PREGNANCY Rhogam Shots – who benefits? BIRTH Great article about Hypnobabies in the Chicago Tribune Sexual Abuse Survivors Birth Support – book review Go Vote for the Awesome Guide to VBAC Mom shares her experience of her baby born by elective cesarean at 38 weeks – too early for this baby. Warning, can be upsetting […]
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photo credit: stars alive One change we have instituted in our family since starting at the Waldorf school is limiting our media. Limited Media We are instituting a no TV/computer games during the week rule. (Friday and Saturday are OK, also T1 is allowed computer privileges for learning activities. He taught himself Basic Programming Language
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T2 still really likes it. I love the homework load. I feel like it is a good review of what they are learning and a reasonable amount. We had open house and I got to learn more about the curriculum they are covering. It just reinforced my feeling that it is a great fit for
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Call me crazy, but really just know that I am doing what I feel is best for my boys – T2 and T3 are going to the Waldorf Charter School. T2 went yesterday for his “sit in” He spent the day in the class so he could see if it was a good fit. When
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photo credit: Ian Sane Friday we stopped by our local public school to see which teachers the big boys got. Thing 1 got Mrs. R and his best friend K is in his class! Apparently they had so many GATE kids that they made 2 classes and he is in one of the GATE classes.
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So, I have never really been thrilled with the public school system. It seems so geared towards teaching to the test. There is not a lot of inspiration too many worksheets the classes are SO big! (35 kids per class). Their school is really huge too (over 1200 kids in K-6) I didn’t feel like
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photo credit: makelessnoise Somehow every school year I create personal chaos before school. I thought this year would be different. What do I mean by chaos? I struggle with knowing where my kids belong in schools. 2003 It all started with Thing 1. When he was starting Kindergarten the Public Schools raised the number of
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Pregnancy Squat vs kegel – why one Childbirth Educator Teaches Squats Hypnosis for Childbirth Q&A part 1 – what I love most about this was that I was the lady with the button up polo, driving the mini van. J Flu Vaccine and pregnant moms – we are getting to flu vaccine time again. Here
I had a giant shift in my parenting life the past few weeks. It was a bit like birthing a new baby. I feel like I am in recovery mode. It is all good, but change is change and requires adjusting. I am going to do a series of posts next week explaining what happened
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My boys have known about sex since they were 4 and 7. When I was pregnant with Thing 3, the topic of “how did that baby get in you?” came up quite a bit. So I gave them a simple, but honest answer. I used books and presented the material very matter of fact like.
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Dear Friends of Thing 2, Did you know you can help me earn my own way in Scouting? Just click here and place an order on my behalf. Trail’s End has made a lot of improvements this year. All microwave products are made with canola oil and all caramel products are naturally sweetened, so there
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I love this short video looking at how as a Mother we are partnering with God and He will support us as we raise our kids. I know that I depend on God every step of the way with little and big decisions. I am in the midst of one right now, regarding T2 and
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When I first saw Fracture I thought it was just that they printed your picture onto the glass, but you still had to buy a frame to put it in. But NO!!! It is more wonderful than that. You actually HANG the whole thing up. It mounts directly to your wall. So you save lots
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There was a great article in the New York Times about Breast Milk Sugars Give Infants a Protective Coat It looks at different properties in breastmilk. “We were astonished that milk had so much material that the infant couldn’t digest,” Dr. German said. “Finding that it selectively stimulates the growth of specific bacteria, which are
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One topic I teach about in my Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis Classes are avoiding toxic substances while pregnant (and with new babies). Household cleaners are often very toxic and we don’t even think about when we use them! Here are 10 tips to help you be cleaner and greener! Use real towels instead of paper towels:
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