Earlier this week I attended a Compassionate Parenting class, the last in a set of three, offered through my co-op preschool program. This class is based very much on the Sanity Circus class I took last year. It is basically the Positive Discipline curriculum, but the small print says the instructor can’t call it that […]
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“When someone hurts you, it creates an emotional tie that binds you to that person. Only through true forgiveness can we break those ties and free ourselves to move past the hurt.” – Elmer Laydon A friend of mine on Facebook posted this quote and it made me stop dead in my tracks as the […]
I love Wednesdays. I particularly love Wednesdays when there is no school. I have Wednesdays off from work and when there is no preschool for Sweetness, I get to really enjoy the day with my babies. And there are major extra bonus points when it’s a beautiful day. Yes, imagine that, a warm beautiful day […]
Mr. Man, in all his 10-month chunky glory, blew us away these past couple of days. At first I thought it was a fluke, so I didn’t jinx it by talking about it here. But now, after five days of pulling the same stunt with increased level of proficiency, I’m feeling rather safe in announcing […]
Someone up there doesn’t like me very much. Either that or I’m the butt of some pretty serious jokes that are keeping the heavenly creatures laughing well into the night. I’m close to more than four years of poor sleep now (I count those nine months of swollen, irregular digestion, insomnia, hot flashes and hourly […]
Time outs are a hot topic. I got a lot of comments and e-mails about it when I wrote about the 17 Guidelines of Positive Discipline. There are a lot of people out there that have instituted them and swear by them. The tricky thing about time outs is they work, but if used as […]
If I like it, it’s mine. If I can take it from you, it’s mine. If I had it a little while, it’s mine. If it looks like mine, it’s mine. If I’m building something, all of the pieces are mine and since it’s mine it must never appear to be yours in any way. […]
Since Sweetness first graced us with her presence, I’ve been a bit on the fanatical side about what I would allow to enter her perfect little body. I started getting organic produce and prepared that as baby food. Recently I took to doing this again as Mr. Man started on solid food. It’s so easy, […]
