I sit in the hallway outside the bathroom, my four children taking a bath Quietly working on my laptop as they play under the guise of getting clean I hear my husband sneaking up the stairs His quiet commentary begins "The sexy husband stalks his prey" He makes it to the top of the stairs... Continue Reading →
Natural Parents Network: The Best of 2011
I am proud and honored to be volunteer with the Natural Parents Network (NPN), a community of natural-minded parents and parents-to-be where you will be informed, empowered, and inspired. When you visit the NPN’s website you can find articles and posts about Activism, Balance, Consistent Care, Ecological Responsibility, Family Safety, Feeding With Love, Gentle Discipline,... Continue Reading →
Symbiotic Sleep
Welcome to the Safe Cosleeping Blog Carnival This post was written for inclusion in the Safe Cosleeping Blog Carnival hosted by Monkey Butt Junction . Our bloggers have written on so many different aspects of cosleeping. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other carnival participants. *** Photo by... Continue Reading →
Vote With Your Kids
Photo by Theresa ThompsonToday is election day. I'll be headed to the polls later. I'm waiting for my husband to get off work - not so that he can watch the kidswhile I go vote but so that we can go as a family. We take the kids with us. There have been a few times... Continue Reading →
The Benefits of I-Messages
I-messages seem simple enough, but the benefits that come from them are anything but simple. We are more likely to influence another person to change an undesired behavior by using I-messages. Because they are less threatening, I-messages are less likely to provoke resistance or make the other person feel bad. We place the responsibility for... Continue Reading →
Conflict: A Course of Life
Conflict is a course of life, occurring whenever two parties have different agendas or different perceived agendas. What matters is not the conflict itself but how that conflict is resolved. Parents don't have to resort to win-lose methods with either the parent or child winning while the other loses. When parents work together with their children,... Continue Reading →
The Best Breast Cancer Awareness
Photo by Hamish DarbyOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness month, as espoused from every company wanting to make a buck. It seems everywhere you turn in October, someone has a pink ribbon slapped on a pink product, as though buying such a product does anything to help prevent breast cancer. The truth is that very little... Continue Reading →
Neopolitan Funky Pinkalicious Birthday Cake
There was a time when I used to make some spectacular decorated cakes, having learned the trade from my mother. Then life happened. I had kids and tried fitting decorating birthday cakes around nursing and naps and questions. My health took a nose dive. My perfectionist tendencies caused me to become further stressed out, and... Continue Reading →
When Children Don’t Listen
Photo by Dru Bloomsfield"You aren't listening to me." "Please listen." "Listen to what I am saying." Most parents have uttered, or at the very least thought, one of these phrases or something similar at some point. It's usually said in frustration. However, when we say this to our children, we don't really mean that they... Continue Reading →
Saving Them the Pain of a Later Circumcision
When it comes to the topic of circumcision, an argument often touted is that the parent wants to save the child from the pain of a possible circumcision later on in life. They then follow this by the fact that they know someone who had to have a circumcision as an adult. They just want to save their child... Continue Reading →
living peacefully with children 