by Kira Hazledine | Pregnancy and Your Newborn
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine It was time for Round 2. Same battle ground, different kid. I entered the hospital for my second induction, as ready as an overdue pregnant woman can be for what’s to come. As the procrastinator that I am, I took no birthing classes. I...
by Shadra Bruce | Crafts with Kids, Parenting
What’s the best way to keep your child occupied while you finish up last minute Christmas preparations? Christmas games, of course! Because school is out and it’s cold outside, children often get a little rowdy during this time of year. There’s not a good outlet for...
by Kira Hazledine | Let's Talk, Parenting
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine My career hit a hard pause when I had to do a quick turnaround on adulting and move back in with my parents. Three years later I have two kids and no semblance of a career that once stood promisingly before me. As an Ivy League...
by Kira Hazledine | On Motherhood, Pregnancy and Your Newborn
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine With my firstborn adorable daughter, she was in the room with me at the hospital from birth to discharge. Never was that child out of my sight, unless I went to the bathroom. Even then, my mom was in the room to keep a watchful eye....
by Shadra Bruce | Kid Safety, Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce I started to write this by saying “the conversation you have with your kids about drugs is one of the most difficult and most important you’ll ever have.” That’s inaccurate. To really have an impact on your kids...
by Shadra Bruce | Making Memories, Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids, Toddlers
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce When our daughter, Anika, was three, we took her out of daycare so that I could have some time with her and her brother over the summer before going back to work (I was headed back to the corporate world that fall). They spent the summer...