On Monday we had a play date with a really cool mom I met about a month ago at a park and her two charming boys (which was really fun!). It was a little earlier in the morning than we’re used to getting out the door, so the morning was a bit of a rush [...]
In today’s Mothering magazine online the question to the expert “How do I live with the deep regret of having our son circumcised? He is almost 10-months-old now, and I am still struggling with this. Sadly, I did not find out the facts until it was too late.” really struck home with me. I feel [...]
We’ve spread out Tom’s vaccines just a little bit, and mainly because I didn’t want him to have vaccines in the hospital when he was a month premature, and then I didn’t like the bedside manor of the nurse who was going to give him his 12 month shots so I said no, we’d come back [...]
There has been a lot of conversation lately about whether to feed babies whole milk or low fat milk. Tom’s still nursing, but he does have cow milk with his cerial and smoothies…
Someone sent out a link to new APA suggestions that babies prone to obesity get low fat milk, but there’s a lot of [...]
Tom is 15 months old now… The last couple weeks we have met several older toddlers at the park that want to give him kisses. The first time this happened, a little girl walked up and kissed him. Tom stumbled back a couple steps, looked suprised and confused, and then got a big smile on his face [...]
Today was a huge milestone for me. Tom and I were standing next to a slide watching a girl, maybe 5 years old, use it as a jungle-gym. Then quick as could be her hand was on his water bottle trying to take it from Tom. I said “no, that’s his” and she withdrew her hand [...]
As I mentioned, I’ve been pretty hard on myself for eating stuff that I wouldn’t want Tom to eat. I’ve been buying a larger proportion of organic food and have been splurging on the cageless chicken eggs (although I really want to see exactly what environment those chickens are in. Not being in a cage is good, but do [...]
While I was at the library getting The Discipline Book, I also checked out The Idiot’s Guide to Assertiveness. The title really turned me off, but it was the only book on assertiveness geared towards adults that just never learned how to be assertive with other adults. Serendipitously, both books had a similar message for me – [...]