Mihow

Tag: parenting

  • Teething and Traveling

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    Happy Friday, my friends! Ready to help out a father in need? I got an email. It read (edited slightly):  “My 5-month old son is cutting 2 teeth and of course goes through bouts of being very unhappy. I was wondering if you gave anything to your son while he was teething? We’re flying from…

  • Kettler Bikes and Play Kitchens

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    I sent out a Twitter yesterday mentioning we’re in the process of researching play kitchens. And almost every single person told me to get this one. So, unless someone tells us there’s an even better option out there, that’s the one we’ll be ordering. (Although, check this one out! Sometimes I have to remind myself that these toys…

  • Breast-Feeding: It's OK If You Can't Do It.

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    Friend and commenter, Missy, linked to an article yesterday that stirred up a number of emotions for me. And in any case, if a breast-feeding mother is miserable, or stressed out, or alienated by nursing, as many women are, if her marriage is under stress and breast-feeding is making things worse, surely that can have…

  • FOWAH POWAH!

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    One of Em’s first ever words was “flower” only it sounds more like “fowah”.  It doesn’t matter if it’s a book we’re reading, a TV show we’re watching, or an advertisement we pass by, he will find that damn flower, or anything that looks like a flower, and he’ll let you know about it. “FOWAH!…

  • File This Under: Inappropriate Children's Book Illustrations

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    Back in 2005 when the pope was dying, I wanted to capture the historical event on film. It was a rainy, chilly day, so I decided to rest on a pew inside Saint Patricks Cathedral for a bit. While there, I saw this peeking out from the top of a hymnal book. Now, I saw…

  • Dear Rae Rae,

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    This response is very late and you’ve probably moved on by now. Truth be told, I am not sure you even visited after the way I initially responded. I can’t imagine why you would have. But I have to write this. I think about you all the time, not necessarily you personally, because I haven’t…

  • Beat Down And Falling Around.

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    I have no idea what’s wrong with Em and I hate that I’m about to post this, because I never wanted to talk about such personal things (about him) online, but I need help. For a while now, he’s faced a great deal of frustration trying to poop. It can literally take him all day…

  • A Good Ache

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    We dropped Em off at school today for his first full day. I keep checking my phone to make sure they haven’t called letting me know he hasn’t stopped crying. I keep checking the clock to make sure I didn’t enter a time-warp and I’m actually hours late picking him up so they gave him…

  • Daycare Week!

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    I anticipated a rough week. And I could probably sum this post up in one sentence but that would be too easy. And this is a blog, blog posts are supposed to take up pages and pages of words before making one small point. And so! Emory had his first half day of school this…

  • To Socialize Or Not To Socialize.

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    I’m going back and forth regarding our decision to send Emory to school three days a week. My emotions aren’t to be trusted, however. Because a lot of how I’m feeling can easily be attributed to my fear of letting him go. But I know that some of my thoughts at the root of the…