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Not An Old Person’s Disease: I Was Diagnosed With Juvenile Arthritis At 18

March 20, 2017 by Rebecca Eckler 5 Comments

When most people think of arthritis, they think of it as an ‘old person’s disease’. Yet more than 24,000 Canadian children live with arthritis. Children and teenagers can be affected by arthritis in many forms, and it can cause joint inflammation, stiffness, and affect a child’s growth. Often, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: arthritis, child, inflammation, joints, juvenile arthritis, Medikidz Explain JIA, pain, rheumatologist, stiffness, swelling, Teen, The Arthritis Society’s Childhood Arthritis Advisory Council

15 Things I Learned About Parenting From Star Wars

February 4, 2017 by Alison Tedford Leave a Comment

Raising kids can be an out of this world experience. It's sci-fi in that it seems to resemble real life, but before kids, you never imagined some of these situations could be possible. Also, you need tons of popcorn to get through it because there are a LOT of episodes. These are all the Star … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: babysitter, bedtime, child, date night, Galaxy, kids, may the force be with you, meltdown, parenting, star wars

Words From My Shrekspert

March 22, 2012 by Racheal

Earlier this week, Dancap Productions treated the McCaig clan to opening night of Shrek The Musical in Toronto. To be honest, I didn't want to go.  For every great movie to stage adaptation (ie Hairspray), there are at least 5 that are so excruciatingly painful, I'd rather take my eyes out than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: appropriate, child, Cocktails & Curtain Calls, comments, Dancap Productions, Racheal McCaig, Racheal McCaig Photography, review, Shrek the Musical

Becoming Self-Aware

October 20, 2010 by shawnd

I've learned a lot since becoming a Dad.  I've learned how to change diapers, and how to swaddle a child, and how to hide peas and carrots in pasta by mashing them up so they are imperceptible. At the very least, I've learned what any parent will learn when they have their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: alone, aware, child, dad, daddy, father knows best, kid, learning, love, patience, self, UrbanMoms

The Day I Lost My Sh*t

October 12, 2010 by shawnd

This past holiday Monday, my wife and I spent the day at a local mall.  We asked my parents to watch Pea and we made it to the mall - one of the few open in the GTA - at around 1pm.When we arrived, it was as if Christmas had come early.  There were people everywhere and parking was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: anger, angry, behaviour, Car, child, dad, daddy, father, father knows best, kid, mall, parking lot, relief, UrbanMoms, urbanmoms.ca

Video Podcast – Judging Other Moms

August 28, 2008 by Jen

My daughter is intense and spirited but nothing could prepare me for her over-the-top tantrum the other day. And NOTHING could prepare me for the judgment I felt from another mom. Perspective and advice required on this one! (btw, in case you are wondering why there are two parts it is because I had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Motherhood Tagged With: Behavior, blog mom, child, children, discipline, feeling judged, judging moms, mean moms, mom blog, mommy blog, mommy blogger, moms, motherhood, parenting, temper tantrum, women

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