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Two things I’ve learned recently: my family has a routine, and my toddler relies on it for emotional stability. My two year old, my ten month old and I spent the last two weeks of August with our family in southern NJ. My husband had a work trip, and instead of tagging along, we opted to […]

In this edition of the Swarm, the Bees share their evening routines whether they are SAHMs, WOHMs or WAHMS. J A M E S  ,  J  O E  ,  N  I C K  –  4 L I L L Y   –  2 2  M O N  T H S S A H M 4:00 […]

Let’s assume I work 8 hours a day (which I do) and get 6 hours of sleep (which I don’t).  Let’s throw in another 2 hours for things like going to the bathroom, brushing teeth, and commuting.  For those of us who also have to drop off and pick up our kids at daycare, you […]

As a working mom whose workdays normally start at 8 am, it is now a madhouse in the mornings with the addition of another child.  This is a glimpse into our morning shuffle with a 2.5-year and 2-month old. My days start at 4:30 am and don’t stop until I go to bed at midnight. […]

My daughter started sleeping through the night when she was about six weeks old.  I remember everyone telling me that newborns never sleep, but hey, my kid was sleeping through the night and I was well rested… so what did they know?  When Chloe was around seven months old, she hit a major bump in […]

Today marked the first day of a pretty big house project: a new deck! Missus Scooter and I have been really excited about the start of this endeavor because the deck we had before was really small and a bit janky. We couldn’t imagine letting Baby O crawl  around on it (flaking paint, uneven boards, […]

With school starting back up in just a few weeks, we’ve been slowly working on getting the kids back on track with earlier bedtimes. As our boys have a particularly intense case of summer fever, it’s been a challenge getting them to wind down at the end of the day.