Lauren Wayne

Lauren Wayne is a co-founder of Natural Parents Network. She works and writes at home with her husband, Crackerdog Sam, and their sons, Mikko and Alrik. Lauren blogs about natural and attachment parenting at Hobo Mama, offers reviews and giveaways of natural parenting products at Hobo Mama Reviews, and gives a behind-the scenes look at blogging and writing at LaurenWayne.com. Lauren co-hosts the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting and is the author of Poetry of a Hobo Mama: The First Three Years and What Will We Learn Today? You can find Lauren on Twitter, Facebook, her Google+ profile, her Google+ page, and Pinterest.

Ten things to do during bad weather

Sam and I have had to get creative in finding locations to bring a rowdy toddler that are shielded from some of the worst of the winter weather but are away from home and affordable to us. The suggestions below are some we’ve come up with. There’s a range of how indoors they are, so you can decide your cold tolerance. There’s also a range of expense involved, from free on up. Some options are better for younger babies, some for our age of tot and some for older kids. MORE

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