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Big Day for us – First day of Preschool!
The MommyTrade | 21 hours ago
Tomorrow (Thursday 1/7) is a big day in our house – we’ve been counting down the days and I can’t believe it’s really here! My little Joy-joy is heading off to her first day of preschool! I never would have thought I’d b read more
Out of the Box. Box Here Being both Slang and Metaphor.
daisybones | January 3rd 2010 by Heidi Richardson Evans
I justnowthisverysecond sent the set of final drawings to Lissa for her forthcoming book, What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask You Gynecologist if She Was Your Best Friend. The sneaky peak is from the chapter on pregnancy. I love t read more
New Year’s Eve Resolutions for Eco-Conscious Parents
Natural Moms Blog | December 31st 2009 by Maria Rodrigo
New Year’s resolutions are notorious for being broken before February. One way to minimize back-sliding is to involve others in your resolutions. Elicit your family’s help and come up with a list of resolutions that everyone can participa read more
It's Monday Morning
Simply Heather's Blog | December 28th 2009 by Simply Heather
I'm sitting in my bed right now, listening to snuffluffagus breathing next to me (that would be Lucien with a head cold). He's been taking late afternoon naps since school let out and staying awake until well passed midnight each night. What a horr read more
What You Should Know About Food Additives and Your Kids
Environmental Health-Wellness-Beauty...Get Informed Now! | December 24th 2009 by Shane D. Shirley-Smith
Navigating Food Additives is a really quick video explanation of why artificial food additives are something you want to work on eliminating from your diet and your child's diet. I am a big fan of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi read more
On wizardry
Musings Musings Musings | December 22nd 2009 by The Muser
"The training of wizards is a very difficult thing. Wizards have to spend years standing in a chalk circle until they can manage without it. They push out their power bit by bit, first within their hearts, then within their bodies, then within their read more
Ceres -Mother Earth
Joan's Astrology | December 22nd 2009 by Joan
HAPPY SOLSTICE ALLCeres is the original Earth Mother. During good times she and her daughter Persephone wandered the Earth spreading seeds and making all things grow. One day, Pluto, Lord of the Underworld, tricked Persephone and took her into the Un read more
Holed In and A Recital
A Mountain Mama's Blog | December 21st 2009
“Holed in” – This is a term used in these parts for a time when you have to stay put somewhere, usually at home, for a longer period of time than normal. I’m assuming the term came from either underground coal mining or fox read more
Welcome to Sweet Rose Farm
REAL Families: Journeys through REAL Life | December 20th 2009 by Kari Niedermaier
The Niedermaier Caravan rolled into Sweet Rose Farm at 5pm on Thursday, December 17th. We managed to make it the last hour through the mountains without any vomiting – YEAH!!! Thanks to some great navigating skills by DH a read more
Making It Work
A Mountain Mama's Blog | December 18th 2009
I’ve been threatening to announce something for a week or two now. It’s time. I’ve been struggling to come to terms with what I feel like are big failures in my life as a mama and homemaker. I can’t keep my house straigh read more
Time magazine advocates “tough love” approach to infant sleep
Crunchy Domestic Goddess | December 18th 2009 by Amy
Time magazine recently published a section called The Year in Health, A to Z in the Dec. 7, 2009 issue. The letter B is for Babies and what Time advised regarding babies, “tough love” and sleep has many people shaking their heads in disag read more
A Lot Going On
A Mountain Mama's Blog | December 17th 2009
There is quite a bit going on around here right now. Deladis had her first dance recital last night, and she did amazing! She danced all by herself. I’m so proud of her. I had to take Ivy back to the doctor this morning for more medicin read more
Bye bye, baby?
Musings Musings Musings | December 17th 2009 by The Muser
A little over a year ago I tried to go off of my antidepressants largely because I thought I wanted to get pregnant again and wasn't comfortable with the risks involved in being pregnant on them*. I wasn't able to get off of my antidepressant. Now th read more
Moving Up...Moving On?
Losing It | December 14th 2009 by Katherine
So my oldest daughter is in grade 4 at our local community school (so local I can see it from my kitchen window!) It's a fabulous school - FABULOUS - but it's time for her to move on, because the school only goes to grade 4. There are a few options t read more
One Thing After Another and Berry Compote
A Mountain Mama's Blog | December 14th 2009
There are those times in all of our lives when it seems like things fall apart one after the other. The Haywoods are experiencing that right now. I wanted to come on today and post something cheery or at the very least poignant. Not possible. read more
Sneezing for laughs
mama in macondo | December 14th 2009 by macondo mama
How I love these quirky, intimate moments with the little ones. On the drive home from our friends' place, the monkey starts crying and doesn't stop. Since Macondo Papa isn't there, and I'm driving, I can't climb into the back seat on the go and sm read more
Pro-Mom, Not Pro-Blogger
Keeper of the Home | December 14th 2009 by Stephanie
I'm not sure that I knew what I was getting myself into. It all seems so very long ago when I first began setting up Keeper of the Home over two years ago. I don't really remember what I thought blogging would be like... enjoyable, relatively simple, read more
Great Organic, Gluten Free Food Line for Kids...My Kids Love It!
Environmental Health-Wellness-Beauty...Get Informed Now! | December 12th 2009 by Shane D. Shirley-Smith
I just realized that I have never shared one of my greatest weapons against my kids ingesting partially hydrogenated fats, synthetic herbicides, synthetic pesticides, artificial additives and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website fo read more
Christmas in Our Cabin
A Mountain Mama's Blog | December 11th 2009
I still have to wait to tell my exciting news until the right time. I can promise you however, (as someone has asked) that I am not pregnant. Though that would be very exciting news indeed, it would send both mine and John’s parents into co read more
On motherhood and rigour
mama in macondo | December 11th 2009 by macondo mama
I have this desire to write profound words about all this and many other half-written posts. To reflect upon it all in a deep and meaningful way. To write something really honest, or thought-provoking. I am feeling less than thoughtful lately (as in read more
Midwives: They don’t just call for hot water and towels anymore
Confabulous | December 11th 2009 by Sabine Hikel
There is a lot of talk these days in health circles about evidence-based decision-making, i.e. developing policy based on strong research, rather than on ideology, “anecdata” or economic expediency. Unfortunately, a lot of the talk is jus read more
Mommas Changing the World... Every Day!
REAL Families: Journeys through REAL Life | December 11th 2009 by Kari Niedermaier
This time of the year is always crazy. As a mom, I'm 'stuck' in the day-in and day-out needs of my family and still trying to make the Christmas season special for my kids and for those I care about. This year I'm miserably failing at the read more
If...
A Journey to a Simple Happy Life | December 10th 2009 by Imene Said-Kouidri
While I was reading to Samy and Tarek tonight, I remembered this poem by Rudyard Kipling. My father gave one to my brother a long time ago and I always read it and wondered what it meant. Now that I am grown up and raising my own children it has t read more
Things that baffle me...
Musings Musings Musings | December 10th 2009 by The Muser
Women who are able to 1) get their hair done2) get their make-up done3) put on cute, matching outfits4) fix their preschool girl's hair and put it in perfectly parted pony-tails5) get their infant up, fed, dressed, with hair done6) make lunch for pre read more
Perfect Green Baby Gift for Every New or Expecting Mom...The Wom…
Environmental Health-Wellness-Beauty...Get Informed Now! | December 9th 2009 by Shane D. Shirley-Smith
One of the most natural and sustainable ways to feed your baby is to go green, breastfeed and ditch the formula. According to The Environmental Working Group: The makers of Nestlé, Similac,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit read more
Healing
A Mountain Mama's Blog | December 9th 2009
This week has been very difficult for me emotionally and physically, though I’m seeing the light. I took Ivy to the doctor today and she has a sinus infection. She has had congestion since before Thanksgiving, so I took the prescription for read more
Readers of the Longmont Ledger, welcome to my blog :)
Crunchy Domestic Goddess | December 7th 2009 by Amy
If you are new to Crunchy Domestic Goddess and are visiting after reading Crunchy and loving it: Longmont woman finds her natural niche in the blogosphere in the Longmont Ledger this weekend, welcome! I’m glad to have you join me. (And if you a read more
Consuming Our Kids
Musings Musings Musings | December 6th 2009 by The Muser
I just have discovered several bloggers who write about being autistic or having asperger's. They are quickly becoming some of my favorite bloggers, especially those who blog on disability rights. Their writing and thinking is some of the most insigh read more
Surprise First Snow
A Mountain Mama's Blog | December 6th 2009
Ivy has been sick since Thursday night. Fever and coughing. I’m reluctant to call it the flu as no one else in our house has had those symptoms, but Ivy has been real poorly. After sleepless nights keeping a check on the fever, it was ama read more
Baby Goth
daisybones | December 6th 2009 by Heidi Richardson Evans
I just scored Jack & Sally plushies! (photo by seller stuffofKtown) Regarding an email exchange between me & my Nellveeta-boo, in which she wonders about my influence when I mention Tim Burton gear as possible Molly gifts... I swear this read more
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