Teaching

I mentioned in a previous post that we are definite fans of gentle sleep training and how it transformed our lives shortly after my daughter’s birth. Since this post I have realized, even more, how fragile of a topic this can be and how strongly differing opinions are held.  Many things that are very necessary […]

I have probably mentioned this before, but something I realize again and again every day is that parenting takes A LOT of creativity! You have to make things fun…to make each day unique…to communicate a message or concept that isn’t getting through…to stay SANE…you need CREATIVITY! I’ve also realized that it is a hit and […]

One huge thing I have learned in my year of mothering is that training your children is an ongoing process and I don’t believe you ever “arrive”.  And with a first child – sometimes I feel like she is my little guinea pig!  But God is a God of wisdom and the only way I […]

Based on my Google searches while researching this topic, I believe most parents of toddlers understand this issue that we have recently conquered in our home. This issue is a natural one that occurred when our daughter learned to pull herself up and was just too excited about it to stop because it was naptime!  The […]

Now that I am expecting my second child, I have realized that much of this experience is deja vu of the first time around…but there are also I few things that are very different. Baby showers for instance… With the first baby we needed: a crib, changing table, stroller, car seat, blankets, baby bathtub, nursery decorations, […]

In my perfect dream world there is an exact formula for discipline that you can follow that will produce perfectly happy, trained children!  Only a year into parenting I have discovered that my dream world will simply NEVER be a reality. Training children takes constant creativity, flexibility and prayer!  And at the end of the day, a formula […]