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Are You Sleeping?

I’ve struggled with getting a good night’s sleep from the time I was a young teenager. When I became a single mother the problem only intensified. As a single parent it felt as if the weight of the world was on my shoulders. I had so much to worry about and was finding myself up at all hours of the night unable to get the sleep that I needed. I had tried all kinds of sleep aids, but to no avail. As the problem continued I found myself more exhausted than ever. I was unable to do the things that … Continue reading →

Special Needs Blog Week in Review – March 4 – 11, 2012

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What did you miss this week? The Special Needs Blog Week in Review is a quick and easy way to catch up on everything that hit the blog in a given week. If you are short on time, you can skim through the titles, and pick out the ones that interest you the most. There are links that will take you directly to the full articles. The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on March 5, 2012. This week, I’d like to point out an episode of Raising Arizona Kids Magazine called “A conversation with Kaitlin MacKay”. She received a … Continue reading →

Don’t Fall Asleep At Your Desk – Reclaim Your Energy Now

When you work from home, you are often balancing work with other things in your life, such as taking care of children and taking care of your home. You need a lot of energy to be able to accomplish everything that you do each day. Sometimes that energy is hard to come by. Here are a few different ways that you can boost your energy level without reaching for the coffee pot (again). If you can pinpoint an underlying cause for your lack of energy you can make a big difference in how you feel. One major culprit of low … Continue reading →

Catch Them While They’re Sleepy

One of the best things you can do as a mom to make your life with a baby easier is to learn how to recognize when your baby is tired before they become overtired. When your baby is tired, they are willing to lay down and go to sleep. When they are overtired, they become restless and want nothing to do with their crib. When they are tired, they are drowsy and calm. When they are overtired, they are grumpy and fussy. Recognizing when they are tired can be tricky, though. The signs are often very subtle and go unnoticed … Continue reading →

How to Sleep When Baby Sleeps

I was feeling extra creative today, so instead of the usual advice and information type blog, you are getting something a little less ordinary. Still, the advice is real, so don’t miss the point of this short little poem. Please, Sleep When Baby Sleeps by Kim Neyer (aka the Baby Blogger) If you clean your house while she’s asleep, you’ll never catch a wink; There will always be more dirty windows, more dishes in the sink. If you check your e-mail while she sleeps, you’ll never close your eyes; There will always be more e-mails, more forwards and replies. Sleep … Continue reading →

Facing Some Challenges

This weekend I had to say goodbye to my 16-year-old son. He was off to a military encampment which is part of the Civil Air Patrol program that he belongs to. This is his second summer participating. It is very hard for me as a parent to see him off. First, this is not your average summer camping trip. He stays on an active military base where he goes through the rigors of boot camp. Second, I have absolutely no access to him. There is no contact allowed. The best I can hope for is a picture of him. Someone … Continue reading →

Single Parenting and That Magical Word: Sleep

Every parent is a busy parent, but a single parent is most likely overwhelmed. You are alone and there is no one else to rely on 95% of the time, maybe even 100% of the time depending on your circumstance. We crave what we need the most and that is usually the thing that we get the least of. A single parent is tired pretty much all of the time. We are severely lacking in the area of our lives that will keep us going strong, yet we cannot satisfy the need because there is not enough time. I have … Continue reading →

Sleeping with the Fishes

It’s probably not an offer you would consider if an associate of Don Vito Corleone suggested it, but the following deals, which allow you to come face to face with exotic fishes while you are trying to catch some zzzz’s, are 100% pure family-friendly. FLORIDA Getting to Jules’ Undersea Lodge, located in Florida’s Key Largo is an adventure in itself. Spending the night at the unique lodging requires diving 21 feet beneath the sea surface through a tropical mangrove lagoon. Your payoff for taking the plunge—an unforgettable night mingling with vibrant sea life at an underwater hotel that originally started … Continue reading →

Letting the Child Decide when He’s Done with Something

I cannot count the times that parents have lamented to me about two sides of the same issue—they are either upset that their child won’t give up something—a bottle, pacifier, sleeping in the crib, diapers, training wheels, etc., or they are upset that the child WANTS to give up something—the bottle, pacifier, sleeping in the crib, diapers, training wheels, etc. Instead of letting our child determine when he or she is ready to give something up, we parents seem to think we should exert more control and be the ones who choose when the child is done. In my opinion, … Continue reading →

Fitness Confessions – The Sleep Study

I was appreciably nervous when I went in for my sleep study. Another confession time here, I actually postponed the study initially by two weeks because I caught a head cold. I didn’t plan to catch it, but starting just after Christmas; a head cold traveled around our family making the rounds and seemed to come back to our house every other week. But I only postponed by two weeks, so when the day of the sleep study came, I worked triple hard around the house. I wanted everything done. I had no idea what to expect when I went … Continue reading →