Recent Parents Blog Posts

Surviving Cabin Fever

by Michele Cheplic

That's the view from my kitchen window. Okay, not really. Minus the whale and it comes pretty darn close. Winter in Wisconsin. Enough said. Still, weather experts keep harping on the fact that we've had a mild winter thus far.

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Old Man Winter vs. Tired Mama

by Michele Cheplic

27 Jan 2012 11:03 PM

We're only a month into winter and I'm already counting the days until summer. Actually, I will settle for any season free of snow, ice, and sub-zero wind chills. In most parts of the world that would be spring, but I reside in Wisconsin, where it can (and often does) snow in June.

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Thinking about Those "Lasts"

by Stephanie Romero

27 Jan 2012 02:44 PM

Lately I have been thinking those "lasts." You know, the last time you do something in parenting. Like the last time I changed a diaper. The last time I held my child's hand. The last time I was awoken in the middle of the night because my child was scared.

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Are You Beyond the Bump?

by Michele Cheplic

27 Jan 2012 12:54 AM

You know you are done having children if... the only way you would welcome another baby into your family is if a stork delivered it. If... holding a deliciously cute 6-month-old doesn't make your ovaries ache. If... coming across a bunch of onesies doesn't trigger the ugly cry.

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It Could be Worse

by Michele Cheplic

26 Jan 2012 04:11 AM

Think you're having a bad day? Maybe you caught a glance of the Academy Award nominee list and realized how little of a life you really have. Or, you failed again at the car to bed transfer. You know; the challenge that sends a parent's blood pressure reading skyrocketing off the charts.

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One of My "Nevers" As a Parent

by Stephanie Romero

25 Jan 2012 08:06 AM

After reading fellow blogger Michele Cheplic's "Hopefully Never," I couldn't help but think about all of the things I would never allow my children to do. And these aren't even "big" issues like getting on a commercial airplane by themselves.

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The Look

by Tammy Woolard

24 Jan 2012 09:48 AM

Rebecca my nine year old daughter is selling Girl Scout cookies and George my ten year old wanted to walk the neighborhood with her. Now if you look at them you would not know they were brother and sister unless you look beyond the skin color.

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Hopefully Never

by Michele Cheplic

24 Jan 2012 12:59 AM

So, I might have been a little hasty when posting "Never Say Never.

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No More "Enjoy Your Child While You Can"

by Stephanie Romero

23 Jan 2012 02:08 PM

I read an interesting blog this week from the Huffington Post. It was written by a mother of three young children.

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Never Say Never

by Michele Cheplic

23 Jan 2012 12:58 AM

(Let my kid cruise around NYC solo? Fahgettaboudit!) This weekend I had the chance to see the mega-hyped movie: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Without spoiling it for you, I will say: Yes, you'll go through a lot of Kleenex watching the movie.

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