| Trying Again For A Son
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Before I found out my first baby was to be a girl, I did hope for a son. My relationship with my own Mother had been so strained for years that I didn't feel equipped to parent a daughter, or at least not to have a healthy relationship with her. >> more |
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| Where Do Babies Come From
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It's a question no pregnant mother wants to hear from her inquisitive, innocent child. You hope and pray that they don't notice your waistline is growing exponentially and that everyone is scrambling around making plans for the “big day”. >> more |
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| Spoiling A Toddler
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The undisciplined toddler faces a life of misery. Because her parents neglected to instruct her how to act properly, this child will often be despised by the peers and authority figures who surround her. Some parents fear they will be disliked by their child if they set boundaries and make rules, but actually, quite the opposite is true. >> more |
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| The Joys Of Being Pregnant
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| Then there are the permanent side affects of having kids. My feet grew two shoe sizes through my three pregnancies and they were already big to begin with! Then there are the stretch marks, the morphing moles and dark patches of skin, the gravitational pull on once-perky parts, the changes in body shape, and sometimes your nose even gets bigger! >> more |
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| The Importance Of Family
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It is essential to ingrain the importance of family into your children. They need to know that friends will come and go, but family is the one constant they will have in life. As a parent, it is your job to foster the bond between siblings, as well as between each parent and child. >> more |
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| Is Motherhood For Me
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I used to think that everyone should have children. Naturally, it's an expected part of life. You're born, you go to school, graduate from college, get married, start a career, have kids, retire, and then die, right? >> more |
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| The Sacrifices Of A Mom
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The thing I mourn the most about being a Mom is losing my looks. This may sound vain and shallow, but pregnancy, childbirth and nursing can really take a toll on a woman's appearance. >> more |
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| Decorating A Baby's Room
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Setting up shop makes the prospect of being parents seem more real and if you're lucky, you can stand in the corner of the room and boss your husband around since you're pregnant and you shouldn't be exerting yourself too much. >> more |
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| Raising Daughters
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| I know a lot about raising daughters, not because I've been doing it for a terribly long time, but because of the quantity of girls I have. Three. I have three daughters and zero sons. >> more |
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| Terrible Twos
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The terrible twos are just a short albeit trying time in raising a child. Being a parent is like opening a gift each new day. You are presented with an undiscovered aspect of your child's personality and will sometimes be surprised, occasionally disappointed, but usually delighted. >> more |
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| The Art Of Changing A Diaper
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Well diapers are a sad, but requisite part of life when you have a baby. Try not to think about them too much. Change them in the same spirit that you do your taxes, out of duty, and do it with a smile on your face. After all, your kid may end up changing your diapers in your later years. >> more |
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| The Trials Of Breastfeeding
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Perhaps having over four years of breastfeeding experience makes me an expert on the topic, but even if it doesn't, I am an expert on the trials of breastfeeding. Every painful, embarrassing, difficult and frustrating thing that could happen, has and sometimes even more than once. >> more |
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| Being A First-time Mom
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The adjustment to being a first-time mom is so surprising and gradual, that you often hope that time travel was a possibility. If you could just go back to the blissful days of pregnancy; or fast-forward a year when you would be confident in your mothering abilities. >> more |
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| Photographing a Child
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Another way to help a shy or extroverted child be more at ease with the camera is by letting them take a few pictures themselves. This may be an occasion when having an extra, less expensive point and shoot camera or a throw-away camera may come in handy. >> more |
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| Potty Training a Child
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Even when your intuition tells you that you have found the right person, doing a few simple things like checking out the local courthouse records for any type of criminal activity, regardless of age, is just one more important step when hiring a babysitter. >> more |
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