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Positive Parenting Toolkit

Positive Parenting Toolkit

Please note, this post contains affiliate links. I know and personally trust many these amazing authors and products, so I'm more than happy to share this resource with you. I am committed to intentional parenting. For me, this means examining the ways I nurture, teach, feed and correct my children. This commitment often demands I wear the hat of a research scientist. When AE was around a year old, I began combing through the research on common disciplinary approaches. All the studies that confirmed the ineffectiveness of  rewards and punishments made perfect sense to me.…Read more
The Habit of Intentional Rest

The Habit of Intentional Rest

Welcome to the May 2013 Authentic Parenting Blog Carnival: Self Love This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Authentic Parenting Blog Carnival hosted by Authentic Parenting and Living Peacefully with Children. This month our participants have written about their thoughts concerning self-love. We hope you enjoy this month's posts and consider joining us next month when we share about Babywearing. *** At least once a day, I think of the standard instruction given at the start of an airline flight. "Put on your own oxygen mask before helping others." While it…Read more

Tuesday Baby Link Up {Week 32}

Welcome to the Tuesday Baby Link Up! Hope you all enjoyed a wonderful long weekend. I know we have some military families in our Baby Link Up Community. Thank you all for your dedication! We appreciate you and your sacrifice.     Grab the Badge   Your Hosts Shannon at GrowingSlower Jennifer at Every Breath I Take Charise at I Thought I Knew Mama Christine at African Babies Don't Cry Melissa at Adventures of Captain Destructo Featured Post Maybe someday I'll share the potty learning experience in our house. It has been an adventure to say the least.…Read more
Pet Peeves

Pet Peeves

I love the Wikipedia description of a pet peeve. "...a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than others may find it." Wanna know one of my biggest pet peeves? People sharing their pet peeves on the Internet. Meta right? Lately, I have read so many blog posts, Facebook status updates and Tweets where the author complains about some trending meme, lexicon or colloquialism. Most of the time, I see the point - people say and do some rather annoying things on the Internet. But, when…Read more

Tuesday Baby Link Up {Week 31}

Welcome to the Tuesday Baby Link Up! My family has been enjoying such a wonderful spring, but I can hardly believe the (unofficial) start of summer is next week! I'd love to hear about your summer plans!     Grab the Badge   Your Hosts Shannon at GrowingSlower Jennifer at Every Breath I Take Charise at I Thought I Knew Mama Christine at African Babies Don't Cry Melissa at Adventures of Captain Destructo Featured Post I can relate to the cosleeping story shared in this week's featured post from Julia at A Little Bit of All of It..…Read more