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Why Parents Need More Sleep and How to Get It

by Kat on August 10, 2012

The following post is from Kat of Inspired To Action:

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Honestly? Sleep is amazing. It’s like a parent’s magic bullet.

Sleep can make you more patient overnight. It can make you look years younger and it can dramatically increase your energy. These aren’t wild claims;they’re basic facts.

It seems so simple, so … magical, yet it’s so hard to do. Why?

Why We Don’t Get Enough Sleep

1. It’s a season.

Every parent has gone through a season of sleeplessness and one of the hardest things to remember is that it is actually just a season.

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The {Relaxing} Summer Bucket List

by Amanda on June 21, 2012

The following post is from Amanda of OhAmanda.com and Impress Your Kids:

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The week before my daughter graduated from Kindergarten (*gulp*), I told my husband, “I am so excited about summer because I want Lydia to stop growing up!” I felt like every single day last year she grew up a little bit–with the new experience of school, reading and friends.

I was just holding out till summer so we could have a quiet little respite to stop doing and learning so much and just BE. Of course, I don’t want a stagnant, lazy, couch potato summer, I just so want my kids to stay little. I want to see them enjoy home, their siblings and their parents. I want them to be bored (yes, I do) and be creative in play and entertaining themselves.

This summer I have purposed in my heart to enjoy the lazy days of summer!

So, here’s my {RELAXING} Summer Bucket List:

1. Go to the pool all day! (Pack a lunch!)

2. Have breakfast on the back porch and don’t go inside till lunch.

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Overnight Success: How to Be a More Patient Mom

April 30, 2012

The following post is from Kat of Inspired To Action: Have you ever been grumpy with your kids? Have you ever used a tone of voice you regretted? Have you ever overreacted? Have you ever wished you were a more patient mother? If not, you might want to move along. For all you humans reading [...]

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The Thumb-Sucking Dilemma and How Our Oldest Finally Stopped

February 23, 2012

Meet Peyton. She’s 7, and the firstborn of two firstborns. Enough said. When Peyton was a baby, she loved her pacifier. But she would lose it over and over and over again at night, waking up each time in a panic, until her Mommy was so tired from getting up to pop it back it [...]

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How a “Clean Kitchen Counter” Will Make You a More Peaceful and Happy Mom

February 9, 2012

The following post is from Kat of Inspired To Action: You know that feeling you get when your kitchen counters are nice and clean? If you’re like me, you might need to jog the ole memory banks.So let me remind you… It’s a feeling of peacefulness, like all is right with the world. It’s a [...]

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Daily Quiet Times for Kids: The Why & How

January 9, 2012

Of all if our daily routines, the two most important are undoubtedly our evening clean up and our daily quiet time. As a work-at-home mom since our oldest was born, daily quiet times started out as a necessity so that I could have a block of time to work (almost) uninterrupted. Even today, though, with [...]

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Get Kids to Listen Without Nagging, Reminding or Yelling

November 22, 2011

I’m so excited to partner with Amy McCready, founder of Positive Parenting Solutions, to offer a free live webinar on Thursday, December 1st at 2-3 p.m. EST and again at 9-10 p.m. EST (two times to choose from!). The session is… Get Kids to Listen without Nagging, Reminding or Yelling, and Amy promises that we’ll [...]

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How To Have A Simple, Organized School Year

August 11, 2011

The following post is from Kat of Inspired To Action: As the summer winds down and the school year quickly approaches, we turn our thoughts from sunscreen and swimsuits to pencil boxes and backpacks. But if we’re not careful, the avalanche of paperwork that tends to come home in those backpacks can quickly overwhelm us. [...]

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