This post is part of the 2010 API Principles of Parenting blog carnival, a series of monthly parenting blog carnivals, hosted by API Speaks. Learn more about attachment parenting by visiting the API website. This month’s topic is ‘Use Nurturing Touch Bed time isn’t a quick process at the Pickle Farm. We parent our children […]
Fair Does Not Mean Equal.
Zoe met me in the courtyard after school yesterday, bursting with news. “I’m reading green dots now Mum!!!” She’d gone up a level in reading and was practically oozing pride and joy at the prospect. Izzy was already close to tears when she told me she was still reading ‘orange dots’. “Miss B said I […]
Position Vacant – Tooth Fairy.
The teeth are falling out in rapid succession around here and it’s gross! I’m not sure what it is about these tiny white wobbly bits of child that I find so off putting. There is just something about the constant ‘look my tooth is wobbly’ and the insistent wiggling and jiggling until the darn thing […]
Pregnancy – Third Time Round.
This is my third pregnancy and birth, but our fourth child. People are often confused by this concept. Even those who know we have twins, somehow can’t wrap their heads around the numbers. Sometimes even I forget… but then I am 28 weeks pregnant with our fourth child – so I claim insanity whenever it […]
Play All Day?
I recently read a lovely post over at Childhood 101 about a quiet day spent at home playing. At the end of her post, Christie asked a question… “How much time do you spend truly present in playful interactions with your child or children? How do your structure this time into your daily or weekly […]
The Best Lullabies to Sing to Your Kids
I sang the same lullaby to my twins almost every night when they were babies – ‘Baby Mine’ the song from the Dumbo Movie. I still love that lullaby, but when my middle child was born and he took forever to get to sleep, I found myself singing it over, and over, and over, until […]
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