Came across this blog a couple of months back…and haven’t stopped laughing since! If you are ever in need of a humor break or boost in your mood, this does the trick! It’s called Parenting. Illustrated with Crappy Pictures. Here is the one that I tried reading it out loud to my husband and 6 year […]
Archives for January 2012
Study finds breastfed babies are “more challenging” …. Really????
Saw this article on the Huffington Post today about a study that “proves” that breastfed babies are “more challenging” than bottlefed babies. Really??? In any case, I couldn’t resist chiming in on the conversation. Here is my brief response (which could easily have been a mini-dissertation with how much I wanted to share) …..but I […]
Out of the mouth of babes
My little one came to me the other day with a proclamation…. MermaidGirl: “Mommy, I know a really bad word. ” Me: “Really? What is it?” MermaidGirl: (calmly, but she enunciated beautifully…….) “F**ker.” Me: “MermaidGirl, how did you learn that?” (trying not to sound too alarmed when I asked her – I was expecting something […]
Uncle! Uncle!
I can’t tell you how many times I say to myself “oh forget it, its too hard, or not worth the battle.” (when it comes to feeding my child healthy foods). And that makes me sad to think that I’m even compromising my principles in any way due to social pressure. I can face it […]
Universal law or physical principle?
One foundational aspect of this conscious parenting site, has to do with the power of intention, and what we focus on (aka the law of attraction). The law of attraction states that what we give focus to, we get more of. If we focus our attention and our emotion on what we fear will happen, […]
Oh no! Am I THAT mom??
We all know THAT mom. The one that is a pain in the ass, the one that all the other mothers see and just expect a difficult time from. The one that instills some sort of controversy wherever she goes. Or in my case, the one that might make another parent squirm a bit because […]
Let me indulge myself for a moment in my fantasy
Nope, not that kind of fantasy. This one gets me even more excited …. ♥ I often fantasize about living in natural foods town, where all the stores only carry organic, and foods made without additives, preservatives, colorings, artificial flavors, and the like. Kind of like it was 100 years ago. I long to go […]
No more juice please
One of the common nutrition mistakes that I see parents making…serving their children juice to drink with their meal. Here’s why it is not a healthy practice…and what you can do instead.
Advice for a sweet 16
About five years ago, I was asked by a friend to write something for her daughter’s sweet 16 birthday. Her mom was compiling advice from the women in her life and putting it all into a book to give to her. I came across this today while I was organizing some files on my computer, […]
One mom’s feedback from her CP.org birthday party
An interesting takeaway from a party that we helped one mom throw….she didn’t realize how important it would end up being to her to throw a more “conscious” birthday party for her daughter. Until she did it.