Why Not To Let Your Kid Get Overtired

Because then you end up home on a Saturday night, pulling your hair out trying to get her back into her routine, which was never really much of a routine, but much more of a routine than this … whatever this is. She’s been waking every twenty minutes at night, due to a double ear infection, . . . → Read More: Why Not To Let Your Kid Get Overtired

Growth-Spurt Soup (AKA “Beannut Stew”)

Welcome to the July Carnival of Natural Parenting: Let’s Talk About Food

This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have written about their struggles and successes with healthy eating. Please read to the end to find a list of . . . → Read More: Growth-Spurt Soup (AKA “Beannut Stew”)

Is Rice Cereal Evil?

I suppose not. Evil is probably too strong a word. Though, when you have 150 people, including cashiers at Stop and Shop, telling you that you need to put some in the bottle of your unsuspecting baby from the time of three months, before their bodies are even able to fully digest your own breastmilk, it . . . → Read More: Is Rice Cereal Evil?

Normal Momma Angst?

I recently read the post of a woman in an online forum admit to nearly 2,000 forum members that she was at her wit’s end; she’d given it her all but having an infant and a toddler was running her to the madhouse. I was surprised, but not surprised, to read the number of responses suggesting . . . → Read More: Normal Momma Angst?