TIPS & TRICKS FOR SLEEP DEPRIVED PARENTS These are 5 tips/tricks that we have used in dealing with our “high needs” child/toddler (see tabs: what is a “high needs” child and chronicles of a “high needs” child) who loathes sleeping on her own: 1.) 100% Cotton sleep wear and bedding are a MUST. After giving your child a bath in …
LEAVING CORPORATE AMERICA
THEE BECOMING A STAY AT HOME MOM It has been 14 months since I left my job in Corporate America where I was renowned as “the best of the best”. I’m not going to lie and say that I don’t miss my job at times and the promise of climbing the ever growing Corporate ladder. …
DONALD TRUMP, YOU’RE HIRED?
Donald Trump, You’re Hired? GASP! “My greatest fear is Donald Trump becoming President”, said my 12-year old niece while we were hanging out on the back porch after a waddle worthy Christmas Dinner. It was an unseasonably warm winter in NC. The four of us, who are adults instantly broke into hysterical bouts of laughter. …
FREEBIES AND DEALS
FREEBIES AND DEALS ….sssh these freebies and deals are for Growing Up Gupta Friends, Only! EVITE FREEBIES! Kids Birthday Invitations. Get started Free. Wedding Invitations at Evite Baby Announcements, Shower Invites, eCards and More at Evite
MULTICULTURAL KIDS CRAFTS
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7 TOOLS/TIPS FOR WINNING AT SALES
Tools You Need To Win At Long Sales Cycles Who, would sign up for a job that entails long sales cycles of 12+ months if there were not great rewards for doing so? Not merely financial but esteem, and personal growth and development. However, while you are in the midst of working on sales deals …
HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL CAREER NOMADS
When my husband and I got married in 2008 we did not fathom the prospect of living in five states over the course of our seven years of marriage. We imagined a new life together after leaving MI and IL for Houston, Texas with an uncharacteristically lower cost of living, better weather, no state income tax and diversity galore. …
MY BIRTH PLAN BLEW IN MY FACE…
MY BIRTH PLAN BLEW UP IN MY FACE I figured I was a tough woman and that the labor and delivery process couldn’t be that bad. I had heard the horror stories and those about how it could be as easy as passing gas. My husband and I also went to each and every class recommended …
WHAT IS A HIGH-NEEDS CHILD?
WHAT IS A HIGH-NEEDS CHILD? A HIGH-NEEDS CHILD IS SAID TO BE THE FOLLOWING: Spirited. Strong willed. Difficult. These are all terms that have been previously been used to describe the “coined term” high needs. Being a high needs child is not a medical condition. Instead for us it showcased itself as a vivacious and …
PARENTING FAIL…
JUST SAY NO TO CRYING IT OUT! Prior to Amaya’s grand entrance into the world we glamorized countless baby books. Sustaining hopeful expectations that our child would be like our friends kids and that parenting would be tiresome but also fun and not overly demanding. We had heard that sleep would be a sorely missed …