Struggling to find the joy in the journey of motherhood? Take a read of these excellent tips from an experienced mom of two, to make slow living a part of your home. Slowing down is easier than it seems. When we set aside our busyness, we make room for a more relaxed, unhurried childhood. Are …
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Do you need help strengthening your relationship with your preteen? Here are 5 simple but effective strategies you can use every day to communicate and connect better with your kids. You can even modify these tips for other ages. Read on to learn more! Parenting is something that you have to learn to master while …
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The question of how to discipline kids is one that every mother has pondered. Like most things in motherhood, handling discipline and the teaching of children takes practice, trial and error, and patience. Today I have two important tips I’d like to share with you that you may have never considered… A reader recently reached …
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A friend of mine who I don’t see very often came to visit today and asked what my secret was to raise healthy kids. My initial response was to chuckle a little and say “oh they get sick too sometimes!” but to that she instantly said “sometimes!!!!!!??” Other people’s lives can look rosy when compared …
When will my baby learn independent sleep? That’s the question I asked for 4 years. “Sleeping through the night, every night, without needing a parent’s assistance is like learning to walk or talk or drink from a cup—all kids get there, but they do so at their own speed, a little at a time, and …
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Watching your children grow up is such a beautiful joy and also a bit of a sorrow at times! My oldest child has finally said goodbye to the family bed, and I simply cannot believe that we are here at this ‘checkpoint’ of her life already. How we started our Co-sleeping Journey Before my 4 …
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My toddler and I had a hard day. Okay it’s actually been a hard week. Okay it’s actually been a…. Can you relate? At our house it seems like the clashing goes in cycles. We have a tough patch and then a wonderful phase and it just repeats. Busyness, travel, messiness, getting out of routine, …
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What is ecological breastfeeding and does it really work as a method of natural child spacing? In this post you will read about my experience practicing and relying on ecological breastfeeding and my thoughts on the topic… Have you heard of Ecological Breastfeeding? I hadn’t either, until I did. 🙂 ha! Ecological breastfeeding is more …
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I had a parenting win this week. We’ve all been getting less than optimal sleep lately, thanks to the existence of the Daylight ‘Savings’ time change. What would otherwise be such a nice first few weeks of mild spring inevitably turns into grumpy town, every year. Oh, and the kids struggle with the transition, too. …
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Oh Toddlerhood how I love thee, let me count the ways… Toddlerhood has been a weird and educational time period for me as a mother. Although my toddler is in many ways still more of a baby than an adult, the fact that she can talk makes my brain subconsciously assume she is much older …
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