My share: He was four and a half and having a rough week. He asked for a specific lunch and I agreed we could go to the grocery store together to get the lunch that we both wanted. When we…
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The Pace of My Life Had Changed
by sarah • • 4 Comments
With my first child it was all so rushed together. It felt like infancy would never end. Wakeups and diaper changes and naps and pajamas covered in spitup. Both his pajamas and mine. I was waiting for sleep and wondering…
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Is It Spoiling?
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Is it spoiling? Is it spoiling when a small child whines because his teeth hurt and he hasn’t developed the coping skills or perspective yet to know that it is a small and manageable pain? And you hug him close…
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Random Parenting Points and the Irrelevant Judgement of Others
by sarah • • 6 Comments
On Tuesday we went to the library and Target. We were returning books and picking up some new shoes for Keenie whose feet undergo pretty regular growth spurts. The kids were pretty severely off-routine because I had been sick over…
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More Than One Way to Help a Child Past Fears
by sarah • • 4 Comments
“Tell me a story!” she says, the lights off and her little face barely visible in the nightlight-lit room. “Once upon a time…” I begin. “There was a little kitten.” “AND A MONSTER!” she interjects, her face rapt with imagined…
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Goodnight, 2014
by sarah • • 2 Comments
Goodnight, twenty-fourteen and all that you have brought to my life. All the changes, personal growth, new friends and old and strengthened friendships. All the little moments that scattered themselves across the year. Dark warm room that catches the heat…
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Defiance Is Not Always
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“Alexander, it is time to take a bath now.” “I don’t want to take a bath now!” He yells and runs to his bed, bumping his head on the edge. He starts to cry. I wait. Until his head stops…
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The Major Flaws in the Anti-Cosleeping Movement
by sarah • • 5 Comments
If you enjoyed the STARTLING video of a woman sleeping with a doll that aims to make us all reconsider co-sleeping, then you’re really gonna love their next production which will be an EYE OPENING demonstration that will show men…
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“How to Discipline a Tantruming Child”. Wait. What? Discipline Feelings?
by sarah • • 8 Comments
I’ve drifted pretty far away from conventional approaches to tantrums. I simply see them as emotional reactions. Disappointment, sadness, frustration, overwhelm, over stimulation, confusion, over tiredness, hunger, fear, an inability to parse words into sentences, an inability to vent a…
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Learning to Let Out the Feelings in a Safe Place at 2.5
by sarah • • 2 Comments
Upset, she hits the air in front of me, then pulls her hand back and holds onto it. She looks miserable. I hold my arms out in an offering. She stomps one inch closer instead of stomping away. I envelope…