Living in Toronto has its ups and downs - like sitting in traffic for 45 minutes at Bay and Adelaide because they're doing construction AGAIN - definitely a "down".  However, after 12 years in this city, I think the "ups" definitely outnumber the lows. For me, the biggest … [Read more...]

A humourous tale from urbanmoms.ca member Connie... I suspected it during my pregnancies and it was confirmed when I became a stay-at-home mom.  I’ve definitely lost some brainpower since I became a parent.  We’ve all heard of “pregnancy brains” but my experience showed it evolved into a … [Read more...]

Our regular weekly feature urbanmoms.ca Marketplace is an open forum for mom-run businesses to share their amazing stories. This week, Candace's story... I am the Creator/Executive Producer of Name Your Tune, personalized CDs for children.  Name Your Tune was born as my maternity leave was … [Read more...]

When I was preparing to write this week's post, I set myself the task of thinking about the kitchen in a different way. What are the other things we do in the kitchen? Other than cooking, that is. Here's my top five list of fave things to do in the kitchen: 5. HOMEWORK (I always hated being isolated … [Read more...]

Okay, believe it or not...it snowed again here...BIG TIME! Here's the view off my back deck on the morning of May 24th: And here's the tree in our front lawn...completely bowed-over by heavy snow. In fact, lots of people lost branches or entire trees in this storm. I just hate when innocent trees … [Read more...]

We are thrilled to launch our brand new video series, “Women's Intuition”, on urbanmoms.ca.  This insightful and entertaining series is inspired by you, Canadian moms, and hosted by the incredibly creative team at Schick Intuition Plus. In this series we'll cover tons of topics from fitness … [Read more...]

In a blink, my son has gone from Dora and Diego to Spider Man and all his eccentric villains. Spider Man and his various escapades are now the topics of choice all day long in our household.  "Mummy, who's your favourite bad guy."  "Mummy, do you remember when Uncle Ben … [Read more...]

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I think one of the best lessons I've learned as a mom is not to judge other mothers. You know, you go to a store, or the playground, and there's a horribly-behaved child there, and your first thought is "what did the parents do wrong" or at the very least "where are that kid's … [Read more...]