The end of summer. Labor Day. Beginning of Fall. Only a few days left to swim. Almost time to start planning for Halloween costumes. September. Wow.
TwinkleToes is doing fantabulous in kindergarten. She loves going to school in the morning, and comes home just a jabbering about everything she did that day. Beginning with “I got [...]

I’ve been doing a lot of that the past few days. I think it’s probably time for me to read Siblings Without Rivalry again. At a certain point I have to remember that if I’m doing my job correctly then there shouldn’t be this much fussing.
Yesterday I heard the words, “Mommy! She smiled at [...]

Last week, as we were trying to get ready one morning, GlitterGirl (now in the throes of Tweenhood) screamed at me “You don’t understand!!!!” and then ran to her room in tears. This because she wanted to wear last year’s shorts that are now too short for the dress code, and I told her [...]

When can “they” be a harsh word? When someone let’s their prejudices out of the box.
“They” are all good at gymnastics.
“They” are all good at math.
I had to call someone on that recently. I pointed out that when you put it into “us and them”, that you are creating an “Us” box and a “Them” [...]

I’m covering this one separately because it’s not really related to the whole attachment spectrum of sleep issues, but I see enough parents dealing with Night Terrors that I think we all need to be aware of what a night terror is, and how it is different from nightmares.
Night terrors are scary, and as counter-intuitive [...]

Many of our kids have long term sleep issues. GlitterGirl adjusted splendidly to life with her new family in all ways except bedtime. When it was time for bed she would completely lose it. Every night. For one and a half to three hours. For years and years and years.
For the first few weeks (maybe [...]