Motherhood Archives - Kels in Wonderland

April 13, 2020

Parenting in a Pandemic: Give yourself a break

If you weren't aware, we're in the middle of a pandemic. Full sarcasm alert there because there's no possible way on earth you couldn't be aware of it. Every news station is on a 24hr Covid-19 run, your social media feeds are full of kidless people exclaiming how bored they are to be stuck at home telling you how many new hobbies you should be picking up, and it's likely your parent friends are documenting and sharing their #momgoals lives on a minute-by-minute basis. Parenting in a Pandemic Not only are you just trying to survive this, but you're also tr[...]

Food & Drink, Motherhood

November 7, 2019

5 Easy Ways to Involve Helpful Toddlers in the Kitchen

Do you have a “helpful” toddler? In case you missed it: I’ve got two. They love to be of assistance, even if what they think they are helping with is actually not helpful at all, lol. So instead of refusing the help, or politely thanking them and shooing them away, I thought, “Why not put their helpfulness to good use?” Thus began the H2 Cooking School (that’s H squared, btw). Toddlers in the kitchen are not for the faint of heart or for the OCD clean moms. It is messy. Very very messy. It’s also really fun, once you allow yourself to let go of[...]

Motherhood

September 7, 2019

Today Sucked, Even Though I Really Tried. (I Promise.)

About today...today was a stinker. I did my best to make the most of it, I promise, and it still sucked. And that's fine. It happens. Some days I can laugh off the ridiculous nature of it all (smeared poop everywhere, tantrums because a hair clip is *gasp* put in someone's hair, the fact that the twins eat farm-fresh gourmet meals while I choke down a cold no-name version of Kraft Dinner -- yes it exists, and yes it's terrible.) And other days I'm just like WTF did I do to manifest this shit upon myself, all while I lay in the fetal position, a plethora[...]

Motherhood

July 15, 2019

Welcome to The Summer of Mess

It’s summertime, people! The sun is shining, people have shifted from complaining that it’s too wet to complaining that it’s too hot, patios are in full swing, and the twins now spend 80% of their day covered in something (usually sticky) or just running around, shirts off. Yes, summer is here. Finally. It’s only been “real” summer for about two weeks in Toronto, but in that two weeks I have learned that summer with maniac active twin toddlers is a VERY different beast than summer with stationary twin infants. That sentence might have invoked[...]

Motherhood

June 6, 2019

Introducing New Flavours to Baby with Love Child Organics

Introducing New Flavours to Baby Made Easy with Love Child Organics Ah, introducing solids. A huge step for babies, and parents everywhere. Your child is ready to taste and swallow something other than breast milk or formula, congrats! It’s an exciting, albeit slightly terrifying, time. For parents, this milestone usually comes after the 6-month Well-Baby checkup with encouragement from your trusted pediatrician. “Go ahead, start solids,” they say. “It’ll be easy,” they say. Ok, maybe they don’t say exactly that part, but in my experience, t[...]

LIFE, Motherhood

May 8, 2019

Hey Mama: Empower Your Mental Health with BEACON Digital Therapy

I’ve always been an anxious person, but I didn’t always know that it was anxiety I was dealing with. I got stressed about the usual things: work, boys, friends, sports, school, being perfect… the list goes on.read more[...]