Monthly Archives: July 2011

Teaching your child charitable giving

A friend once told me that she taught her 4 year old daughter to put coins into a piggy bank, and at the end of the year before Christmas, they’d bring the piggy bank to a charity. Usually the total was somewhere around $200 (loose change adds up), and her daughter would put dad’s pocket…

No, You’re Not Weird

I can’t count how many times I have felt awkward around people. After spending all day, every day with only a mini-sized version of me, it was easy to feel out of touch and craving ‘adult’ association. When I did get a chance to be around other adults, I was nervous and felt like I…

BabyWise was the answer I needed

For the first four weeks of Andrew’s life, we fed him pretty much on-demand. He cried? We fed him, or rocked him, or soothed him. Anything we could do to get him to NOT CRY. I slept… very little. I was tired, cranky, and recovering from a majorly traumatic birth (4th degree episiotomy) and not…

Carefree Laughter: a daily multivitamin

Laughter is a good medicine. It balms the soul when the waves of anxiety buffet. It clears the mind when lists and deadlines loom. It reminds us that life is still fun even if we do not enjoy the responsibilities consuming our thoughts. What is there to laugh at? A silly hat on a toddler’s…

My Kids Saw Their Parents Get Married

After six years, and two beautiful children together, on May 22nd, 2011, Wilhelm and I got married. One of the special parts of the ceremony, to me, was that our children got to see us get married. Ari looks really silly in this picture, but I think he was intrigued by what was going on….