Preparing Your Child For A New Baby: 4 Tips
by Nealy
When we found out we were expecting our second child, so many fears and questions entered my mind. How on earth will I be able to handle caring for more than one child? Will...
Join Our TCMB Neighborhood Mom Groups
Our primary goal in creating Twin Cities Moms Blog was to connect moms online, as well as offline through playdates and our events. We know that being a mom is the...
Life Hacks for the Time Crunched Mama
by Alissa
I’m busy. Are you busy? Who isn’t busy?! Seriously. I hate the word busy. To me, it seems like it’s our flippant remark to mask what is really going on...
Fostering Healthy Habits in Young Children – Primrose School {Sponsored Post}
{Twin Cities Familys Blog is happy to partner with Primrose, “an accredited private preschool that provides a premier educational child care experience.” Read below as Maple Grove and Champlin Park franchise...
When You Disagree With Your Husband
by Karri Larson
Marriage is wonderful. hard. lovely. difficult. rich. Adding children to a marriage definitely enhances all those realities. Before having kids, my husband and I had to discuss and agree on...
Ice Cream Parenting
There’s absolutely no way of avoiding color in my family. I was adopted as an infant from the state of Georgia where my parents, who are caucasian, raised me in...
Can Your Child Dial 911 Using a Smart Phone? {FREE PRINTABLE & APPS!}
Can my children dial 911 if I needed them to? I realized the answer was no and I had no back-up plan. I was pregnant with my third child and...
What This New Mom Has Learned 9 Months In
I’m a new mom to a little girl who has changed my world in ways I could have never imagined. She just turned nine months and has taught me so...
Nurturing a Helpful Heart Part 2
by Karri Larson
In Part 1 of Nurturing a Helpful Heart, I wrote about some ways I have tried to foster a spirit of sharing and caring in our house. Here in Part...
Battling Pride in Parenting
With only 10 weeks to go until our first baby arrives, I’ve finally started reading the pile of parenting books I’ve been meaning to read since we found out we...
I Don’t Trust My 9 Year Old, and Neither Should You
by Cate Mezyk
I was recently told by a friend that I am going to teach my daughter to have trust issues. The topic at hand was online use, and more specifically, the...
Holiday Traditions
by Jen
In Blended Family Basics, I wrote about some of the core values we follow to raise our three kids in a blended family environment. That approach works pretty well throughout...
A Handmade Christmas
by Honja
A handmade Christmas, doesn’t that sound lovely? Opening presents as a family that we have all put our heart and soul into for each other. Months of pre-planning and prepping...
From a Working Mom’s Perspective
This year I had a baby and became a first time mom. I’m a mom to a beautiful, spunky little girl who is the light of my life. Before my...
