May

11

Natural Parenting Information

Posted by Cindy

May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I recently learned about a beautiful website dedicated to connecting mom, baby and the planet. The site is Mindful Mama, a free, cutting-edge content and social media site for natural parenting.  They connect parents, birth/early childhood professionals, and healthy and sustainable businesses to create a better world for families worldwide.  They donate 2% of our [...]

Jan

10

Chores To Pay or Not To Pay

Posted by Cindy

January 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Paying for chores is probably a bigger decision than that of having kids do chores. As in everything, there are 2 sides to this one. We have done it both ways.  We used to pay for chores but we haven’t paid for chores in the last 8-9 years. When trying to decide if you should [...]

Jan

7

The How’s of Chores

Posted by Cindy

January 7, 2009 | 1 Comment

So far we have covered the why’s, when’s and what’s of chores. Today we will talk about the how’s. Once you decide that it is time to have your child(ren) start being responsible for some chores, then you need to decide what chores each child will be responsible for, how you will track the chores [...]

Jan

4

The Why’s of Chores

Posted by Cindy

January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The dawn of a new year often brings discussions of children and chores. In the last few days I have spoken with several parents about this very issue. Common questions parents have are: Why should my children do chores? What age to start chores? What chores are appropriate? How many chores? and To pay or [...]

Aug

13

10th Carnival of SAHMs

Posted by Cindy

August 13, 2007 | 6 Comments

Welcome back to the Carnival of SAHMs. This is always a fun carnival with lots of great tips, advice, and stories for moms staying home with their kids or working from home. It is a tough job, but someone has to do it. Might as well be us. Are you starting to feel overwhelmed as [...]

Aug

9

McEwwww

Posted by Cindy

August 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It seems that everyone is talking about the new study that came out showing how much kids can be influenced by packaging and marketing. Namely, by McDonalds packaging and marketing. It seems that we can convince kids that anything tastes better when we wrap it in familiar packaging. Even carrots seem to taste better when [...]

Jul

31

Links You Should Read

Posted by Cindy

July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Here’s my little piece of link love for you to go read. There is a lot going on right now that is more than worth checking out. I hope you’ll take some time and enjoy the great blogs who are sharing their writings right now. First there are some wonderful posts up for the July [...]

Jul

22

Books to love

Posted by Cindy

July 22, 2007 | 3 Comments

I love books. Anyone coming into my home immediately can see what an obsession with books I have. Bookcases are full, small piles sit upon my mantel, the dressers, even the entertainment center. At any given moment I will have at least 3 books sitting out that I am reading. I was lucky enough to [...]

Jul

19

Extended Breastfeeding

Posted by Cindy

July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment

Ann Sinnott, whose 15 year old daughter self-weaned at the age of six and a half, is writing a book about sustained breastfeeding, (breastfeeding children three years and older). She would like long-term breastfeeding mothers, past and present, to complete a questionnaire at the link below. She would also like completed questionnaires from mothers who [...]

Jul

14

Sharing with other mommy bloggers

Posted by Cindy

July 14, 2007 | 1 Comment

Over at the Mommy Community there are a couple of new, fun ideas going up. The Monday Mommy Tip and the Friday Faves. These are new fun ways for us mommy bloggers to share with each other through our blogs. Every Monday you can head over there to read the great tips other moms have [...]

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