I wanted to be the kind of mother who loved messes, chaos and noise. The kind of mother that had a few kids of her own, the neighborhood kids running in and out of her house, several pets, projects galore. The kind of mother that could watch her kids munch on brightly colored snack foods Read More
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Sleep Time–Some Help
“Sleep when your baby does,” can be difficult advice to follow when you have one baby, with two children it can be almost impossible. In this last post in the series based on Dan Siegel’s, The Healthy Mind Platter ,we look at the last serving and maybe the most challenging of all: Sleep Time, “When we Read More
Sex or a Nap? Connecting Time
“Having a baby is like suddenly getting the world’s worst roommate.” Anne Lamott I had a friend who once said, “I have a baby on my boob, a partner who wants sex, and all I really want is to be left alone.” Dr. Sara Gottfried asked a large group of women if they would choose Read More
Focus Time
“There is ecstasy in paying attention.”–Anne Lamott From Distracted to Focused Have you ever had this experience? You get in the car, drive somewhere, arrive 10 minutes later not knowing how you got there? It’s scary, magical and all too familiar, right? You were on automatic pilot; your attention was somewhere else. We spend much Read More