Eat, Please?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, November 08, 2010
I’m all about flexible parenting, but I have a few firm rules for myself, and one of them is this: I do not fight food battles.
Camilla was a slow starter on solids and after a few months of fretting I realized I had two choices: I could spend years of my life coaxing her to eat, or I could let it go.
In the name of sanity I chose the second option. As parents, our approach to feeding kids is to... READ MORE
Not Science, But…
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, October 28, 2010
As of Monday I was six weeks pregnant. It’ll be months until we find out the sex of our baby but I’ve already predicted the sex: girl.
This is not at all scientific, but here’s my “evidence.” During my pregnancy with Camilla, I got hit with all-consuming nausea at 6 weeks and didn’t feel much better until about 18. With Blaise, I didn’t even figure out I was pregnant until 7 weeks, the nausea was... READ MORE
Hugging My Girl
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, October 11, 2010
I’m not usually a fan of pop psychology, but I learned about the love languages a couple years ago, and the knowledge has really enhanced my marriage.
(My husband and I took the quiz which ranks the five languages in order of their importance to you, and our lists are inverses of each other. You can probably see how knowing that has helped us to bridge some communication gaps.)
But honestly, it only... READ MORE
Little Musicians
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, September 27, 2010
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My daughter’s birthday is coming up, and she wants a drum.
It takes little to push me into audio-overload, so the idea of a drum makes me cringe, but I want to support her desire to have more music in her life.
(I hope she appreciates that I give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that it’s more music she wants. Even though, being almost-four, what she probably wants is not more music but more... READ MORE
Big-Kid Baby Talk
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, September 03, 2010
My son was a late bloomer verbally, but he’s finally having an explosion of language and we are loving it.
“Up!” he’ll shout, then swipe his chest with his hand and add politely, “pee?” and we applaud and exclaim at his cuteness. (And pick him up, of course.)
When he’s trying to worm his way out from between a piece of furniture and the wall, he’ll get my attention by yelling, “Tuck! Tuck!” and as... READ MORE
Answer This
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Monday, August 30, 2010
Before the advent of the Do Not Call registry, I vaguely remember telemarketers calling the house a lot. My parents hated it.
These days it’s easier, since only charities can legally call and ask for money. But if you’re anything like us, those calls still come on a fairly regular basis.
We have caller ID, so it’s pretty easy to avoid talking to solicitors by screening the calls. Since some of them... READ MORE
Painful Projects
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Ever take on a project and wish you hadn’t?
We have cloth diapers: two dozen one-size pocket diapers. After 1.5 years of use, the velcro was wearing out. They stuck together in the wash, and while it’s certainly fun for the children when you pull the diapers out of the dryer in one long string, it’s not so fun for the mama.
So I got the idea to convert the velcro to snaps. And for some reason I decided... READ MORE
Good/Hard
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Every once in a while I go through the archives of my personal blog and look at the pictures of my daughter as an infant, read the words that I wrote about her during those early months. It’s good for me.
We had fertility struggles before Camilla, and once she came along I was overwhelmed by how grateful I was for her. Also by how hard parenting was, of course, but foremost I was aware of how much... READ MORE
Leaving Comfort
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, July 23, 2010
Last fall when my daughter was starting Atrium at our parish, I blogged about it, and we had a good conversation in the comments about kids being away from their parents for the first time.
What ended up happening with Atrium was that - fortunately - it wasn’t necessary for me to leave Camilla there. I stayed in the classroom with her, and by spring she was willing to let me bring a book and sit in... READ MORE
No One Beat Me Up
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, July 22, 2010
“If I had to use two words to describe my childhood,” my sister said the other day, “they would be: pink belly.”
I was unloading the dishwasher and almost dropped a handful of forks. What?!? Pink belly? What was she talking about?
Apparently, “pink belly” is a game wherein the perpetrators hold down the victim and smack him on the belly until it turns pink.
I am the oldest of six children, and Tirienne... READ MORE
