by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Toddlers
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey Jeffrey is a toe walker. It has to do with being a preemie; he didn’t develop proper muscle tone in his calf muscles. The physiotherapist noticed it right away at our last appointment at the neonatal follow-up clinic. In an effort to...
by Shadra Bruce | Creating Balance, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce The guilt weighs on me sometimes… I’m a good mom and I love my kids, but the economy has created a situation where I am the primary breadwinner. My husband does much of the homework help, all of the cooking, and the laundry....
by Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
Our family, like many in this country, has a long list of family members who have served and sacrificed to defend and protect our freedom. Regardless of our political views, disagreements about war and politics, on Veteran’s Day we all come together to celebrate...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Stress Management
Getting Real With Candi Wingate Candi Wingate is an expert in the child care industry with over 20 years experience. She is the founder of Nannies4Hire.com and Care4Hire.com, and author of 100 Tips for Nannies & Families and “The Nanny Factor: A...
by Shadra Bruce | Raising Healthy Kids, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce There’s no avoiding a little bit of gender bias in raising my kids. I mean, I guess we could have gone to the extremes of the Canadian couple who’ve chosen to raise their child genderless so that he/she can choose for...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Pregnancy and Your Newborn
MomsGetReal™.com is taking a break from the Stress Less Holiday Event to discuss something that makes the holidays worthwhile: our babies. November is Preemie Awareness Month, and the March of Dimes is making extraordinary efforts to reduce preemie births, provide...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Special Needs
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce My son is an extraordinary little boy. I would hope that every mother would say the same about her own kids. My son is extraordinary in my eyes because he is tough, he’s a critical thinker, and he’s amazingly talented. He is...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real With Kathy Winn I work in the healthcare field. I don’t provide health care, but I work on the administrative side. Still, I spend a lot of time in the field intermingling with those that are waiting to see their doctor for a check-up – or heaven forbid –...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce With the weather getting colder and snow heading our way soon, our travel will soon be much more limited than it is in the warmer months. Not ready to hibernate just yet, we try to plan travel closer to home, but as the October birthdays...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Making Memories
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey Growing up, my mother, grandmother and aunts always made their own jams, jellies, and preserves. I always helped make them and I certainly helped eat them. I really missed these homemade goodies when I moved away from home. Last...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Let's Talk, Parenting
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra My daughter is very fond at age 7 to point out how unfair everything is around our house. It isn’t fair that she has to clean up the toys in the living room when she didn’t make all the mess. It isn’t fair that she...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Stress Management
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce I get distracted, and I forget things. Normally, it’s because I’m knee deep in work and totally focused on what I’m doing to the exclusion of everything around me. While it helps me be successful in business, it’s also why I’m not...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Stepparenting
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Parenting, as rewarding as it is, can be a tough job. There are a lot of demands and pressures that go with raising kids, but they are often offset by the enormous fulfillment that comes from raising children. Stepparenting is even...
by Shadra Bruce | Work at Home
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce The unemployment situation is not improving and with more people exceeding the limit of their unemployment benefits, it’s likely that we are going to have to start thinking about alternate ways to survive and maintain our financial...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Family, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra I like going on family outings to have fun and learn new things. I try not to overdo it with my 7 and 3 year old kids, but when it is just them and me, it is so easy to become overwhelmed with their various needs and demands. My son...
