The Realistic Mummy

In an earlier post, I shared some tips on how to approach spring cleaning , Realistic-Mummy-style. An additional aspect o...

Unless you resort to paying someone else to clean your home, the idea of "spring cleaning" remains just that --an...

We're going to be "that" family. The family that has an alternative Christmas tree. Post-last-Christmas season, I shared the c...

A little cheater post today: check out this Parent Rap video from Bluefish TV. If your self-esteem needs a boost, this is it! Yes, put anyt...

Does anyone else find Halloween candy more plentiful than you remember it being when we were kids? This Halloween, my kids --who are small a...

It's a trick my mother taught me. You "steal" resources from one area of your life in order to fill a gap in another. Colloqui...

I do not clean my house. There. The truth is out. This is a choice I have made: Because I am mother to four boys aged five and under, ...

You run down the hall to your screaming child. But when you reach his bedside and stretch out your arms to comfort him, he flails his limb...

Now, don't tell me you haven't heard of the Birthday Grinch? Like her more famous cousin --you know, the one that "stole" ...

Even if you don't read Time Magazine, I'm sure you've heard of the sensationalistic cover story on attachment parenting (May 2...

In the past few weeks, I've had several mummies confide that they've been feeling like they're not measuring up. These are great...

Well, we're into birthday season in our household. Starting last month, we began our six-month journey that will have us celebrate a doz...

Most "small" blogs that I've seen are complemented by lovely pictures. Nothing extravagant, but well-shot, in focus, etc. But ...

A book that I bought when I only had one small child and was still full of parenting energy was Surviving Your Toddler: 365 Creative Games a...

Me. The "Worst Mother of the Week" Award goes to me. It all started out like a regular kind of week. Little did I know that my vie...

This weekend it was finally my turn to succumb to whatever illness my four boys have been circulating since November. Thankfully the grandpa...

I tend to be an "all or nothing" kind of gal. If I'm going to do something new, make a change in my life or take on a responsi...