Disclosure :: World Breastfeeding Week is recognized August 1 – 7, 2016. This year, the World Breastfeeding Week theme is about how breastfeeding is a key element in getting us to think about how to value our wellbeing from the start of life, how to respect each other and care for the world we share. Our World Breastfeeding Week is sponsored by Woman’s Hospital.
Congratulations to all expectant parents! This is such an exciting time in your life. There is so much to do while you await your baby’s arrival. There are also so many decisions to make. Have you thought about how you will feed your child?
Breastfeeding is the optimal nutrition for newborns. August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week, and we celebrate your...
Today I was THAT mom. The mom we never want to be. The mom we've all judged. The mom who blames herself for allowing her unruly children to disrupt a public establishment. As I frantically stormed out of the movie theatre with two crying (ok, one was screaming) children, I couldn't help but shed a few tears as I felt like the huge failure we never want our children to see in us as parents.
In the past, many times, I've been guilty of judging moms with the screaming toddler on the cereal aisle, but today my emotions shifted to the other side of the fence and wow, did it feel terrible. As my children managed to ruin a major...
It never fails: During the week I will go pick up lunch somewhere or get on social media and see moms with their kids, enjoying summer. I start feeling down on myself because my kids are at camp and I am stuck behind a desk. Are those kids having a better summer than mine?
I work 40-50 hrs a week. Throw in gymnastics practice and renovating a house and I am one tired mama. My husband works, as well, so not much changes between winter and summer around our place. Not much in terms of lazy summer can be found in our house.
Growing up my mom stayed home and our summers were spent reading, playing outside, riding bikes with neighbors...
"My children don't notice color."
This sentiment is repeated time and again, boldly and proudly. It's touted as a great parenting goal, especially when racial tensions heat up. We don't want our children to see the color of another person's skin. We want them to see everyone as the same.
It's a good goal. Admirable. It comes from a place of wanting our children to be inclusive and friendly to all people. And we certainly all want our children to treat others with respect and kindness.
But this particular sentiment is counter-intuitive. Seeing everyone as the same is different than seeing everyone as equal. Everyone is not the same. And what a boring world it would be if everyone were the same....
To the children that lost their daddy last night. This is for you.
As I read the report and see the photos of your daddy from last nights' event, my heart crumbles for you. It crumbles into a sad dark place that you, your siblings and your friends ... all of our children are being raised in.
This morning, I watched as you cried at that press conference while your mamma spoke and it made me want nothing more than to scoop you up, hug you tight and cry with you. I wanted so badly to squeeze you, let you cry in my arms ... so badly I wanted to tell you everything was going to be ok. But it's not.
I...
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