I’ve been having quite a dilemma lately. Do I become a full time stay at home mom, or do I continue to work 25 hours a week? A part of me sees my kids growing so fast and wants to be around to share every last second with them. I want to have playdates, get […]
September 2010
While not a great shot because it was taken in a darkened hall with the iPhone last weekend, this here image is what my Hubby likes to refer to as proof. As he so eloquently put it, “Let the record show that Mommy gave Mr. Man his first french fry. At the fair.” It’s all […]
This year is the third year I’ve participated in a local co-op preschool focused heavily on positive discipline. We learn about tricks and techniques during class through the gentle guidance of the kids’ teacher and the parent instructor (there is one of each in every class), as well as several evening seminars offered to those […]
Joy at The Practical Moms Guide recently posted photos of her daughter’s first birthday party and how she dove into her cake. She shared how she did things differently with child number 2 than she did with child number 1. Then she asked for readers to comment on their own child-eating-cake stories. After writing possibly […]
My 3-year-old girl and her new birthday umbrella. Perfect for a rainy September birthday. Tweet
To say rewards are strongly discouraged in Positive Discipline would be an understatement. Rewards may be effective, but they’re very dangerous. In fact, they’re really just a form of manipulation, which is disrespectful to kids. Rewards teach kids to seek external validation for behaviors. Children are learning to do something or behave a certain way […]
Today marks the first day of the last year of my 30s. Sometimes on my birthday I look back at all the years stacking up behind me, reflecting on the good and bad. For kicks, sometimes I’ll remember birthdays past, where I was, what I was doing. Once, when I turned 32, I thought about […]
Today my Sweetness took her first swimming lesson since she was a baby, when we took a couple of baby and me lessons. It was the first time she was in the pool without Mommy or Daddy, and she did amazing. The rambunctious boys who were jumping and splashing most of the time actually freaked […]
