How You Can Prepare For A Summer Baby This is a sponsored post! If you have ever been pregnant over the summer, you know how difficult it can be to get through those hot and humid months not quite feeling like yourself. If your baby is due in the summer, you probably have a…
Military Children
Deployment One of Our Pieces is Missing by Julia Cook
Deployment One of Our Pieces is Missing by Julia Cook If you are raising military children you might always be on the lookout for books that can help them through the challenges of military life, such as deployments. I was sent one of these books for review! Deployment One of Our Pieces is Missing by national…
101 Things to Do With Your Kids During a Deployment
101 Things to Do With Your Kids During a Deployment So your spouse just deployed and you and your kids are in for a long journey. You look at how many months you have to get through, and you want to cry. How will you deal with this? How will you be able to stay…
The Life of A Military Child
The Life of A Military Child April is the month of the military child. The children of those who have chosen to serve their country. The children of those who have given up their normal lives to protect the lives of others. The life of a military child can look very different from the life of…
How Raising a Child On The Autism Spectrum Helps Me As A Military Wife
How Raising a Child On The Autism Spectrum Helps Me As A Military Wife Raising a child on the autism spectrum has taught me a lot over the years. There are so many lessons to be learned when your child needs a little extra help and a little extra patience. Some of these lessons have…
16 Ways You Know You Are Raising Children In A Military Family
16 Ways You Know You Are Raising Children In A Military Family I had exactly 13 months of raising children before we became a military family. When my husband joined the military in 2005, our oldest son was only a little over a year. All the parenting I have done after that has been within…
A Letter To My Son With Autism On World Autism Awareness Day
A Letter To My Son With Autism On World Autism Awareness Day In January of 2012, we sat in the doctor’s office and heard what we had suspected about our then five-year-old son. After three or four months of testing, meeting with the doctor, and answering questions about him, our son was diagnosed with Asperger’s….
10 Memes for the Military Spouse With Children
10 Memes for the Military Spouse With Children Did you know that April is the month of the military child? A time to reflect on and appreciate our young military “brats” and all they have to deal with. A time to think about how they conquer the battles and disappointments that come with military life….
To the Military Spouse Whose Child Has Just Been Diagnosed With Autism
To the Military Spouse Whose Child Has Just Been Diagnosed With Autism In January of 2012, after a few months of testing, our middle son was diagnosed with Autism. At the time he was given the diagnosis of Asperger’s which they have since stopped doing. If he were diagnosed today, he would have gotten the “high-functioning…
It Doesn’t Matter if You Have Small Children, Your Husband Still Has to Go
It Doesn’t Matter if You Have Small Children, Your Husband Still Has to Go Raising children is one of those things you can’t plan for. You can decide when you want to start having children, but you don’t know when they will come, how many you will have, and what their personalities might be. One…