“ authentic pleasure cannot be gained at the expense of our children; nor does parental self-sacrifice give our children lasting pleasure. Attraction Parenting transforms adversarial parent-child relationships into joyful, loving, creative, empowering partnerships.
What is ‘Attraction Parenting’? - EnjoyParenting.com
thebrooke
of the internet.
The Creative Parent - Tidy Up Checklist (image)
neat little idea (for us, not just for kids).
teething amber baby necklace
this one looks best.
Great Stuff Happens Before Walking and Talking | Sparkplug Dance Educational Resources
good thing on baby development
“ you might have a kid who has 3-4 nights of wacky sleep and then learns a new skill, or you could have one that spends 3-4 weeks waking up before every spurt.
Ask Moxie: Q&A: what are sleep regressions anyway?
“ when your baby is practicing recognizing patterns, you can’t see that. Leading up to the actual new skill the baby is going to go through several weeks of intense brain work and prep that you can’t necessarily see (unless you know specifically what to look for). One of the side effects of this brain work is that they don’t sleep as well as they do during times in which they’re not about to master a new skill. They may seem restless in the night (like they do sometimes when mastering a physical skill) but it’s just nothing you can see and label.
Ask Moxie: Q&A: what are sleep regressions anyway?
“ if your baby’s up all night grabbing her ears and drooling, you know it’s teething. If he can’t sleep because he keeps waking up on his hands and knees rocking back and forth, you know it’s because his body is learning to crawl. Since you can see it and label it you can understand it.
he has been doing both! no wonder!!!
“ The “8-month sleep regression” (which for some babies is closer to a 9-month sleep regression) is related to the 37-week spurt. For some reason that one just seems to cause more waking, too, than some of the other spurts do. It might also be particularly hard because many babies are smack in the middle of working on crawling or walking, and also teething.
this makes me feel a bit better - a little less like we’re personally doing something wrong as parents. but why haven’t i heard of this before?…
Love My Life | LML
“Soemtimes Life gives you lemonade.”
a refreshing read.
(via aliens-exist)
