Tag: parenting
Stop and Share the Laughs
After Lylah was born, the most common phrase I heard was "enjoy every minute, it goes by fast". And to my dismay it has...
Top 10 Parenting Inventions I Couldn’t Live Without
A few days ago, our own lovely Liz posted an article about her favorite baby things. Which got me thinking about all of the...
Life with an Au Pair
Like many, before I had kids I was judgmental of other parents. I admit (not proudly) that I fell into the "When I have kids...
The First Birthday
I can't believe it. My daughter will be a year old in a few days. She's growing up so fast, so I thought I'd...
New Beginnings and Reflections of a New Mother
Birth is a beginning And death a destination.
And life is a journey:
From childhood to maturity
And youth to age;
From innocence to awareness
And ignorance to knowing;
From...
“Expert” Behavior Management Tips for Preschoolers
I've been teaching young children for most of my career. Over the past 15 or so years of working with preschoolers, I have picked...
A Bizarre Intestinal Parasite
As a new mother, there are so many things that I am now conscious of that five months ago I would not have even...
Finding the Humor in Parenting: Go Ahead and Laugh
When my daughter, A, was about 4 months old, she spiked a high fever. Her first fever, actually. It was late on a snowy...
Planning and Packing…and More Planning and Re-packing!
It's 2 am and you have landed after a 6+ hour flight (plus the day of traveling) with a 6 month old. NONE of...
My New Favorite Part of the Day
A midwife's scope of practice encompasses prenatal care, gynecological care, primary care, intrapartal care (labor and birth), and postpartum care. While all of these...