Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Emotional development on Mar 19th, 2010
I’m getting ready to do one of my least-favorite things: Fly. I am such a terrible flier that I once stood up and screamed, “STOP THE PLANE!” while it was rolling down the runway at JFK here in New York. I was on my way to a big trade show. I was a reporter at [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Education, Food on Mar 18th, 2010
PepsiCo on Tuesday announced a new global policy on sweetened sodas in school: They’ve taken a withdrawal. Starting in 2012, you won’t be able to find a can of Mountain Dew — or any of its full sugar sodas — in any K-12 school across the world. (PepsiCo already pulled the trigger on the policy [...]
My mom watches Little Girl on Tuesdays. I moderated a webinar today, so they both left the house for the afternoon. When I finished the event, I put my home phone back on the hook. There was a message waiting from my mom. “Hello, Karen? I took her shopping, and we came back to my [...]
Posted in Emotional development on Mar 15th, 2010
We’re still playing catch-up after the late winter hurricane that hit our area. Personally, I think we were lucky. There are tons of trees lying on houses. One woman had a tree fall on her head. The only thing that happened at our house — mostly a huge outburst — was related to our fence. [...]
Posted in Emotional development, parenting, Play on Mar 11th, 2010
Yesterday I decided to take the 20 minutes between when the big girl got off the bus and when the sitter came to try the whole bike riding thing again. Big Girl was thrilled. “No screaming,” she promised. We started down the street. She was shaky, but doing much better than she did the day [...]
Posted in Emotional development, parenting on Mar 10th, 2010
Big Girl is a screamer. When I do her hair in the morning. When she bumps herself. When I am trying to teach her how to ride a bike. She screams. A lot. I am not a screamer. My husband isn’t, either. (Note to husband: I never said I wasn’t a nag, though, Chris.) It’s [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Health, Illness, Preventative medicine on Mar 9th, 2010
When my daughter was about 15-months-old I took her in for a well-check. “Whoa, she’s gained a lot this month,” my doctor told me. “What is she eating?” My answer was sort of complicated. Big Girl was a hungry kid and a good eater. This was a good thing, I thought, which is why I [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Cool sites, Dental care, Environment on Mar 5th, 2010
I’m starting to think about Little Girl’s second birthday. It’s only three-and-a-half months away. I need to figure out what kind of party I am having, (if anything), and get invitations. Then I’ll need to figure out favors, decide on the guest list (do I invite her friends’ older siblings), and pick a date and [...]
Posted in Emotional development on Mar 4th, 2010
If you read other blogs, you’re probably familiar with the concept of Wordless Wednesday. People post a single, thought-provoking photo and nothing else. I’ve thought about trying it, but I can’t. I always want to tell you something about what I’ve posted. It’s the writer in me. What if I posted something and you didn’t [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Friendship, Health, Illness, Preventative medicine on Mar 3rd, 2010
I almost hate saying it, but I am surprised I am not hacking up a lung. Usually when I go away — and definitely after spending an afternoon in a kids’ ER — I get a cold. It’s been 48 hours now, and I am sniffle-free, but we’ll see what the week brings. I thought [...]