Moms of multiples tell it like it is

Entries Tagged as 'Older children'

brotherly love

February 1st, 2010 by Jen from Diagnosis: Urine · 13 Comments

When I was pregnant with my twins, I remember reading something that warned parents of multiples against thinking their babies needed them any less because of having been born a multiple. I was bummed when I read that.
We did our best to parent our twins as we had our oldest. I nursed them, they were [...]

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Tags: Behavior · Development · Older children · Preschoolers · Relationships · Sleep

Smoothie Addicts

January 18th, 2010 by Goddess in Progress · 12 Comments

My children have a problem. An addiction. Something they ask for morning, noon, and night. (Even more than they ask for TV.)
My kids are smoothie addicts.

It’s all my mom’s fault. She’s the one who introduced the smoothie into our lives. And indulged the kids’ every-morning request when we stayed at her house for the holidays [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Older children · Solid Foods · Toddlers

Quick and yummy eating options

August 15th, 2009 by rebecca · 7 Comments

Jenna’s post yesterday got me thinking about food. And eating. And the continual challenge of finding the time and energy to get food on the table that doesn’t come from our local Indian food restaurant (or sub shop or pizza place…you get my drift).
While  I used to enjoy some cooking, I find it difficult these [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Older children

I dream about family dinners

August 14th, 2009 by jenna · 16 Comments

This post is taken from a blog I write about introducing solid foods to my children – Solid Food Adventures.
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I’m continually hearing in the media and reading in parenting books and magazines that family dinnertime is one of those important routines that influences children well in to adulthood.  My husband and I both agree that [...]

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Tags: Breastfeeding · Family · Feeding · Older children · Relationships · Solid Foods

Foodie Friday: Maybe Early Intervention does know what they're talking about…

March 13th, 2009 by rebecca · 4 Comments

My kids are now almost two—and part of me has no idea how that happened. It seems like just a month or two ago, we were starting solid foods. And working on sleeping through the night. And outgrowing the bucket carseats.  However, since they’re not infants anymore, they do lots of fun toddler activities. One activity they go to [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Mommy Issues · Older children

Foodie Friday: Eating healthy foods

February 20th, 2009 by rebecca · 3 Comments

 

Abigail’s all ready to help Daddy cook!

When my babies were young, it was easy to have them eat only healthy foods. We made our own babyfood, and mostly they ate veggies, fruits, rice, oatmeal and some proteins—-chicken, turkey, cheese etc….In fact, I remember once looking at their meals and commenting to my husband that we [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Older children · Toddlers

Foodie Friday: The mysteries of toddlers

January 9th, 2009 by rebecca · 9 Comments

As always, if you have a food related topic you’d like to see, write your suggestion in the comments. We’d love to hear from you.
My 21 month old kiddos are heading quickly towards their twos. And no where can you see it more than in the changes we’ve seen lately around food. They have recently [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Mommy Issues · Older children

Foodie Friday: Holiday meals and two toddlers

December 26th, 2008 by rebecca · No Comments

 As always, if you have a topic in mind that you’d like to see discussed on Foodie Fridays, or have a tip or some advice you’d like to pass on, just write it in the comments? We’d love to hear from you.
To those families out there that celebrate Christmas, I hope that you had a [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Older children

Foodie Friday: Favorite holiday recipes

December 19th, 2008 by rebecca · 4 Comments

 As always, if you have a topic in mind that you’d like to see discussed on Foodie Fridays, or have a tip or some advice you’d like to pass on, just write it in the comments? We’d love to hear from you.
I think that one of the best parts of the December holiday season is the [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Older children

Foodie Friday: Happy Halloween!

October 31st, 2008 by rebecca · 3 Comments

 
I had a couple of ideas for longer food-related post ideas for today, but then I realized that 1) It’s Halloween and
2) I am completely exhausted from our craptacular week this week (someone recently questioned whether this was a real word—believe me! He would not have done this had he lived my week this week). I [...]

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Tags: Celebrations · Foodie Fridays · Older children