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20 ways to manage being pregnant with a toddler:

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Toddlerhood is no cake walk, specially with the terrible twos kicking in or "threenagers" running around. Adding a pregnancy to the mix just makes it all that much harder for you, mom. While my first baby was not planned, my second one was as I wanted my kids to be close together in age and grow up together, even know I knew that it would not be easy to be pregnant with a two year old and I am expecting a battle for attention up ahead. However, it does help to keep the bigger picture in mind - your little one may soon be the elder one but when you step out of the house, they will never be alone or want for company again. I'm not going to pretend it's easy. This week, I found bruises on my belly that I know have nothing to do with the kicks and tumbles of the little one inside me but are from the kicks and tumbles of the little boy on the outside, who no longer allows me to enter the restroom unaccompanied. And yet, my maternal intuition confirms that everything is eve...

16 New Years resolutions for every toddler:

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Dear Moms, Dads & Parents-to-be, Happy New Year!! Instead of starting the year educating you or talking about toddler health and education, I thought I should entertain you instead with some of the new years resolutions I have drafted for my (almost) 2 year old! Since many will be painfully identifiable, feel free to borrow, and also to send me any that I may have missed. 16 New Years Resolutions Every Toddler Should Attempt:  1. I will not howl every single time my mom gives me a bath (the shrieking shall be limited to when she washes my hair). 2. I will not scream on an airplane, even if there is no internet, I will not yell "Youtube"or "wheels on the bussss" hysterically. 3. I will not pretend my dad's television is a touch screen and shake it when it does not listen to my demands. 4. I should probably try and eat something other than sugar, bread, nutella, cheese and raisins this year.. but I will take this under advisement. 5. I will not crawl on the fl...

Mommy knows is now on instagram!

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Hi Moms, Dads and Grandparents, For those of you on instagram, you can follow along with me. I will continue to provide you with posts on the blog ofcourse - but there will also be tips tricks and tributes on the instagram page which is https://instagram.com/mommydiaries/  or insta: @mommydiaries. More to come! -TKV All content on this blog belongs to the author and cannot be replicated or reproduced without permission.