The New Parents Guide Blog

Young children have this special way of disarming us just when they are at their most exasperating and we are at our most impatient. 
One day as soon as I turned off the water from my shower, my younger son (who was about 3 at the time) asked,
“Mom, are you done?”

Yes.
“Are you done?”

Yes. I’ll [...]

Recently we were visiting with our Back Fence Neighbors. The 5 children we have between us were climbing over the fence, playing in both yards and having lots of fun.
Their toddler daughter had just gotten a Barbie fishing pole for her birthday. Instead of a hook, there was a plastic fish, about 3 inches long, [...]

Our special guest today is Elizabeth Kathryn Gerold-Miller, a Long Island, New York mother of four who blogs at The Divine Gift of Motherhood and (in her free time) writes as The Long Island Motherhood Examiner.  Her writing is funny, encouraging, and down-to-earth, and she wins my imaginary “Blogger I’d Most Like to Meet [...]

Fall is my favorite season.  I love driving around, looking at the beautifully-colored leaves on the trees.  And because there is only one small tree in my yard that’s not an evergreen, I don’t even mind raking. 
If you enjoy the wonderful colors of fall, why not take your family to the Conway Scenic Railroad [...]

Every summer my family and I try to make a trek down to the Outer Banks beaches–Hatteras specifically. We love Hatteras for its remote location and plentiful wildlife so, in keeping with our yearly ritual, this past week, we packed up the kids and everything but the kitchen sink and headed for some fun in [...]

Just the other day, I was in the middle of a lovely dream when my four-year-old suddently burst into my bedroom:
“Mommy, mommy!” she exclaimed at the top of her lungs. “There’s a fly in the house!”
Now, just so you know, Leah, my very bright four-year-old, was already told in advance not to wake me up [...]