Category: parenting

LIFE: Child’s Play, the Bullying Battlefield

My daughter is by nature a very shy and sensitive girl. She is never the kid that runs up to other people and gives them hugs or initiates interaction. At dance class or music class, she will run up to get something like the other kids, but always hovers in the back, waiting. Sometimes I worry that she isn’t assertive...

LIFE: my most disgusting mommy moment

Well, it’s finally happened. The most disgusting mommy moment of my life. Yes, it was in public, but no, I don’t think anyone was watching. Except for my 2.5 year old daughter, of course, and even she gave me a look as though to say, “why on earth would you do something so gross, Mommy?” But you have to do...

LIFE: The Art of Making Friends

Since my daughter has been in part-time daycare for several months now, I’ve been asked the question: “does she have any friends at daycare?” It’s a tough question to answer. With her being just about 2.5 years old, can she truly conceive of the notion of “friend”? All of the daycare workers call all the kids “friends”, so in that...

LIFE: Indoor Playgrounds & Parenting Philosophies

The reality of living in a city where it is a cold winter for almost half the year is that you can’t do a lot of outdoor playground time in the winter months. For a toddler, this can be quite problematic. So, of course there are various indoor playgrounds nowadays, with the advantages of being able to stay warm inside,...

RAVE: Honouring mothers & mother supporters

With this being my second official Mothers Day, I have been thinking a lot about the other mothers in my life, and the people who have supported me through my motherhood journey thus far. The old saying about taking a village to raise a child has certainly been true for me. I don’t think I would have survived pregnancy and...

RANT: murderers of innocence – sexual abuse of children

This issue has been on my mind for awhile and I’ve been wanting to blog about it. It came to the forefront when the news reported that Graham James finally pleaded guilty to child sexual assault charges, and I saw Theo Fleury talking about it on the news. Because my husband is a hockey fanatic, we had seen a hockey-related...

LIFE: Anxiety, Sleeplessness, and Motherhood

Two nights ago, I had a really hard time falling asleep. Not because my 14-month old was fussing, or because there were annoying loud truck revving sounds outside, but because I couldn’t stop my brain from going. It was the night before I was going to take my daughter to a new activity with a group of 15 other 1-year...

Rave: Happy Halloween community

So I took my 14 month old trick-or-treating for the first time this year!  She was pretty confused about what we were doing at first, but near the end of our trek around the neighbourhood, she got excited and started squealing and running between the houses.  A fun time was had by all. 🙂 Considering I haven’t been trick-or-treating since...