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The Hoped For, Yet Unexpected Second Baby
We trudged down a long, rugged road to conceive our son, and while future children were always in our hearts and hopes, we had anticipated a similarly turbulent course to further expanding our fam....
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Hospital or Home: How Did You Decide Where to Birth Your Baby?
As I creep towards the halfway mark of my second pregnancy, I’m confronted by questions around which I’ve been tip-toeing: Where, oh where, will my baby be born? Should I go the hospital route again?...
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Babyhood for Sale!
It’s 2:50am, Dalia’s second week home from the hospital. I’m slouched in bed, my bedside lamp lit, reading The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems. Misha paces the room with Dalia draped over his...
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Parenting from the ego vs. intuition
Gabrielle Bernstein’s newest book, May Cause Miracles I’ve been reading an amazing book these days, Spirit Junkie by Gabrielle Bernstein. I went to summer camp with Gabby as a teenager and was thrilled...
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Why babies don’t “behave”
Have you ever had someone comment to you how “well-behaved” your baby is? If not, don’t worry, just read on. This compliment reflects a pervasive Western misconception about how babies function. Have...
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Love through the eyes of a new parent
We spend a lot of time thinking about faults. Our faults, those of people around us, our employers, politicians, even the world’s. In fact, once you start looking, you could spend a lifetime finding...
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7 Positive Parenting Resolutions for the New Year
Like most parents, I have resolved to be the best parent I can be. And for me, that means integrating proven best practices as I come across them, incorporating them into my parenting toolbelt. The end...
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Creating space to “hold” your child’s emotion
As any parent knows, the size of a person’s emotions has nothing to do with the size of his body. Babies and toddlers stretch us emotionally by confronting us with feelings that we’ve been taught to...
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5 Tips to Help Kids Adjust to a Big Transition
When you were a kid, did you ever feel like your parents made so many decisions regarding your life and you had absolutely no control? It’s a frustrating feeling for children, but totally avoidable. I...
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5 Toddler Springtime Activities that Foster Independence
I love this time of year. Here in the southwest, the weather is mild and breezy, flowers are starting to bloom, and the birds are building nests. And just as the earth has decided to be fruitful and...
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Long Term Effects of Crying It Out (CIO)
Crying it out (CIO) has become a popular tool among Western parents seeking to get their babies to sleep through the night. It ranges from controlled crying – leaving a baby to cry for a few minutes...
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3 Tools to Leverage Parenting as a Spiritual Path
Raising children is hard work. It’s deeply trying, physically and emotionally. Many studies have confirmed the drudgery of parenting, finding that the work itself is more tiring than chores or paid...
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How Praising Gives us the “Gimmes”
I’ve been on board with limiting praise for my kids ever since reading the compelling book Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn (affiliate link). I understood it in theory, I learned to apply it in...
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Why favorites are not my favorite
Like many conversations with children, it’s almost innate. “What book is your favorite?” “Which ice cream flavor is your favorite?” You like Sesame Street? Which character is your favorite?” Harmless,...
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Team Fairy vs Team Princess
Parents of young girls today are inundated by all things pink and frilly. It’s often taken for granted that every girl wants to be a princess. As a tomboy who grew up with little interest in barbies;...
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