By DeeDee Warning: If you’re even a little bit squeamish, don’t read this post. FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD, move on. Save yourself! And your sensibilities. I debated retelling this story. In fact, I wrestled with it for about 10 minutes. But since I’m all about full disclosure regarding my parenting experiences,…
Author Archives: Stephanie
A Roomful Of Hope
By Mary Written October 5, 2008 in the Dominican Republic This morning as I walked up an uneven set of stairs and stepped into the hubbub of my third Compassion project of the week, I didn’t know that this was the project that would touch me to the core. Kids jostled in rows of white…
My Four-Year Old
By Melodee My daughter thought 6:12 a.m. was a fine time to wake up. I thought not, so I rocked her for two minutes and put her back to bed. I think she woke up because she was cold. She was cold because she refused a blanket last night because she is four years old…
I landed on the Bad Mom space
By Gretchen My children do not know how to play Monopoly. I never thought of this as a mothering failure until yesterday. Monopoly is a tiresome game which always lasts about 42 minutes longer than it should. The most exciting part is deciding between being the boot or the terrier and it goes downhill from…
My Kids Have Never Been Trick-Or-Treating
By Stephanie It’s true. My kids have never ran through the neighborhood in costume, looking through tiny plastic-masked slit-eyes, puffs of breath foggy in the chilly fall night. Hollow jack-o-lanterns with black handles have not been dumped onto my living room floor, a sea of colors and chocolate and crinkly wrappers. We are that house….
Serenity Now!
By Stephanie It’s Bloggy Giveaways time and 5 Minutes For Parenting wants to reward THREE of our wonderful readers with a chocolatey spa treat- a box of tasty Turtle Chex Mix Bars, chocolate candles, caramel lotion and spa essentials like a loofah, hand massager, nail brush and spa towel. Did I say chocolate candles? Yes…
Parenting Gone Awry
By Tina George Washington, the father of our country, is often quoted as having said, “I cannot tell a lie.” And that is why he is the father of our country and not the mother. Mothers lie. We have to. It’s a survival skill. Now, if you are reading this and saying to yourself, “I…
Too Many Headless Chickens
By Stephanie We all have our own boundaries, as Mothers, of just how much we’ll let go. Over time I’ve gone from letting my boys play in the back yard while I hover over their every move, then letting them play while I watch from a window inside, and eventually someday (hopefully before they graduate)…
Parenting 101
By DeeDee My husband and I read all sorts of parenting books before our first daughter, Emme, was born. We were so knowledgeable that we counted ourselves “experts” in the field of child raising, even before the first diaper change. We looked down our noses at other parents with uncontrollable children in public places, wagging…
Babies Don’t Keep
By Stephanie I’m what most would call an “attached” parent in the sense that I pretty much never put my baby down. She sleeps with me and she nurses whenever she wants (even if it means I have to pull the car over). I hold her a lot and wear her in a sling throughout…