Life with Little Ones

The Flipside of Filling the Well

I was talking to my husband the other day about how he was feeling in life– overwhelmed and stressed over the sense of not being on top of things. Completely familiar feeling to me,  we all  know it– the burnt out feeling. I was saying how we needed to make space for him to get [...]

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What a Good Mother Does…

A good mother… …serves her child water from bpa free cups …never lets her child drink from plastic …goes for the Barney set on sale …speaks gently and does not interfere much …keeps a close eye and quickly intervenes …lashes out in anger and regrets her actions …lives in the moby …buckles them up in [...]

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Want your kids to eat healthy? Speak their language!

Ihave a problem with encouraging moms to get healthy foods into their kids by hiding, masking and concealing it. When I first started reading this perspective it was like sand in my shoe…something was so irritating about it but I couldn’t exactly pinpoint what bothered me so much. I mean, I am totally on board [...]

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At the Heart of Self Care

Photo by Pioneer Woman “…understand that to nurture and love others with the grace you desire means taking care of yourself and cultivating your own inner harmony. Inner harmony grows not by finding ways to get away from your child, but by giving yourself the gift of a hot bath at the end of a [...]

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Getting Healthy Foods In On The Fly

When our lifestyles demand more from us than normal- when we have a stretch of overstressed, anxious, or demanding work ahead of us, it is never so important (or challenging) to keep ourselves well nourished. For me, during these times, I keep my home stocked and ready with single-handed or 3 minute meal ingredients.  I [...]

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