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The Shifting of Naps in Toddlerhood
Dear Daughter, You’re twenty months old today! You’ve been working on trying to figure out what new napping pattern makes sense for you, and you’re hovering between those two places at the tail end of your journey to independent sleep.… Continue reading
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My Elf Challenge
What if the elves on the shelves were watching the behavior of the parents instead? What would your elf want you to change? That’s my challenge to myself for the next two weeks. To act as though a little elf… Continue reading
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Twenty Months, Canines and Self Settling (Sort Of)
Dear Daughter, You’ll be twenty months old next Friday (which will be Friday the 13th just like the one on which you were born.) It’s about time to write another update on your sleep. For the first half of the… Continue reading
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Are You a Gentle Parent or are you Trying to be a Gentle Parent?
I’ve had a few people worry recently that while they TRY to be gentle parents they don’t feel like they are actually gentle parents because they make mistakes and don’t always know what to do. Because they came from homes… Continue reading
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The Annoyance of Whining (Emerging Communication Skills)
Dear Daughter, You’re nineteen months old and your whines cut straight through me. They’re endless sometimes. You whine for everything you don’t have words for, or all the words that you forget in that moment where you feel a need… Continue reading
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Extended Family Holiday Stress- Coping as a Gentle Parent
Spending time with family members over the holidays can be stressful for some parents that are choosing to raise their children differently from how they were raised or how their other family members are raising their children. Some things that… Continue reading
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I AM Bigger than You. (Big Like a Mountain in a Hurricane)
Dear Kids, One of the phrases I hear a little too often for my liking is “I’m bigger than you” and “show them that you’re bigger than they are”. That’s one of those things that can get inside your head… Continue reading
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The Fight
Upset. Two inches tall. I’ve got words for this situation that I learned in seeing my parents talk to each other, and in reading books and watching movies. In seeing other people fight. But I don’t want to fight. I… Continue reading
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Why’s My One Year Old Throwing a Fit?
Is it because I’m a bad parent? No. Is it because my child is trying to manipulate me? No. Is it because they’re being naughty? No. So what is it? Brain development. Plain and simple. A human is not born… Continue reading
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