With 9 people in our home (the ages 2, 4, 6, 11, 13, 13, 15, and 2 thirty-somethings), finding personal space physically and emotionally can be challenging. The early days of parenting taught us very quickly we needed to help respect the needs of everyone in the family for space and quiet. Remembering how my…
Category: parenting
Making room for dads at the changing table
This isn’t anything great, just a changing table in a women’s bathroom. I took a picture of it today for one simple reason: the men’s bathroom didn’t have one. How do I know this? Because several months ago, my husband, the dedicated and involved father of my children, went to take then 18 month old…
Love Beyond Moi TLB giveaway – 16 points about sex beyond baby
by Jessica Martin-Weber This post is the partner post to one Jeremy wrote, 9 Tips to having more and better sex after baby, on The Leaky Boob as part of a giveaway celebrating Valentine’s Day and expressing love beyond one day. Find the giveaway information and widget to enter at the end of this post….
An open letter to anyone that has waited for my family when we were late
Dear People that get upset when my family is running late, I am sorry for the inconvenience and frustration you experienced waiting for us and I regret to have caused you any consternation. I promise, running late isn’t because I don’t respect you or your time. It is possible that it wasn’t intentional and may…
Love Stones
It all started when the 4 year old that had been enthusiastic about going to her little Waldorf Kindergarten class 3 days a week suddenly became reluctant and difficult, often refusing to go into her classroom. We tried everything, being gentle and listening to her, being firm but lovingly telling her that she was…
Trimming our Christmas Hopes and Dreams
This morning, minutes before our crew of ballerinas headed out for their first performance of the Nutcracker, as we were all still seated at the breakfast table, I felt the need to inform our children that this Christmas would be different. It was probably not the best time, as half of our family needed to…
I’m jealous of my kids
Children just don’t know how good they have it. I know I sure didn’t when I was a kid. My children aren’t convinced they have it good because, brace yourselves for this cruelty, they are expected to do some learning (aka: school) and help with their community (aka: chores). Actually, I can’t complain, they are…
Beyond Entertainment
While Jessica was away, this cat has been watching “The Walking Dead.” Jessica doesn’t do zombies and the whole horror genre in general, so I typically choose to wait until she’s away to indulge in some disturbing entertainment. I had wanted to check it out, and now I’m hooked. It isn’t about the gore and…
A lesson from the Pumpkin Patch
Now that we are living up North again, there are certain things that we really look forward to doing in this cool Fall weather. Like having soup or hot cocoa when it’s actually cold enough to see your breath. Or dressing up for Halloween without fear of getting a heat stroke. Another one that Jessica…
Finding Balance
The stress of moving, driving kids here, there and everywhere, needing furniture, living out of boxes, bottoming out our bank accounts, switching banks, traveling for business, while trying to produce three healthy meals a day and find educational and social opportunities for our children that don’t involve other kids throwing rocks at them (yes, this…