These days, everyone seems to be asking “How much?” I read somewhere recently that the current economic climate is making people postpone having babies. Maybe they would reconsider if they read this post on Soapbox Mama titled, The Price of Children. At first, it seems to be the usual waah, waah, waah… lamenting the fact…
Monthly Archives: January 2009
How to Prep your Child for the New Baby
“Now that I’ve had my second, it’s my toddler that’s giving me a run for my money! HELP!”
Help is here…in the form of helping you RESET your expectations. This is where everything flows from after all, isn’t it? Our expectations in life?
How to Tend to Baby’s Umbilical Cord
YES! Finally a parenting how to that is simple. Let’s sum it up into three easy to follow words: clean and dry. Keep the area clean and dry. Want three other simple and easy to follow words on this? Less is more.
How to Nurse Your Baby
There 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?
How to Be Vulnerable
Life is precious, not because it is tough and unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is soft and vulnerable, like a little baby.
How to Get Rid of Clutter
I have a two-pronged approach to clutter: 1) Get rid of the clutter you have and, 2) Don’t buy (yes, I said buy) new clutter. Easier said than done? Really? Assuming that you are the average person with the average kid/baby home (as in, not the ones that I hear about on TV that truly…
How to Make New Friends
When it comes to knowing how to make new friends, my kids are the gurus. I’ve watched them for years now on the playground… “Hi! Do you want to be my friend?” So when I went to a conference in Vegas last weekend, courtesy of my new blogger friend Corrin and IZEA, it was that…
How to Be an Angel
(It’s kinda like being a hero!) I dropped my phone on the sidewalk one day. I was still on the mend from my surgery and it was really painful to bend down. I must have hesitated for a moment because I heard a small voice call out, “I’ll get that for you!” When I looked…
How to Live in the Yin and Yang of Life
If you are feeling blue this day, or any day, embrace it. Let it fill your soul and be. If you are happy, remember, sadness is there too. And if you are joyful, joys friend sorrow is not far away. Live in the yin yang of life.
How to Make the BEST Chicken Pot Pie in the World
My friend, Sharon gave me the best recipe for chicken pot pie. What made it the best? It’s soooo easy that even my 5 year old can do it. To be fair, my 5 year old is a good cook but… okay, the average, dare I say it, 3 year old could do it. So…
