Tonight my heart is tired. You ever have one of those times as a parent where you wish you could rewind and have a do-over? I wish I could back up about 2 hours and just do things differently. My sweet Lovebug got in trouble for something tonight that she really shouldn’t have. The worst part . . . → Read More: Parenting should come with do-overs
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No, I’m not teaching her to fish for fish – that will be Daddy’s job! I’m sure you’ve heard the following quote. “Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.” This concept is a huge part of parenting. One of my jobs as a mom . . . → Read More: Teaching a child to fish Tonight I had a very emotional discussion with Lovebug. Just as she should have been falling asleep she came downstairs crying. For some reason, her mind was wandering before going to sleep and she started missing one of her toys that she made the choice (on her own!) to sell a few months ago. She didn’t . . . → Read More: Regret & Disappointment are hard lessons for kids Today was a wonderful day in so many ways, but frustrating at the same time. Lovebug is going through another “interrupting phase”. Not just interrupting either, but keeping on and on and on after I tell her no, or ask her to wait. Honestly, it’s something that as a kid I struggled with as well. My . . . → Read More: I will not interrupt I will not interrupt I will not interrupt Lovebug and I had a great day! We started the day with breakfast, and then some game time. I wanted some one-on-one time with her because I knew I would be spending a lot of time unpacking today and she wouldn’t get as much of my focused attention. First we played “I Can Do That!”. It’s . . . → Read More: I cried over her misspelled words We’re on the hunt to find a new church home, and this morning we visited another new one. As I was sitting next to hubby, this lady came up to introduce herself to us. As she was doing so, Lovebug came walking back to us from getting a drink of water. I introduced the lady to . . . → Read More: What NOT to say! Thank you all for the response to the Walmart post! I really appreciate you reading, commenting, and sharing that post – keep it coming! I love hearing from each of you. I’m overwhelmed actually. I’ve been working on a response for the last couple days and I just can’t get my mind around the big picture . . . → Read More: To the moms who have been THAT mom In one of my recent posts on the Dallas Moms Blog, I mentioned that my daughter had found pure joy in a box of paper clips. I wanted to expand on that a bit because it went from joy to obsessive attachment pretty quickly, and became quite entertaining. Early this past Saturday morning, she had a single . . . → Read More: I don’t stick my hand in a toilet for just anyone! Dear Struggling Mom, I heard your child all over the store. As I visited different areas of the store in search for the things on my list, I could hear him stimming. Loudly. I recognized it immediately. My heart immediately went out to you even though I hadn’t seen you yet. I knew that grocery shopping was . . . → Read More: To the woman with the autistic child at Walmart… Let me preface this by saying that I don’t have a problem with kids believing in Santa. I think it’s fun, sweet, innocent, and embraces the spirit of giving. So, I’m not saying you should give that up at all. I would, however, like you to consider HOW you use Santa in your home. Imagine this… You are . . . → Read More: What is Santa doing to your child’s self esteem?  |
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