I can’t believe that my son is about to turn nine, which puts me almost a decade into this parenting journey. That feels insane, because there were definitely days when he was a toddler when I was positive that neither one of us was going to make it to bedtime. Along the way, people have a way of dropping tons of unsolicited advice. Most of it is unnecessary, but some if it has actually been very practical and helpful. Some of the tips I have picked up from other moms I still use in my house to this day. So this post is all about the best advice I’ve ever gotten from other moms. If I had the opportunity to go back in time five years and tell my stressed-out former self with a toddler on her leg and a baby spitting up in her hair about a few of the pearls of wisdom we found, these would be among them.
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