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When Your Toddler Takes an Object and Won’t Give It Back
What should you do when your toddler takes objects and won’t give them back when asked for them? One option is to pry it out of your child’s hands, but that teaches them that when someone asks for something and… Continue reading
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Mama’s Wishlist: All I Want for Christmas is a Self Cleaning House
Dear Family, All I want for Christmas is a self cleaning house. You know. A house that has an auto-clean cycle the way an oven auto-cleans (although possibly without the 900 degree temperatures and the need to vacuum out ashes… Continue reading
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What Does a Stay At Home Parent Do All Day?
What’s the result of my work? It’s tucked inside their heads and hearts, hidden in little bodies and minds. If you look at the floors after a long day of play… Yes. Sometimes I can sweep them clean after a… Continue reading
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How I Used to Parent (The Words People Use To Describe Children)
I was asked how I used to parent if it wasn’t “like this”. I don’t think that I really had a “method” four years ago. I just reacted. I hadn’t been a yeller, never spanked.. I found infancy to be… Continue reading
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But What About Discipline?
But what about discipline? I discipline, yes. I teach about the consequences of actions. With spanking? No, that is punishment, not discipline. Discipline is teaching, not punishment. Punishment is disconnected from an event, it is a thing done to a… Continue reading
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Keenie + Zeebie
I mentioned that I would share a low resolution scan of Keenie + Zeebie so that people can read before they buy. * Keenie and Zeebie can be purchased here: https://nurshable.com/shop/ Continue reading
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Your Eyes Look Sleepy – Naptime WIO at 29 Months
Upset because papa changed her bandaids without asking her, tearstained. Daddy brings her to me and she asks to nurse. So we lay down to nurse. Huge blue eyes twinkle at the corners as I tell her funny things. Then… Continue reading
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New Study Dismisses Onion Study On Breastfeeding and Always Knowing What’s Right for Everyone
The Daily Onion shared a satirical (fake) study showing a link between breastfeeding and always knowing what is right for everyone. It required a response, so we did some research for Nurshable readers. Apparently shortly after the original study was… Continue reading
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Sleep Training and the Breastfeeding Infant (The Newborn Sleep Book)
There’s a “New Method” to help newborns sleep through the night and it’s been making its rounds in all of the groups that I’m in. It doesn’t even matter which method it is at this point. A method like this… Continue reading
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Raising a Clingy Monster Child through Gentle Parenting.. Or Not.
There are many reasons why I have a hard time taking it seriously when people say that a child who is parented in an attached way will be “clingy” or that a child that is parented gently will be a… Continue reading
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