematurity Awareness Day
Approximately one in 12 Canadian babies are born premature. Here are 17 things to keep in mind on November 17, World Prematurity Awareness Day. Prematurity is the number one cause of infant death in Canada….
A Preemie’s Tale
November 17th is World Prematurity Awareness Day. One of the many stories of prematurity, and of the amazing level of care we have access to here in Moncton, is that of our boys, Alasdair and…
Adoption Awareness Month: Aaron’s Story
Aaron Billard is a father to two and a mentor to many as the voice behind Unvirtuous Abbey. He’s also a United Church minister in Moncton. This is his story, in honour of National Adoption…
GaGa’s Minestrone Soup Recipe
MINESTRONE SOUP RECIPE What’s better in the Fall and Winter than a great soup recipe? My kids always eat best when my father, their GaGa (short for GrampaDaddy), is in the house. One visit…
A Walk to Remember
We Remember The babies born sleeping Those we carried but never held Those we held but could not take home Those who came home but could not stay Moncton teacher Kim Nelson knows the power…
Five Things I Learned When My Kid Puked
Food in your child’s hair is cute and picture-worthy if it finds its way there during dinner. It is NOT cute NOR picture-worthy if it finds its way there during the middle of the night.
The Real Parent Trap: Calling My Sons ‘The Twins’
I try hard not to fall into the parent trap of calling my sons ‘the twins’ – and I want others to do the same. Every child deserves his or her own identity.