Guest Blogger: Danielle Zimmerman, Mother & Founder of Abi’s Place, a school for children with disabilities During my journey raising a daughter with special needs, I have had some self-revelations I’d like to share with other parents and professionals. Most of all, I want to let other families know they are not alone and everything that they feel and think…
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Everyone who knows me knows that I do not make children who naturally sleep well. When my daughter Lydia was an infant, we decided bed-sharing was the best option for our family to establish and maintain a good breastfeeding relationship. We did not use a crib, but when she was 15-months old, we purchased a toddler bed. At that time,…
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This article appeared on Social Moms, but I decided to post it in Huppie Mama as well. Homeschooling has become a trending option for stay-at-home moms nowadays. The Home Education Study Institute (NHERI) found that since 2003, the number of homeschooled students has more than doubled and is steadily increasing at a rate of 15% annually. School usually begins at age…
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When I was a little girl, I love arts and crafts especially sewing and stitching using a needle, a thread, and a needlepoint canvas. Probably early elementary age, I started sewing doll clothes. They probably looked like random pieces of misshapen bits of felt and other scraps hand-sewn together, but I remember really enjoying it and feeling proud of my…
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Have you ever looked at your craft supplies and gone…Duh! Why didn’t I ever think to make that before? Yeah, that was me this morning. I have this cool die cut maker, I have a ton of felt, I have lots of cardboard, and I have a daughter who loves to mix and match different hair colors and outfits with…
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