Parenting Toddlers

Parenting & Family Channel Posts

• My Personal Belief on Homework
  Ok, I may take a bashing for this and there is no scientific research to back up my opinion, it is just my opinion.  I hope to get some public school teachers in on the conversation regardless [...]
• Affirmations
  Because I'm good enough, smart enough, and GOSH DARN IT, people like me! Ahem. Being as I'm not your 'normal' mother by oh so many standards, sometimes it's nice to find out you're doing something [...]
• Smaller Shoes
  I love good shoes for myself as well as my kids. A child's foot grows so fast that they need goo support, a flexible sole and one that will not leave them with blisters or red marks. I am not a [...]
• Homework? Again, I plan to get both varieties of educators in this
  The biggest complaint I hear from parents of children in public schools in my area is the amount of homework children bring home.  Now, I remember being in school, I'm old but not that [...]
• Clarifying a few issues on my "How Much Time?"
  I had a comment on the last post that showed me that I was being misunderstood.  I commented back but finally decided it was worthy of a post all its own.  Here is that post:   Wow, I [...]
• Go to sleep demon baby!
  Tony is being difficult abou gooing to sleep in his crib. He's discovered something remarkable. It is way more interesting to stand in the crib than lay down. [...]
• Supplementing
  Are you on the fence about supplementing? Maybe you feel like many moms and that you don't want to commit to breastfeeding because you feel like you cannot commit to a specified amount of time [...]
• Diaper Rash Cream
  When my twins were little they really didn't have too many diaper rashes. I tried to keep them dry and in good quality diapers, but when they got sick and had a bad case of diarrhea, man the [...]
• Ok, now, let's check out the same topic with a different group
  This is for the home school moms.  Since I shared my thoughts on how little instructional time it seems my child gets (and we will see for sure next week when we are home schooling him while on [...]
• WHY????!!!!
  I sometimes wonder why people have kids. The other day I took Peanut out to the playground. We live in an apartment complex, so there are often other children playing. I saw four kids but was too [...]