5 Delicious Pancake Recipes for Pancake Tuesday

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NEW FEATURE ALERT! Scroll to the bottom for our new section — ❓The Question Box❓— where we’ll tackle a difficult-to-ask (read: embarrassing!) parenting question each week. The first one is a doozy! ⬇️

THE RECIPES: Give Us All the Pancakes! 🥞 ❤️ 🥞 5 Recipes to Try Next Week

In case you haven’t taken a look at next week’s calendar yet, we’re gearing up for a pretty fun week! Kids will love celebrating Pancake Tuesday followed immediately by Valentine’s Day. While Pancake Tuesday (also called Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday, AKA Mardi Gras) has a religious history, many families just love the annual tradition of making and eating pancakes together. With this in mind, we’ve rounded up five pancake recipes the whole fam will love.

❤️ Tap the names of each recipe to get the ingredient lists and instructions, and no matter what you do, don’t forget the toppings—maple syrup, jam, whipped cream, fresh fruit, sprinkles and more.

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THE POLL: Are You a Worrywart as a Parent? 😬 🙀

We’ve all heard the old adage—”Becoming a parent is like having your heart walking around outside of your body.” And it does feel like that. This is why it makes sense that the worry over your brood can be all-consuming (especially if your kids experience anxiety, too). But that’s why we love this mindfulness tidbit: If you’re going to consider the worst-case scenario, it’s only fair to consider the best case too.

Because guess what? Sometimes (a lot of the time!) things really do work out.

We want to know: As a parent, would you consider yourself a worrier?

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yes, at the perfect moment (33.3)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ More than once (9.5%)
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Other (14.2%)

🙋‍♀️ THE QUESTION BOX: Is It Okay to Have Sex When Your Kids Are Sleeping in the Same Bed?

Remember when you were a kid and your teacher put a question box in the classroom so you could ask embarrassing questions without having to reveal your identity? Well, we figured the same logic applies to parenting. So many mortifying questions come up over time, and it can be difficult to find accurate answers.

Enter our new newsletter section: The Question Box. Each week, we’ll find the answer to an embarrassing question so you don’t have to.

First up, with Valentine’s Day ❤️ in our midst: Can you knock boots when you’re co-sleeping?

So many new parents have this question, and if you google it, you’ll find that the internet is divided on the answer. Some people think it’s totally inappropriate, while others think it’s perfectly normal.

But with all things, it’s nuanced. Some experts say that it’s okay until a child is aware of their surroundings (so well under a year old) as long as it can be done safely (and the jury is out on whether this is possible with a baby in the same bed). Others say that kids should never be anywhere near your sex life, for their sake but also for yours. The crowd on this side of the debate says that you should make time and space for intimacy and pleasure, to better honour yourself and your relationship.

Okay, we know, this answer is vague. But there is consensus on one thing that might help: Sex is one thing, but cuddling and kissing is another. This allows you and your partner to feel close without any guilt or worry. So when in doubt, only go to second base. 😂

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