Power of ONE: My Mommy Manual Raffle
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, EVERYONE!
Happy July! We are so excited to announce the first month of the Power of ONE, the My Mommy Manual Raffle. We introduced the idea at It’s ALL About Mom, our mom event last May. We have an amazing corporate sponsor, Artistic Sensations and now an equally amazing non-profit partner, Parents As Teachers.
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How to Be a Successful Single Mom
I’m a new single mom… as in, I officially became a single mom in January 2009. So, I’m very honored and a little nervous about being on Single Mom Revolution on BlogTalkRadio today with Honoree Corpron, author of The Successful Single Mom and Morgan Day Cecil. Tune in at Noon CST… I’m hoping I’ll learn a lot from these two experts!
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Positive Parenting Tip: The Time Machine
Have you made a “mistake” with your children? Listen to this :30 AUDIO TIP
Our Yogi Parenting audio tips are presented every Friday by Michaela Turner, BS Ed, CYKT, YKT, Co-Founder Yogi Parenting
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Michaela is a 30 year veteran educator and a Certified YogaKids Teacher and Trainer. She teaches yoga baby and yoga kids classes for children throughout St. Louis, Missouri. As the Co-founder of Yogi Parenting, Michaela offers positive parenting coaching and seminars nationally, blending her joy for yoga with her love for children.
How to Name Your Fear
“Here, Mommy” says my 7-year old daughter. I looked at the sweet little blue note she place in my hand:
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Mom Confessions: Postpartum Depression (part 2)
This VIDEO (3:06) is the second in a series of three in which Heidi shares how it feels to have postpartum depression. One of the challenges of PPD is that it goes unrecognized by many women who suffer from it, making it challenging for them to reach out and find support. It is very rare that a new mom says, “I think I have postpartum depression.” More often and very often, women feel what Heidi describes in her videos.
“In the weeks prior to going to the hospital, I was very emotional, very down. Crying a lot. I had stopped being able to take care of my newborn daughter. I was nursing her still but there was no eye contact and when that happens with a young baby, they start to become despondent.” ~ Heidi Howes
WAG: Women's Adventure Group
How Important Your Women Friends Are
“… I had my husband and my kids and I sort of forgot about how important having a lot of good women in my life really is….” My name is Mindy Bhuyan. I have three kids, (13 year old girl, 11 year old boy, and 7 year old girl) also a puppy chocolate lab. When I was six, I wanted to own a monkey. If my six year old self could give me advice, she would say : Don’t forget how fun it is to climb trees, ride bikes, and play in the dirt. Join Mindy on My Mommy Manual’s Discussions...
Baby Gear
How to Install Britax Boulevard CS [video]
Watch a real mom install this car seat. Note that this is us, not Britax! This is as real as it gets, friends!!! I was sweating… but still turned down any assistance from Mr. Zen Mommy! On a related note (and legal disclaimer), this video is not meant to relieve you of your responsibility of actually reading the owner’s manual. Follow at your own risk! A plus for the Britax Boulevard CS is their click and safe system [their video explains quite nicely]. Fine… their video is much...
Food
How to Make Frog SpitMy kids love giving deliciously disgusting names to our relatively healthy summer smoothies! Half the fun is making it. My kiddos love helping. tweetmeme_url = 'http://mymommymanual.com/how-to-make-frog-spit/'; Read More →
How to “Brighten” Up Cookies and MilkThis is one of my favorite desserts. I have been enjoying this at home with my fiance since the first time we had pizookie at Oregano’s, the inspiration for this dessert. My go-to cookie dough for this has sunflower or peanut butter and chocolate chips…yummy! This is what I call the best way to end a Friday night snuggling on the couch in front of the TV — the “sunny side” to the weekend! “Sunny Side Up” Sunflower Butter Cookies with Ice Cream Chocolate Chip...
Health & Development
How to Help a Gassy/Colicy BabyA picture says a thousand words. (I wish I had a shot of how “productive” this massage was for little Evan…but you probably don’t want to see that picture!) I am fond of saying “every baby is a gassy baby”… but if you are dealing with colic, I want you to know there IS something you can do to help. Studies show Infant Massage leads to a 50% decrease crying with just 10-15 minutes a day. And if your baby has colic, it helps by comforting and soothing them,...
How to Pick Baby BottlesThe decisions seem endless, don’t they? First, you have to decide on breast or bottle feeding and now you have to pick what kind of bottles?! When my babies were… fresh, Avent bottles were the brand of choice. Or, for colicky or gassy babies, Dr. Brown’s. Now, glass bottles are making a comeback! New research on polycarbonate baby bottles has found that bisphenol A migrates into the milk and parents are being advised to switch to glass. Recurring stories in the media, including...
How to Tend to Baby’s Umbilical CordYES! Finally a parenting how to that is simple. This one doesn’t even require bullet points. Let’s sum it up into three easy to follow words: clean and dry. Keep the area clean and dry. That really is it. Want three other simple and easy to follow words on this? Less is more. When I was a new mom we were told at great length how to swab the area 6x a day with alcohol swabs to keep it clean and dry it out. But this is no longer the sage advice from doctors and nursing. What they have found is...
How to Nurse Your BabyThere is a lot of information out there about latch ons, let downs, breast pumps, soreness, positioning and more…but how many articles on nursing prepare us as mothers to nurse our babies from more than a body perspective? What about readying our minds and our souls? I was excited to nurse my baby…for the nutrition I knew it would offer…for the bonding and the closeness. I was hopeful nursing would work out without all the horror stories I had heard and read about including thrush, pain, chapped...







