by Kira Hazledine | Making Memories, Raising Healthy Kids, Toddlers, Work at Home
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine Hallie was about 3 weeks old when I realized her interest in music. She was crying hysterically one evening, and I was trying to get her to sleep. Normally we prevail, but tonight nothing could save us. My dad, being the good Papa that...
by Kira Hazledine | Kid Safety, On Motherhood, Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids, Toddlers
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine Now that I’m thinking about it, a lot of people asked me a very weird question when Hallie was first born. “What is Hallie going to call her parts?” Uhm… what? I must have been in a newborn baby stupor to not respond with more sass. I...
by Kira Hazledine | Healthy Eating, Raising Healthy Kids, Toddlers
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine Given my previously mentioned tendency to make claims about a child that I hadn’t met, I think this is also why I clung harshly to a single rule. Every parent has their vice, that one standard that they said they would NEVER do and,...
by Kira Hazledine | Parenting, Pregnancy and Your Newborn, Raising Healthy Kids, Toddlers
As a new player in this game we call parenting, I have done some stereotypical first-time mom things. Not that I feel bad about any of that, because my daughter did not pop out of the birth canal with a manual in hand. Sure, there’s a ton of parenting advice but it’s...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Truth: Children get depressed. Depression is not just an adult problem. People of any age are susceptible to depression. But the signs in children may be different. Depression in children is not always apparent. In fact, one of the main...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce There are things that your child might do and wear that make you cringe. For example, Kira got her tongue pierced a few years back and all I could think was, “Ouch!” (And, “Stop lisping!”) Yet she was happy, and...
