Category: Parenting

Cloth Diapering Resource Page

February 13, 2012 Posted by Issa under Parenting
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I have really enjoyed using cloth diapers with Dylan, and I want to pass that love onto you. This page gives you an overview of information about cloth diapering and points you towards a lot of other great resources so you can dive in and learn as much as you want. Let me know if there’s more information you’re looking for that I can include here! Reasons to Use Cloth Diapers Money: Disposables can run… Keep Reading

Mama, I’m Scared

February 7, 2012 Posted by Issa under Parenting
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With a newborn, I can so peacefully drift in and out of the baby’s needs and routines that there’s never any room to be irritated or upset with the baby. Dylan is 8 months old, which means he’s still such a tiny little person. But every day he gets a little more independent, and every day I see him a little more as a separate person from me. As Dylan grows and starts to develop interests… Keep Reading

Parenting Philosophies – What Do You Do With the Ice Cream?

January 23, 2012 Posted by Issa under Parenting
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Near the beginning of my childcare career, I read the book How to Behave So Your Children Will, Too by Sal Severe. As a newcomer to childhood development theory, it made comforting sense, seemingly outlining sensible ways to react to children’s misbehavior. These days I don’t look on this book so highly. It’s full of behavioral modifications and reactionary prescriptions. Your kid does this and then you do that. The book presents a view of… Keep Reading

Body Positivity and Healthy Sexuality Starts in Infancy

January 16, 2012 Posted by Issa under Parenting
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One of the things I hope for Dylan is that he grows up with a positive view of his body and the bodies of those around him and that he grows up with a healthy view of sex and his sexuality. As he gets older, those two things will diverge into different, huge topics, but here in his infancy they are close to the same thing. A positive view of the body sets the stage… Keep Reading

Flower Baby

January 15, 2012 Posted by Issa under Parenting
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Dylan was 2 1/2 months old in these photos, wearing a flowery onesie that won’t fit anymore when flowery weather rolls around again. These days he takes a lot of naps sleeping alone, but back here in August every sleeping moment was on either Joshua or me. Keep Reading

Parenting Isn’t Hard

January 9, 2012 Posted by Issa under Parenting, Relationships
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Parenting isn’t hard. Well, okay, sometimes it’s hard. Sometimes it’s hard to contain all this love that I feel for my child, and I’m worried I’m just going to snatch him up and squeeze him to bits in a fit of overly-emotional love-smush. Sometimes it’s hard to fathom the future and that someday there will be a 6 year old, an 11 year old, a 17 year old living here, and someday a 25 year… Keep Reading

Maya Wrap Review

January 5, 2012 Posted by Issa under Parenting
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The first baby carrier I ever owned was the Maya Wrap (which is a ring sling, not a wrap). It was a gift from a friend, and I never really got the hang of it. Joshua uses the Maya regularly with Dylan, and I’ve gotten better at it by following his example. Description The Maya wrap is a long piece of woven, non-stretchy fabric with attached large metal rings to loop the fabric through. The… Keep Reading

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