Before I become a mom I was mortified at the site of other women breast feeding in public. I once got in an argument about how rude my sister was, breastfeeding in a restaurant while every around her tried to enjoy their meal. One time I sat on a plane next to a woman breastfeeding [...]

This Christmas, my children received a plethora of toys from friends and family members. There were dolls, race cars, games, paint sets, robots, and more. Many were of the latest trends with images from spooky movies or obnoxious cartoons. Some were new-age toys made from everything natural, others were things I had never seen and [...]

Welcome to our new series called My Time. Ways to make that two minutes a day you have for yourself a bit better.
As much as we love to spoil our kids, once and a while we need to spoil ourselves. Here are a few things I recommend that don’t cost a lot, but can make [...]

It’s always fun to see your child develop a favorite toy. Watching them gravitate towards the same thing time and time again is comforting, seeing them excited and thrilled to play with it over and over is endearing and sweet.
Recently my one year old is all about playing with her sticking rings by Natural Pod.
These [...]

We all love witnessing our children’s milestones. Be it their first step or their first home- run, watching our kids try, accomplish and succeed is always a rewarding moment. Recently we have adopted a new mantra with our kids, “teach not tell”.  With our four- year-old doing things daily to challenge both us and his [...]

If you are looking for a super cool shower gift for that mom who has it all, or you just want to be the person with the funkiest baby furniture around, you may be interested in the Ubi-Baby Deluxe Change Table with Espresso Wood. This “unique invention”, by mechanical engineer and mom Sue Wong brings [...]

Its a new year. At this time of year, I am always wracking my brain to decide what sort of resolutions to make. This year, I decided to make my resolution one of better communications. I need to communicate better with my husband, my parents and my kids. I need to tell them exactly how [...]

For every woman it is different, some have a few months, others can go almost a full year, but every woman I know has had the joy of NOT having her period those blessed month after childbirth. I was lucky to go without for 11 months with both my kids. Include the nine months I was pregnant, and it was a year and a half of blissful, period-free existence.

I do though; remember the first day I got my period or “friend” as I used to call it. I was in grade six and a boy at recess made fun of my by saying that I sat in something disgusting. Embarrassed, I ran to the bathroom, followed by a flock of my friends. I locked myself in a toilet stall and pulled down my pants to find what looked like a floodgate of bright red blood. Four of my friend’s curious heads popped over the top of the stall to see what had happened, and in seconds the news traveled to all in my class that I had got my period.

Recently, I received an e-mail from a friend that outlined the cost of raising a child.  I have in the past seen various breakdowns, summarizing of the expense of raising children, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way.
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from [...]

You know you are a mom when every one of your sentences are filled with double words. Do you want more yum yums? Da-Da wants big kiss before night-night.  Careful, hot, hot.  Such a big girl, girl. Did you get a boo-boo? And my favourite: Ma-Ma loves you.
Standing on my soap box,

JB

I hope all of you had a moment these last few days to proudly implement and exercise your new resolutions, directions and goals for 2009. I have decided to be more loving, romantic and understanding of the opposite sex. To not judge the nuances, quirks and little mannerisms that make them men, king of the [...]

Congratulations to Nancy Jachik of Fraser MI. She is the excited winner of the Colossal Gift Basket valued at over $800.00.  Nancy is expecting her first grandchild, a baby girl  this April. She is thrilled at all the new things coming her way (including the prizes). She was first attracted to Soapbox when she found [...]