Kelsey Waddell
(Not Your Mama’s) Father’s Day Fill-in-the-Blank
Let's have some Father's Day fun.
Copy and paste the following and fill it out with your child's answers. Then tag us (@daytonmomsblog) so we can see your answers! I'll put my kid's responses...
Five Reasons Kids Love Dorothy Lane Market
Let’s face it, grocery shopping with kids can be, well, frankly just a nightmare sometimes. I get it, trust me. I’ve done the late night solo trips, had things delivered, and done just about...
Why Can’t We Be Friends? One Mom’s guide to Adult Friendships
Making friends isn’t as easy as it once was. As a kid, all it seemed to take was a common interest in Lisa Frank school supplies and it was immediate BFF status. In high...
How to Do It All: One Mom’s Secret Revealed
This mama is a full time stay at home mom, runs a small business, is a founding member of a local creative community, writes for Dayton Mom’s Blog, has her own blog, attends a...
Teaching Consent Starts Now
Yep, you read that right. If you're planning on teaching your kids about consent (and you should be), start today. "But my kid is only two!" Yep, start today. Oh, you've just brought your...
How to Not Raise Procrastinators (When You are One)
As I write this post, inevitably in my only free minutes on the day that it’s due, I’m well aware of the irony of it. Truly, I see it. And I guess if I’m...
How to Know When You Know
“You’ll just know.” That’s what they say. And I don’t mean that proverbial, mysterious, unnamed, “they.” I literally mean just about every woman that’s ever had a baby and has contemplated having more (or...
Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby
Hi, my name is Kelsey. I'm a married mother of two and I don't know all of the proper names for my own body parts (I'm looking at you vagina flaps, because that can't...
Responsibility with a Capital Pee
Today, my two year old peed his pants. He drenched the undies that he asked to wear (which I agreed to since he’s 99% potty trained), made a puddle on the dining room chair...
I Don’t Want to Be A Toys R Us Kid
I am a millennial. For some of you, that may discredit me from the start (ha, sad but true) but hear me out (and laugh along if you're one, too). The perfect day as...
Goodbye Clothes, Hello Freedom!
Before you go jumping to conclusions, no, I did not recently join a nudist colony. Not to offend any of our potential nudist readers, but that's just not really my thing. Not even if...
Serving Dog Cake
It's coming. My daughter's first birthday is just a couple of months away. The Pinterest board is already teeming with ideas. Cute crafty decorations, snacks that are almost too cute to eat, a perfectly...
Comparison Is NOT the Thief of Joy
"Comparison is the thief of joy," they say.
"Don't compare your kid to others," I've heard time after time.
When it comes to size, intelligence, athletic ability, you name it, the idea of comparing our children...
Q&A With a Mama with a Mental Illness
Okay, can we talk about something serious here for a minute? Did you know that 1 in 8 women battle with depression at some point in their life? How many women do you know?...