Parenting
Chiropractic for Kids
I have a very active 5 year old, which means lots of bumps and bruises. During her latest accident (a header out of the bathtub), Gray woke up unable to move her head without crying. She gingerly walked to school, and I promptly made an appointment for immediate attention from Dr. Adrienne McRuvie at…
Read MoreReview on Honey Boo Boo
My thoughts on Honey Boo Boo… Firstly, I am one of the few who are confident enough to admit to watching TLC’s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and secondly, I think that they are a really wonderful and loving family! At first glance, the producers do a good job highlighting the soÂcalled redneck, ‘lowÂclass’ life…
Read MoreThe Great Sippy Cup Debate
As I stand at my counter, painstakingly hand washing the load of sippy cups, a thought came to my mind: “How long should these things even hang around?”  I mean, some of them have nooks and crannies that even the best dishwasher just cannot reach.  When each new addition joined our family (referring to the cups)…
Read MoreBaby/Toddler Carrier – Chimparoo Trek Review
At this point, I would consider myself a baby carrying connoisseur. I was am just like any new mother whose nesting urges caused them to go a little overboard before their baby’s birth. Like many other soon to be mama’s, my big ticket item was a stroller. Not just any stroller, but THE stroller.…
Read MoreThankful: A story of gratitude from bebo mia’s sleep expert
 I have to share my story with you, and how proud and thankful I am to be joining the bebo mia team as their Wellness Coach and Sleep Expert.  It truly feels like I’m “paying it forward”, as this level of support just wasn’t there for me when my son was first born. I’ve…
Read MoreHoliday Travels = Clingy Baby?
Like any mama, I believe my daughter is the brightest, most outgoing and funniest toddler in the whole world. So, imagine my surprise when I traveled home for the holidays, expecting everyone to marvel at my parenting abilities, to instead be dealing with an extreme state of the clingies. She literally would not let me…
Read MoreWhy I broke up with TV…and recommend you do too!
I used to have a major love affair with the television, but we broke up recently.  Like most break-ups, we flirt here and there for old-times sake, but today it has hit me how I have fallen completely out of love, and I have to do the old kick to the curb. The good times……
Read MoreThe Switch Witch: How to Survive the Days after Halloween
Halloween, Health, and the Switch Witch Solution So, my 5 year old (pictured left) turns into a crazy, unrecognizable monster after even the smallest amount of sugar, thus making me dread the Hallowe’en experience. There is typically a mountain of treats that comes into my home which I would rather not have her ingest. I never…
Read MoreLast Night a Posting Saved My Life
Well, maybe it is a bit dramatic to say a Facebook posting saved my life, but it certainly did talk me off some proverbial parenting ledge. There I was, trying to nurse my daughter to sleep. I had been trying for over an hour. She was certainly enjoying herself, nursing when she wanted and then…
Read MoreWhat is the Right School for your Kids?
As parents, we want the absolute best for our children. If not ‘the best’, then at least a little more than what we had growing up. For parents with new babies or young toddlers, the thought of searching out the right School for your kids may seem a bit premature, but it’s…
Read MoreNo One Knows Your Body Like You Do! A Natural Birth Story.
A bebo mia Hypnobirthing client and member of my favourite class, Prenatal Aquafit, had this to say about her self-discovery in the natural birth of her daughter! “So many people (both men and women) were telling me that I wouldn’t do a natural drug-free birth and that I would be screaming for the epidural.…
Read MoreLosing the Lost Tooth
There is no parenting manual, as much as we wish there was. This means that there are some less than ideal parenting moments. My latest? My daughter losing her top front tooth. Graydon has been losing her teeth earlier than most, so by 4 years of age, she had shed her baby teeth and was…
Read MoreTriathlon Transformation: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Charity
Triathlon Transformation: Kelly, a very brave and hilarious friend of bebo mia, has decided to raise money for Damian’s Campaign by participating in her first triathlon while we read (and laugh) along with her. Below is her first blog post, there will be many more to follow until the big triathlon in the fall! …
Read MoreA Tribute to my Father – by bebo mia CEO Bianca Sprague
It has been one month today since the passing of my father and it has been a really hard time for me and my family (not to mention so many friends and my family’s community). I find myself today sitting in the sun on the patio of a beautiful café in Chicago, Illinois feeling remarkably…
Read MoreAre You Dad Enough?
Julian Coutts, Hypnobirthing client and father extraordinare to 13 month old Tycho! Ok, so we are well aware that a picture of a dad wearing his baby in a sling is not nearly as risky as a mom breastfeeding her 3 year old while he stands on a wooden chair, but for some men,…
Read MoreBreastfeeding in Public – Easy and Stylish!
I have a little obsession.  Nursing wear. If hospital scrubs and crocs with socks are the first things to cross your mind then think again! I am talking about clothes designed specifically for the breastfeeding mother. With discreet flaps and zippers that open up, diagonally, or sideways these shirts, dresses and sweaters (I’ve yet to find…
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