This is going to gross some of you out: for the better part of my life, I’ve brushed my teeth once a day and flossed maybe half a dozen times a year. My dentist calls them “Magic Teeth” because after years of deplorable oral hygiene, I have one very tiny cavity that didn’t even require…
Learning new tricks: bike riding with Radio Flyer & spring cleaning with The Home Depot Canada
Who says people can’t change? I have long been a messy person. Not dirty, making-yogurt-in-your-closet-thanks-to-forgotten-cups-of-milk-dirty – but messy. The kind of messy that irritates others (parents, housemates, spouse), even if I know exactly where everything is. Organized chaos at best. I was the kid who didn’t keep her room neat. I’m the adult who struggles to…
BecoThings: eco-friendly Beco Feeding Set
I can remember the first time I’d ever heard of cutlery being made out of something other than plastic. A new vegan-type food haunt opened up near my office and a few of us went to check it out. (As a bona fide meat-eater, I really had no business being there but everything turned out…
KidzCanDesign: turn your child’s artwork into a necklace (guest review)
Guest reviewer Robyn D. lives in Bowmanville, Ont., with her three kids (who are 3, 6 and 8) and is a school-bus driver who loves to spend time with her family going to the park or zoo, on trips or even just a quiet night cuddling with her brood on the couch watching a movie. Robyn…
President’s Choice: Healthy Insider’s Report favourites
Let’s get this whole full disclosure thing out of the way before I begin this post: I work for the Canadian PR agency that represents Loblaw Companies Ltd. – makers of the iconic President’s Choice (PC) brand. Between my two maternity leaves, I spent most of my week working on the PC business. I loved…
Itzy Ritzy Lunch Happens Bento Lunch Box
I may have gone a tad overboard when we were preparing to send The K Man to JK last September. When it came to his lunch accoutrements, I wanted – first and foremost – to buy only reusable containers. Do any kids brown-bag-it anymore? As I mentioned in a Huffington Post piece I wrote at…
My Ding Dong Diaper Ditch Challenge
If you’ve ever had a newborn, you can relate: baby stuff in those first few weeks is expensive. Don’t get me wrong, babies continue to be expensive – and I’m learning that children are even more expensive once you factor in extracurricular activities and school fundraisers. But when your one month old is whipping through…
Sailun TERRAMAX CVR all-weather tires
I have been driving since 1991. (That’s particularly terrifying to write since babies born that year can legally drink. In both Canada and the U.S. Gulp.) I’ve owned two vehicles: a 1998 Pontiac Sunfire and a 2007 Chevrolet Equinox. I replaced at least 14 tires on the Sunfire during it’s 12-year life. I never considered…
Dandelion Re-Play cups and cutlery
If there’s one thing I seem to be addicted to, it’s tableware for kids. I have every conceivable brand of cup: some have spouts, some have straws, some have stoppers, some don’t have lids at all, some are insulated. I have so many spoons and forks that I separate them based on whether they’re stainless…
Fisher-Price’s Million Moments of Joy: OVERjoyed (sponsored post)
Sometimes motherhood is rough. Sometimes I want to pull my hair out. Sometimes I scream. But between tickles and pillow fights, messy faces and silly songs, there’s little else in this world that brings me more joy than my children. I’ve written them love letters for every birthday and Christmas since birth because I want…