The Experience
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Why Not to Rescue the Screaming Baby from Dad
It might surprise Nurshable readers to know that I have a pretty strict “no rescuing the baby” policy in place with my partner. (We don’t rescue the baby, we don’t refuse the baby if the baby wants/needs the other parent,… Continue reading
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How To Include Dad
For all my annoyance with the “Good Man Project” blog post I wrote about recently… I must say that reading the follow-up on Feminist Dad and reading that he related in some ways.. Got me thinking. How hard must it… Continue reading
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#ActivitySunday
1. Send a picture of an item in your kitchen to sarah@nurshable.com 2. I will post the pictures on this blog post tonight. 3. Everyone can comment with suggestions on how to use that item in a game or activity… Continue reading
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Feeling Neglected? How to Help Your Wife Have More Energy For You
Dear Dad, I just read a letter up on the Good Man Project. Then I read this letter up on Feminist Dad. Then I asked my partner if he felt like I wasn’t giving him enough attention. He ignored me… Continue reading
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Harvest Comes Anyway
Some of you might remember when a tree fell on my garden and killed about 75% of my plants. I wanted to share today’s harvest with you. Sometimes things seem irreparably broken and you want to just walk away. All… Continue reading
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Give Yourself the Same Grace You Want to Give Others
Dear Future Self, You’re really going to be a bitch, aren’t you? I can see it now in how you treat yourself. It’s past noon and you haven’t eaten breakfast let alone lunch. You’re whirling around trying to put away… Continue reading
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The Chance to Choose to Be Powerful is What Builds Independence in Children, Not Being Pushed Away.
I remember as a young child I co-slept and I remember being very very young and making the choice to snuggle up to my father one night when I usually snuggled with my mother. It felt like a powerful choice… Continue reading
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A Group and a Tribe
Dear Wait it Out Members, I’m afraid I’ve gone ahead and confused a lot of you with the recent announcement of migration. I apologize for this. I want to try and clarify what the new structure is. To answer your… Continue reading
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Spend My Day Wisely
You’re the taker-out-of-place-er of the things I’ve put-er in. The funny little re-arranger of my almost everything. You’re the un-doer of all the things I’ve neatly done, fascinated with the order of each and every one. A teacher of patience… Continue reading