MomSpeak February 2013

Safe vitamins for families

Mom blogger Trina O'Boyle says check the ingredients in your child's vitamins and avoid synthetics, which can do more harm than good.

Menu plan Mondays: drawing a blank

Drawing a blank on her weekly menu planner, mom blogger Hillary Chybinski thinks it through until she has a meal plan.

Campus Book Rentals offers students ways to save and make money on textbooks

Mom blogger EJ Curran recommends renting as a way for students and families to reduce on college costs.

Operation: Story Time

How do you get a reluctant toddler to take a nap? Mom blogger Sandra Telep found that reading her son all the books he wants brings on sleep — for her too!

It's almost time to 'play ball'

Baseball season is approaching and mom blogger Shivaun Williams is looking forward to it, times three.

Summer camp always seemed weird to me and made me think of horror movies like Friday the 13th. I never imagined sending my children to camp, especially since I’m a stay-at-home mom who never went to camp. Even after writing…

It looked like spilt milk (book & craft for kids)

Mom blogger Marissa Kiepert Truong and her daughter had fun with the Rorshach-like images in a children's book by Charles G. Shaw.

3 ways to help kids learn empathy

Mom blogger Toni Langdon suggests three ways parents can encourage their children to care about others.

A small gesture of kindness

Even giving someone a granola bar can be a meaningful, if small, act of kindness, says Mom blogger Erin Flynn Jay.

Between the covers: Genie Wishes

Mom blogger Rachée Fagg recommends Genie Wishes by Elisabeth Dahl as a book to read and share with your tween blogger. It will be available April 2013.