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If You Are Having A Hard Time Getting Your Kids Out The Door In The Morning, This Approach May Help.

November 14, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Today we had one of those rare mornings where everyone had eaten breakfast, everyone was dressed, all teeth were brushed and all lunches were packed about a half an hour before the buses were coming. What I have learned from experience though, is that even when we are all pretty much ready to go with […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: anxiety, bus, control, gloves, hats, jackets, morning routine, positive discipline, responsibility, stress

To The Lady Who Yelled At Me This Morning

May 30, 2017 by not your average mom 7 Comments

Dear Lady Who Yelled At Me This Morning, I did everything I needed to do in order to make things run smoothly this morning. I prepped a bunch of food yesterday so making lunches for the week would be easy, and we packed lunches yesterday. I also got all the laundry done yesterday. I helped […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: apologize, asshole, bus, fo fuck yourself, go fuck yourself, Mommy, Number 5, Number 7, opportunity, ponytail holders

Seven Things You Can Do To Make Your Morning Routine Run More Smoothly

April 17, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Last week the kids were off from school for spring break, and then yesterday was Easter. We had a great “staycation” full of mini adventures. The first five days of break we went geocaching, visited The Elephant’s Trunk Flea Market, went to a local creamery for ice cream, went to the beach, and went to […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Timesavers Tagged With: beach, braid, bus, how to reduce school morning chaos, meltdown, morning, outfits, planning, routine, streamilining your morning routine

How To Successfully Avoid Morning Power Struggles With Your Kids

February 3, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Power struggles are the worst.  They are exhausting and infuriating. What we may not realize, though, is that our kids aren’t creating this problem. We do it to ourselves! We don’t mean to do it.  Many of us don’t even realize when we are doing it. But when you really pay attention to this, you might be […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: bus, clothes, control, Number 7, pajamas, positive discipline, power struggles, screaming, yelling

Is your child suffering from ASMS?

September 15, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

After School Meltdown Syndrome is in full effect here in the NYAM household. Actually, the older kids are adjusting fairly well. But, as expected, Number 7, who just started kindergarten, is having some issues. Number 7 is like a mini Number 4. On steroids. Life is always a crapshoot, and predicting what the day will bring […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: bus, bus driver, kindergarten, meltdown, Number 7, school

On Wednesday I’m gonna party like it’s 1999.

August 28, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

We are three days away from the first day of school. And I can’t wait. I’ve made some comments about how I may be looking forward to Wednesday more than I’ve ever looked forward to any day in the history of my life, and I’ve been met with people who can totally relate, and then others who […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: bus, first day of school, kindergarten, Number 5, Number 7, Number6, recorder, school

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