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Book Reviews

parent directed feeding vs. demand feeding

December 5, 2009

The other day I twittered this, “I’m creating a demand-fed-co-sleeping-sling-wearing-rocked-to-sleep-baby monster. Arrrghgh, I need a system QUICK! Babywise take me away…” & got plenty of comments arguing both sides via facebook.  It’s such an interesting debate because I think a lot of it boils down to the disposition and phase-of-life of the primary caretaker.

Little Reesey-Bear [...]

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why don’t I call you anymore? Marley.

December 3, 2009

Since I had Rhys 6 weeks ago, I haven’t been able to talk on the phone much.  It just seems like he always needs me and when he’s asleep I must take advantage of the opportunity to either shower, or eat, or sleep, or open mail, or pay bills, or do laundry, or cook dinner, [...]

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monkey see, monkey do

December 1, 2009

Guest post from: The Sidewalk Theologian
Parents- are you ever terrified when you realize that your kids are picking up your bad habits? Or conversely that you have enough good habits that they’ll learn what’s important to you and emulate these good habits? The other day I trotted down the stairs & Reuben looked at me [...]

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Just Barack and Me… (Book Review)

June 7, 2009

Regardless of whether you voted for Obama, or like or do not love his new policies if you could for the 5 minutes it will take you to read this blog, forget about that whole President-of-the-United-States gig he’s currently got.  Think of him as one of my good friends, just someone I grew up with.  [...]

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The Glass Castle

January 31, 2009

I’ve been doing a lot of research for the memoir I’m working on.  I like calling it “research” because it makes me feel more official.  
I went to Amazon & looked all of the New York Times Best-Selling Memoirs for the last 10 years.  Then, I went to each book and read the majority of [...]

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