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How to clear a room of teenagers
I have 2 teenagers, both girls. It seems there is always a guest in our house. It may be just one additional kid, or a whole house full, but, I am going to start taking their pictures and hanging them on the wall so I can remember who they are.
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WAKE UP CALL--FOR REAL BUT A SNIPPET IN TIME
Dr. Kevin Keough My cell phone rang twice around 2:30 am Sunday morning. Didn't recognize the number. Usually don't respond to such calls. I answer and person hangs up. A few minutes later, another ring. I answer and hear the voice of my 20 year old daughter, who is trying to figure whether my son, Michael or me had answered. I said-Kate, it's Dad, what's happening" . She hangs up. S it goes but something didn't feel right. Told my son to call her to make sure things are okay..."Mike, usually
Tim Frickenschmidt, "Negative Christmas Parties"
Our staff Christmas party is tonight; it’s at one of my co-worker’s homes. I’m glad it’s at a house – seems more Christian, which is probably a good thing seeing that this is a church staff. I say “more Christian” because no one let Jesus into their home when he was being born, so it’s seems like the church should have repented of that by now and open our homes to others, especially around Christmas. But when we let people in what do we have to offer them? Egg nog? I like egg nog. When it
Mom-invented trap-door crib aims to make sheet changes easier
Forgot the big baby product companies. When it comes to the best and most innovative baby products, it's often moms and dads who come up with clever solutions to common parenting challenges. Take the chore of changing baby's crib sheets. Yep, babies pee and more in their cribs—and that often means changing the crib sheets at 2am. And 4am. While products like the Ultimate Crib Sheet can help (we discuss these in our book), the reality of changing the baby's actual crib sheet is a chor
Thrombastic Threes
Maddie turns three next week. I've decided that, at least according to our household, there is not much to the "terrible two's" moniker. Both of our girls were fairly angelic little creatures at 2. But 3, well now, that's a different story. I'm calling it "thrombastic three". Suddenly parenting takes on new challenges - and often leaves me feeling frustrated. I remember this with Hope, at pretty much the same age. And, oddly I've found it mentioned in several books on parenting/disciplin
Where I Write Online
You'll find my rantings brilliant ramblings writing in the following locations: • Uppercase Woman's Faves and Flops (my review blog) • My Professional Site • Gruntlings (reviews) • Savvy Source Parenting, Philadelphia (activities, etc, for toddlers in Philly) • Type-A Mom (not current, in archives) • Awareness Bridges (contributing editor)
SHIFTWORK: MANAGE IT BEFORE IT MANAGES YOU !
by Dr. Kevin Keough Effective shift work management is one of the keys to success in a law enforcement career. You can manage shift work through proper nutrition, exercise, use of effective sleep principles--such as creating a bedroom that promotes sleep--and becoming an expert stress manager. Shift work is a fact of life in law enforcement agencies. Though organizational changes can be made to reduce the number and severity of adverse effects of 24-hour operations, police officers will alw
31 Days of Joy::4
Today's joy is.... Barret's sweet hugs. Her little arms around my neck, her hand going pat-pat-pat on my back or shoulder, and the way she always has to say"Huuuuugs" as she's giving you one. Her kisses goodnight or goodbye are mostly perfunctory and obligatory, but oh, those hugs are pure joy to receive.
Thursday's Connections Abound
Welcome to today's edition of Connections Abound. The point to Lost and Found is to level the support playing field. When LFCA works correctly, the newest blogger with the smallest readership can receive the same level of support as the oldest blogger with the largest readership. Anyone can submit news to LFCA by clicking here.Lost and Found is open to anyone in the infertility, pregnancy loss, adoption, pregnancy-and-parenting after infertility, assisted conception, living child-free after infe
YOU KNOW ME DON'T YA? I JUST CAN'T RESIST
Yep that is right. I just can't resist when I read a new article on some adoption agency that is being slammed by adoptive parents. The author of it does a very good expose on it. One of the comments that I found horrifying was the following:"The adoption agency's e-mailed response admonished Harmoning for breaching contract, warning her that because of her "anger," that, "there may be some extra steps warranted before completing this adoption." CCI's contract also allowed the agency to requ
Defecttion watch: Bradford Labour councillor joins the Conservatives
Bradford City ward councillor Munir Ahmed (pictured) has resigned from the Labour Party to join the Conservatives. He will now take the Conservative Whip and sit as a member of the Conservative Group in City Hall. Cllr Ahmed commented: "Over the past few months, I have become increasingly disillusioned with the policy direction of the Labour Party, both locally and nationally. "I first took the decision to enter politics because I wanted to help deliver better services for the area in whic
Thursday brain drain
I'm up, I'm up. I'm just avoiding life this morning. Is that wrong? It seems like my new routine on Thursdays is to wake up - realize that it's Thursday, again - and suffer a mild anxiety attack. There's something about the repeated coming of Thursday's that makes me realize how little I'm accomplishing from week to week The boys have well checks today - our last appointment on this insurance plan. Well - we hope. I can't help but think that - hmph - fine thing, finally we all are well
Baby books, etc.
Writing about my Top 5 best baby/parenting books on Carrie and Danielle. It's my favourite post I've written for them and I love the pic they used to illustrate it too.
Father finds parenting utopia and terrapin
No cynicism. For real. Fatherhood bliss. This is it. Lauca’s father has wanted to take her exploring creeks ever since he first knew he was going to become a father. This is his moment, this is what fatherhood looked like to him when he was inspiring himself for the life he was about to enter. During those long colicky baby nights, those equally long days of her wanting to be carried everywhere, and those many moments of cold rejection when she refused any part of him, his moment must have appea
She is So Cute!
My youngest daughter is very cute. Whenever she woke up in the morning she was always very cheerful. She smiled and talked to herself. She didn't mind playing by herself while I was working in front of my laptop. However after about 1 hour or so playing by herself she would start complaining. At this moment if I responsed to her she would be cheerful again and smiled at me. The funny thing was that if I leaved her alone at this point, she would cry so loud complete with tears. It made my heart j
10 Things I never would've believed about parenting
Fifteen years ago, if you'd asked me what I believed about parenting, I would've answered with a lot of platitudes. Or a blank stare. Because I didn't know jack. Now, though, I find myself in the thick of mothering two young children, doing things I could not, at age 25, have imagined. It would've been unconscionable: 1. That my husband and I wouldn't make time for regular date nights2. That our family would rarely eat dinner together3. That I'd make a grown up's version AND a kid's version of
Homemade
I actually never thought that I'd ever again have the privilege of making a batch of homemade baby food. Believe it or not, making baby food is one of those tasks that brings me an amazing amount of contentment. It's the mundane, elevated somehow into a little taste of domestic bliss. Who knew a little puree could make a woman so happy?My journey to homemade baby food began when Jo was an infant. Remember that this was the late nineties; breastfeeding had really just come back into the mainstrea
Links & Pictures: a blogger's favorite literary devices
You guys, I love having a girl. Not just for the clothes. Molly is SO much more responsive than Jack ever was. I feel "bonded" to her in a way I didn't with Jack until he was a big boy and could actually do stuff. I put quotes around bonded because who knows what that means. But she coos and smiles and talks and follows you and IT IS SO FUN. I had to work so hard for Jack smiles, but Molly's easy. Is it a girl thing? I have no idea. Tomorrow morning I should have something up at Parenting
Of modern parents, children and upbringing…
I’m seriously considering to stop taking breakfast at the regular cafe that I patronized almost every morning before I go to work, as I could not stop myself from observing my surrounding and feels bad about certain things that I see. I’ve lost track of how many articles that was inspired during my breakfast session. The previous one was about an old lady who had been sent away to live in an old folks homes. And today, again, I saw things that displease me. I was starting to get irritated when m
Management Wisdom from Tommy Lasorda
"I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it. " Tommy Lasorda I grew up in the San Francisco area and thus was trained to despise the Los Angles Dodgers, which Tommy Lasorda coached for years. But this little quote from him is brilliant, and applies to management and a lot of other challenges in life -- including parenting. P.S. Here is where I found the quotes if you want to hear mor
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