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Happy New Year! My Goals….

Happy New Year to all of you! We had a very calm New Year, home with the kids, who were up later than usual because of the fireworks, but then they finally passed out right before midnight and Jon and I watched the ball drop together. It was perfect. Calm and perfect.

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Beyond The Sling: My Thoughts So Far

I don’t have much time to read books these days, so I am very careful about the ones I select. I have two categories I choose from – parenting and work. Both things I feel like you can never learn too much about. Both things that are always changing and evolving. Right now, I am [...]

Big Two-Hearted Parents

While Jenivieve has been recovering from the perfect, other-wordly birth of our second son, we’ve had a few major breakthroughs.

First is, how can you possibly love another child as much as you do your beloved first son?

And second, do I have to somehow pull love-juice from our first son in order to [...]

Things I Didn’t Know Before I Became A Parent…

The night we took Lucas home and laid down for bed, we were gazing into each other’s eyes. It was the most incredible, breathtaking experience. He was so alert, so into me, and I was so into him. It brought tears to my eyes, and I thanked him for choosing [...]

Restaurant Woes: Does Your Little One Let You Eat?

Gosh it’s nice to have someone else do the cooking and cleaning. Heck, it’s even better to have someone cart all of your food to you and keep your drink topped off.

What’s not so nice is having your not-so-thrilled little one throw a complete fit after only a few moments of peace at the [...]

21st Century Toddlers: When Should We Unplug?

In today’s world, it’s hard to know what’s what. As if being a parent could be any more terrifying, now we’re met with all sorts of contrary reports.

What’s “okay” for your little one on Monday may suddenly be linked to some disorder by Friday.

Our job is to sift through the mayhem and find [...]

Intact Boys: Myths Revealed

When I became pregnant with DS1 I instantly began researching parenting methods and styles. I knew I wanted something different than the way I was raised and I knew the type of mom I wanted to be. Attachment Parenting sounded closest to what my husband and I wanted to do and achieve as parents. [...]

Mentally Preparing For Baby Number 2: Mommy Blurb

It is on my mind constantly these days, April is nearing closer and my comfort level is reminding me that we are approaching the end of this pregnancy. With all the excitement, also comes the questions, stress, and OMFG can I do this?!

We are blessed with a very, very, very active toddler. It is [...]

Child Led Weaning

So today at my appointment with my midwife I started boo hooing. My 20 month old is self weaning. I miss it! It has been going on since about the second trimester, he would bite or just not be interested, but would still nurse daily at least two times. Now I am in the third [...]

Confessions Of A Tired, Sick & Overworked Attached Parent…

So you probably noticed that I haven’t posted in a few days. Way to keep the blog a rollin’! Well, I do apologize. It totally bummed me out to be on that long of a break, but things have just been bananas!

I am now 7 months pregnant and I am so tired! I thought [...]