Sibling Relations

Preparing an older sibling for a new birth

March 23, 2011




One of my favourite natural parenting bloggers is Lauren from Hobo Mama. I’ve been following her tweets and posts about her pregnancy with Baby #2 and know she has been doing a lot of thinking and researching. When I was planning my March guest bloggers, having Lauren post about her preparations for bringing a second [...]

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Joy of the Season

December 28, 2010




Wishing you and your family all the best this holiday season. Hope you find many reasons to hug and laugh.

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The Big Fight

January 15, 2010




Yesterday on the way home in the car my kids had a fight. A fight that resulted in both of them being in tears. A fight that involved me validating their feelings, but also telling them how damn lucky they are that they can get upset over such things. By way of background to the [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Funny Faces

November 11, 2009




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Milestone Monday

October 12, 2009




Today is a special day. Not only is it Thanksgiving here in Canada, a time to hang out with family and stuff ourselves full of turkey, but it is a day of milestones for me, for my kids, for our family. A baby no more? Today my daughter is the same age that my son [...]

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Soon they are best friends (Part 4 in a series on having baby #2)

June 13, 2009




This is the fourth and last post in a series on preparing for a second baby. If you haven’t read them already, check out the first part What on earth were we thinking?,  second part To tandem or not to tandem, and third part Move over: making room for one more in the bed. It [...]

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Playing with One, Playing with Two

April 19, 2009




Sarah from Good Enough Mum blog suggested that I write a post about playing with more than one child and also provided me with a great link on the importance of one-on-one play. I thought the two ideas fit together really well, so I decided to combine them in one post. The importance of one-on-one [...]

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The Tortoise and the Hare

January 31, 2009




Anyone with more than one child knows what it feels like to be pulled in two directions. The baby needs a diaper change and the older child wants a drink. The baby needs to nurse and the older child wants to play a game. The older child needs his bum wiped and the baby wants [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Sept 8 was not wordless…a tribute to International Literacy Day

September 10, 2008




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