People always say not to sweat the small stuff, but sometimes it’s the small stuff that can make he biggest difference.
This summer I have been trying to do little things around the house just to make life simpler or prettier or just nicer in some way. It’s funny what can change your life in a small yet very significant way.
Taking responsibility for my life means many things to me. Much of the big stuff like the wall I put up between myself and others and how angry I was and generally nasty sometimes are gone – vanished like some sort of magic. What’s left are those things that can make a huge difference in my day to day life. these include being organized and responsible for remembering what forms need to be filled out, that there is a fieldtrip tomorrow and I need to send sancks to school on Wednesday. It also means taking responsibility for my health and my body and finally doing what it takes to be a healthy, confident, beautiful woman.
I am proud to announce the launch of my latest website project TheNestKids.com.
So days of fever and puking and diarhea came and went and Ian aquired one nasty case of diaper rash. Ooh, it was ugly. We tried everything we had left over in the house and nothing was helping and he was experiencing a significant amount of discomfort. Finally I remembered that I had heard someone at a baby shower recently talking about this amazing diaper cream you could get by asking the pharmacy.
I has been very exciting watching the transformation of our backyard.
Just yesterday we completed the deck. Done, finished. It only took a little under a year. No biggie.
Having two kids with birthdays four days apart was a really bad idea, not that we consciously decided to do it that way. Whatever you do, don’t try to get pregnant the same month more than once. As a result of this momentary lack in judgement, April is crazy crazy crazy. There is Easter [...]
So Dr. Laura is on Larry King right now discussing her new book “In Praise of Stay at Home Moms”. I have to say that I am a little confused about what to say about this. I am more than slightly uncomfortable with the fact that Dr. Laura is the new spokesperson for stay at [...]
When Ada was younger, she had terrible cradle cap. Not your average cradle cap that most kids get, but persistent cradle cap that would not go away and lasted until I finally beat it when she was three.
When Ian was just a few months old he broke out in what I thought was a rash. He had patches of light pink bumps all over his body. I was not familiar with exzema and this didn’t look like the red raw patches I had seen on other kids with eczema
There are many times when the little pieces of wisdom learned from other parents, friends, teachers, grandparents, coworkers or whomever come screaming to the rescue. These bits of information that lie in the back of our minds are very valuable and should be openly shared and cherished between parents. It is our job as parents to support each other and we have so much knowledge and experience that we may never share with each other, but definitely show.
