Finding a great babysitter is no easy task. Without family or friends nearby to help with childcare, you have to find a perfect stranger to trust with your children. We’ve been extremely lucky with our past childcare providers. But we recently found ourselves needing a new regular sitter for our youngest daughter. I posted an […]
I’ve made my fair share of New Year’s Resolutions over the years. Most have been pretty common – making healthier food choices, saving money and volunteering more. (My success rates have varied.) But this year I decided instead of self-reflection as I made my resolutions for 2019, I was going to get some input from […]
We didn’t have very elaborate Christmas traditions in my house growing up, but December 25 holds some of my favorite childhood memories. My dad is a physician and was often on call during the holidays. His beeper might interrupt any celebration, so we kept things low-key. On Christmas morning our presents from Santa were laid […]
The other evening as we were preparing our three children for bed, I walked into the bathroom and stopped in my tracks. “Who pooped in the shower?” I called out to my family. No one confessed to the crime, but I narrowed it down to the two children still in diapers. While I was bleaching […]
We are back in the grind of the school year and my three kids and I are still working on our daily routine. Our family has two working parents, so structure is necessary. Alarm clocks are set and a giant bulletin board holds a monthly calendar. Keeping order during the school year isn’t exactly easy, […]
If you’re like me, your kids probably know how to use your smart phone better than you do. Because technology is an integral part of their lives, I do my best to keep up at home and at work. Likewise, at Lexington Family Magazine we want to make sure our online presence is of the […]
At every well-child checkup with our pediatrician we leave with a little booklet that contains our child’s height and weight stats, as well as a developmental guide filled with the do’s and don’ts for their age range. It’s helpful to see diet guidelines, safety reminders and what physical milestones we can expect. But the last […]
I always thought I was being a lazy mom when I let my kids play with our household trash. Paper towel rolls, tissue paper from packages, empty milk jugs – before items end up in the garbage can, they often end up in the playroom. It turns out I am not lazy. I am on […]
My 7-year-old can drive us crazy asking questions. “How does an airplane stay in the sky?” “How big can a shark grow?” “How long would it take to walk to France?” (That’s a tough one to answer for anyone.) But I recently realized that I don’t have a leg to stand on when it comes […]
My first Mother’s Day was memorable. But not for a happy reason. I thought I would get to sleep in, enjoy a day of pampering and receive a sweet card on which my husband had forged my six-month-old’s signature. What I got instead was a sinus infection. I spent the day fevering and miserable. I […]
