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Pollywog is seeking parenting bloggers living and raising children in Linn, Benton, or Lincoln Counties, Oregon, to write original posts for our Parent Voice section.

We are constantly babyproofing and learning with our kids about what we can do to ensure that they are safe within our own home. It is challenging, and we cannot prevent all trips and falls, but we can protect them in other ways.

When you have a baby, all you can focus on are the long nights, sweet snuggles, and precious laughs. But rest assured, the infant stage only lasts a fleeting minute. As a new parent, it’s best to prepare yourself for the trials and tribulations of the toddler, tween, and teen years. Here are some useful links to read when you need advice on navigating the next few years.

Being a parent is awesome but it definitely has challenges. I want to share with you the hardest parts of parenting and the best parts of parenting. First off, let me give you some background.

I think we can agree that life before quarantine was busy, at least my life was that way. Family life is demanding and well there is not a lot of time to do it all. Quarantine has made everyone slow down.

When I met my now husband Kody, he too valued family. Over the years both of our families have been very supportive as we became parents and have grown over the years. Knowing that we can count on our families for support has been a great blessing!

As parents, we decisions to make when it comes to childcare, preschool, and school for the coming school year. Parenting has many challenges and now there is an added layer of complexity because of COVID-19.

As a parent that likes to plan ahead, I have been asking myself, “What can I plan for fall?”