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Tag: siblings

The Pros and Cons of Siblings Sharing Rooms

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We are fortunate to live in the Kansas City Metro area and have a diverse range of homes available to us for our three...

Baby Number Two — Am I Ready?

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“So, when are you going to give your daughter a sibling?” If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me this question...

Siblings Day

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What is it about the middle kid? Heaven forbid they get anything to themselves, right? Here it is, April 10th: Siblings Day, and my...

Parenting Siblings Differently

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I consider myself to be relatively evolved, or “woke” as the cool kids say these days. (Don’t they? Maybe not. I’m still all side...

Learning from Experience: The Magic of the Second Pancake

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We still attend Parent/Teacher Conferences even though our kids are in high school and do well academically and ask us not to go. Last spring,...

Sibling Bonding: a Silver Lining in a Global Pandemic

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The time we are living in right now is unprecedented. It’s a time I never knew I’d see, a phase I couldn’t have ever...

Stop Squabbling Siblings While Staying At Home

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“If you’re making each other mad, why don’t you just separate?!” “Why are you guys on top of each other ALL THE TIME?” “Just stay away...

When Your Rainbow Baby Misses the Sibling They Never Knew

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“Is Josh still a baby or is he grown up?” asks my sweet rainbow girl from the backseat. I look at her dad, our eyes...

An Open Letter To My Middle Child

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Hi sis, I’ve been meaning to write this letter to you for a while now. I’m going to try to get through it without...

The Third Baby Debate

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It’s true, plane rides, hotel rooms and restaurants are made for families of four. With two little ones, I have firsthand experience. There’s one...

Only Child versus Sibling: How Do They Differ?

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Growing up as an only child, I couldn't complain. There weren't hand-me-downs or shared bedrooms, and the attention was always on me. As I...

Preparing Siblings for a New Baby

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Our oldest two kids are going to be 4.5 and almost 3 years old when baby No. 3 arrives. I have no doubt that...

The Sonogram: A Family Affair

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It's hard to believe I am halfway through my third pregnancy. I had pretty uneventful pregnancies and births with my first two. My labors...

Property Laws of Toddlers: How To Survive the Rules

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You may have already heard of the "Property Laws of Toddlers." We learn life's parenting lessons one Cheerio/Lego/SOCK/day at a time. It started so innocently...

An Only with an Only; Tales from a Spoiled Only Child

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  It's begun.​ ​​Our​ ​son​ ​is​ ​21 months​ ​old,​ ​and​ ​we’re​ ​getting​ ​the​ ​“So...is​ ​there​ ​talk​ ​of​ ​a second​ ​child?” question.​ ​​Already?!​​​ ​So​ ​soon?!​ I’ll​ ​admit,​...
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