The Experience
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Random Parenting Points and the Irrelevant Judgement of Others
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… Continue reading
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More Than One Way to Help a Child Past Fears
“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… Continue reading
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Goodnight, 2014
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… Continue reading
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Defiance Is Not Always
“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… Continue reading
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The Major Flaws in the Anti-Cosleeping Movement
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… Continue reading
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“How to Discipline a Tantruming Child”. Wait. What? Discipline Feelings?
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… Continue reading
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Learning to Let Out the Feelings in a Safe Place at 2.5
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… Continue reading
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Mondays and the Transition Back to the Week
He wiggles into bed next to me. I smile. This is a part of our daytime routine that I love. Then he growls the way he does when he’s really angry. And he pokes me in the face twice. “MOMMY.… 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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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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