Mamatography August 2013
Yep, it’s that time again: When Amy gets so busy that her Mamatography posts go from weekly to monthly. That happen to any of you other mamas out there? I hope it’s not just me! Since we finished our...
View ArticleAnother First Day of School
Everybody is talking about and posting pictures of their kids’ first days of school. Most of the chatter I hear amongst my friends is pride and relief – that they made it through another busy summer at...
View ArticleMaking Pizza Together
The other day for lunch, the Silly Bears really wanted to make pizza. Lucky for them, mommy has all the ingredients on hand to make dough, and though we didn’t have mozzarella cheese, I figured cheddar...
View ArticleCreating a Positive Relationship with Your Child
Today, I’m posting at Natural Parents Network, and it’s so fitting, as Abbey turned five yesterday, and the tips I’ve written about in this article for NPN have helped us through the last year...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday
Abbey has been picking me a bouquet of wildflowers from our upstairs neighbors’ garden plot every time we go outside – “before the flowers wilt and drop their seeds for winter!”
View ArticleFriday Focus: Love and Discipline
These two can keep a mama busy and create some stress! Self-control is so important in parenting with love and respect. I often get questions from personal friends and from online followers on why (and...
View ArticleEncouraging Healthy Sleep Habits
It was a cool, fall night, a couple years ago. The curtains were drawn but I’d left the windows cracked, and I was enjoying the soft night air as I sipped some wine and knit in front of the TV. Joseph...
View ArticleYes, I nursed two children at once!
This is a question that I get frequently from friends and from mothers when I’m leading La Leche League meetings. Many moms and expectant moms are curious about how (and why) I tandem nursed our two...
View ArticleToddler Table Manners
“I’d never be able to get her to sit still without buckling her!” “How do you know he won’t fall out?” “I wish my kid had table manners like that.” When our son Joseph (now almost 3) was 18 months old,...
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