can you do the wet noodle? | seeing myself in my toddler’s tantrums

toddler protesting in a high chair

What if I just hit the deck every time I didn’t get my way? Would that get me very far in life?

Apparently I’ve learned along the way that it doesn’t… but I watch my two-year-old moving from a normal standing position to sprawling out on the floor multiple times a day and realize [...]

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nighttime parenting vs. daytime parenting: do we have split personality disorder?

baby with bright blue eyes and amber teething necklace

It’s easy to be a “good” mom during the day when the littles are happy and smiling and being cute… But what about nighttime parenting? That’s really where the rubber hits the road and your true parenting values come out.

 

I clearly remember thinking that four to six months was the most challenging [...]

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the world needs more good men

raising boys to be men

I’m not just raising boys… I’m raising men. Good men.

Dear Boy Moms,

Raising boys can be tiring.

They are loud. They are dirty. They are busy. They are active… very.

But don’t we have the wonderful privilege of raising not just boys… but raising boys to be good men?

The world needs a few [...]

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the perfect mom? | my practices of parenting (and how my values shape them)

motherhood and parenting two little boys

I’m a perfect mother. I have all the answers. I have it all worked out.

I never make mistakes. I always get it right. I know exactly what I’m doing.

Um……… no.

N.O.

In fact, I have a lot of ideals. I also have some ideas.

But more than that I have parenting values. And [...]

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the cost of motherhood | how much are you willing to pay?

the cost of motherhood is high but the value of children is higher

 

So many of my earliest childhood memories center around playing house. Whether we were playing “Little House on the Prairie”, building a fort outside, or dressing and redressing our dollies, I always wanted to “play house” so I could be the mom, have babies, and mother the children.

Now that I am the [...]

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