August 3rd 2010 Posted at Pregnancy and Birthing, Random Ramblings
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I came across this beautiful video that I wanted to share with you. Sometimes I get caught up in reporting all of the bad things that you need to protect your baby from and I realized that it’s time for a little pause for love and gratitude…
June 13th 2010 Posted at Random Ramblings
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My son is two years old.
One part of me says I have time, don’t worry about it now, but the other part of me says I need to start my research.
The thought of homeschooling him brings about mixed feelings so I’m looking for your input.
On one hand I am a big supporter of keeping him in an environment where I can nurture his love of learning and allow him to be free to learn in the manner that suits him best.
On the other hand I have a fear of not being able to teach him everything he needs to know. What happens when he gets to a grade level where I don’t know the material. Do you think I remember anything about high school physics?? Yuck, heck no. Am I supposed to relearn that material with him?
And what does a homeschooler graduate with anyway? A GED?? A high school diploma? Does he take some sort of test??? Should I consider alternative schools such as Waldorf and the like rather than homeshcooling?
HELP!
This is one area where I am compelled to educate myself and do what is best for him but I am completely clueless about the subject.
What do you think?
June 7th 2010 Posted at Attachment Parenting, Random Ramblings
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Image: Tina Phillips / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Remember that post I did on forgetting about how you look and just acting like a kid again?
Well, it turns out that a global study done by IKEA has given us even more reason to revisit our childhood…
“Surprising results from the largest global study ever conducted on child development and play show that kids overwhelmingly prefer playing with their parents over watching TV and using the Internet. When asked, kids chose playing with friends (89%) and parents (73%) with TV a very poor substitute for social interaction at only 11% and Internet 14%.”
Source: http://press.playreport.org/us/
Go check out the study and then turn off the computer and go play with your kids!!
What is your favorite game or activity to play with your kids?
May 11th 2010 Posted at Alternative Medicine, Natural Immunity, Random Ramblings
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I was just reading an article from a popular parenting magazine….
Let me digress. This is not a magazine I would pay for, as it is completely funded by the pharmaceutical industry, loaded with ads for prescription and over-the-counter drugs and I wouldn’t trust one word of medical advice that comes out of it.
The subscription was free with the purchase of a toy drum set for my son so I get the magazine in the mail, throw it in the magazine rack in the bathroom and read it for a few minutes a day to pass the time.
So, back to the point. This article was highlighting the devastating shortage of Pediatric Specialists such as dermatologists, allergists, cardiovascular surgeons and so on.
The article started out by telling one woman’s story of how her child had to wait six weeks to get an appointment with a dermatologist. In that six weeks time, without a prescription drug from this dermatologist her son’s simple eczema advanced into painful, bleeding eczema.
Really? I mean, really? There was no other alternative on God’s green earth besides a prescription drug from the dermatologist?
What causes one mother to pursue every alternative medicine possible and leave the conventional doctor as a last resort while another mother cannot think outside of that dermatologist appointment even when her son’s lesions are painful and bleeding?
What causes one mother to question everything while another mother just accepts the fate that both of her children, from birth, have suffered from recurrent bouts with eczema and a doctor’s prescription is the only thing that will stop it?
Has that mother ever asked what causes this and what can I do to support my children’s immune systems so that we can stop this vicious cycle instead of masking it with drugs over and over and over?
Would that doctor even know how to answer those questions?
Don’t get me wrong, my heart goes out to parents with seriously ill children but I still think the wool is being pulled over our eyes with articles like this.
So, I challenge that a shortage of pediatric specialists is not the real problem. The real problem is the devastating state of our children’s health and the even more devastating lack of knowledge and responsibility for the fact that we can do something to save our children’s health. Knowledge and responsibility on the part of our doctors and our parents.
What do you think?
March 24th 2010 Posted at Attachment Parenting, Random Ramblings
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We take our son to Little Gym. It is one of those structured gymnastics classes where everything they do is purposeful and they explain to you what muscle they are using and what part of the brain it is stimulating and all that good stuff. My son is only two years old so it is a parent/child class.
I love it and my son loves it.
What I don’t understand is the parents that stand around trying to act like parents!
Are you kidding?
Wake up parents! You have a toddler! This is your chance to be a kid again!!!
I play, laugh, tease, giggle, romp and whatever else I want to do because I am completely focused on that beautiful little boy and the world as he sees it. I could care less what I look like to others. I have an amazing opportunity to see the world again thru the eyes of a child and I don’t want to miss one minute of that.
Whether I am at the gym or the playground or my living room floor, it doesn’t matter. My mother will often say to me when she hears me cackling or doing something crazy, “Karen, you sound ridiculous”. Yeah, so, what’s your point? How is pulling in the reins and acting like an adult going to help my son have fun playing? There will be plenty of time for me to have to discipline or play the responsible adult so forget it. When it is playtime, it’s playtime.
So go ahead, act crazy, I swear I will not be laughing at you I will be sharing your joy as you share it with your child.
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