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Parenting

Just a quick plea for help:)  Suddenly Jackson has a tremendous interest in potty training.  Oh goodness!  I am not sure I’m ready for all this!  Today he screamed (loudly!) when I tried to put a diaper on him.  He wanted THOMAS (underpants).  So I took him to the potty seriously 15 times in hour. [...]

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July 28, 2011 | Filed under Parenting

What a wonderful week it has been!!  I guess it should be said, though, that the weather in New England in MAY (!!!) has been a little shocking!  Wow–it’s been drizzly, cold, overcast, damp for so many days that I can’t even keep count anymore.  It’s so bad, there was a little bit of blue [...]

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May 24, 2011 | Filed under Parenting

I’m baking cookies tonight.  Right now, actually.  One eye cast towards the oven, just waiting for the timer to DING!  I enjoy baking, although what comes out of the oven usually isn’t terribly healthy, so I try not to do it too often. Tonight, though, my mind feels cluttered; my emotions feel a little too [...]

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February 17, 2011 | Filed under Parenting,family

My world fits inside my mind just so. When I receive new information, it is immediately processed into bite-sized pieces to fit into my pre-existing world. There is a need to be met by a friend or fellow church member? There are two open spots on my schedule this week between feeding Hannah and giving [...]

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August 30, 2010 | Filed under Parenting

It’s been almost a week since “the incident report” (cue dramatic voice over and a bold title) and almost 6 days since I began implementing the Parenting with Love and Logic techniques. In short: it’s changed my life. Aaaaaaaand…it’s rocking my world. Pity the friends and family members who called me this week to chat [...]

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August 27, 2010 | Filed under Parenting