Transforming the Toddler Years
The Blog
“Parenting is really one big, beautiful story and
I love telling it.”
Cara Tyrrell, Founder Core4Parenting
I just got back from two weeks on the road. I racked up:
- Three climates
- two time zones
- and a whole lot of amazing adventures.
I was in Colorado, meeting clients, writing, and exploring the Rocky Mountains.
The mornings started at 24 degrees, the afternoons finished at 60 but felt...
It was a quiet summer Saturday morning. I was up early, a cup of hot coffee in my hand while momming mantras ran through my mind: I will stay calm today. I WILL stay calm today. I can do this.
The day before with my 4 year old had been hard. The day before that, even harder....
I have a love/hate relationship with journaling. As in, I LOVE the idea of it: pick the prettiest one, get my special pen, sit in a quiet space, then climb so far into my head that I don’t know what to write, freeze, and end up reinforcing my belief that I’m bad at journaling.
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You’ve heard this quip, right? It’s along the lines of, put your money where your mouth is and no pain - no gain.
In plain speak, we tend to take action when we feel invested.
For example:
Your friend gives you free access to her newest online course and you never...
In the first article of the series, Welcome to the World Little One, we explored your baby’s basic survival needs during the newborn phase.
Today we tackle self-soothing.
Google it and you get a lot about babies, kids, and the ability to fall asleep and calm down by themselves....
Dear Reader, I wrote this on September 4th, 2018. Reading through it nearly three years to the day, I take it as a much needed reminder that every season of our life is just that - and then there is another. Today, I still work really hard but I’m not strung out, and I control my time. To...
