Just for Moms

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Personalization paradise: The Mother’s Day edition

This year, Mother’s Day just snuck up on you (hey, life is busy, and your children are in like 10 different activities. We get it). Unless you can knit a sweater at breakneck speed or can whip up a brunch […]

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On the run

Running — which allows participants to include their kids at every age and stage — is arguably the perfect parental workout   When Audra Nagasawa’s children were small, the Alta Vista mom used to pop her daughters into their jogging […]

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(Un)boxing day

Whatever your interest, there’s a subscription box for that   Subscription boxes have been around for a while, but their popularity has skyrocketed in the past couple of years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, when people were sheltering in place, […]

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Anniversary edition: The great breast debate

Editor’s Note: Flipping through the editions from the last 10 years – a veritable trip down memory lane! – it’s only fitting that our anniversary issue be a reflection on the best of Ottawa Parenting Times. We poured through the pages and […]

Working mom Sara Samimi. Photo Courtesy Sara Samimi.

Anniversary edition: Stay at home or go back to work?

Editor’s note: Even for the busiest of us, it’s important to take pause and evaluate how we’ve changed and grown. Flipping through the editions from the last 10 years – a veritable trip down memory lane! – it’s only fitting […]

Child jumping on colorful playground trampoline. Kids jump in inflatable bounce castle on kindergarten birthday party Activity and play center for young child. Little boy playing outdoors in summer.

Kid-tested, mom-approved

These free – or inexpensive – outings will get your kids socializing and your sanity intact. Tracey Tong – and our preschool tester – report   Whether you’re a stay-at-home parent, on parental leave, or just have the day off […]