by DanielleBinns | Apr 4, 2016 | Mommy Mantra
Another birthday has come and gone. I would LOVE to tell you that it was the best birthday yet, but I would be lying. Let me sum up my day here: Keith took the day off to spend time with me (how sweet!) but instead spent the day feeling ill and in bed. The girls...
by DanielleBinns | Dec 21, 2015 | Mommy Mantra
How often do you ask yourself what the heck you did before you had kids? When I reflect on my child-less days I recall surfing the web aimlessly, spending hours at the gym, going for leisurely brunches/lunches/dinners/drinks, and watching multiple episodes of Lost...
by DanielleBinns | Nov 4, 2015 | Mommy Mantra
Let’s face it. Motherhood can be exhausting, stressful, sleepless, and bring out the not-so-pretty-side of us. While we may not ‘see’ it happening, our demanding days take a toll on our health in so many ways: we get sick more often, can’t...
by DanielleBinns | Sep 28, 2015 | Mommy Mantra
I live in Leslieville, a popular neighbourhood in the southeast corner of downtown Toronto – an area which deserves to be called “Strollerville”. If you live here or have been here, you know why I say that. There are strollers and babies and...
by DanielleBinns | Aug 18, 2015 | Mommy Mantra
I couldn’t sleep last night. There was too much excitement knowing that our amazing nanny was back, after visiting family for 5 weeks in Indonesia. Five weeks with a 2 year old, a newborn, and a new business was more than I could (or wanted to) handle alone. ...
by DanielleBinns | Aug 4, 2015 | Mommy Mantra
Our daughter, the selective eater, made history the other week. She ate sausage for the first time and enjoyed it. This was a big deal for a chipmunk – I mean a child – who was notorious for holding hard-to-chew foods in her mouth. I almost cried tears...