Finding your mama-groove: 5 ways to Eliminate Judge/Be Judged Mentality
| February 14, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Family, Parenting |
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Parents go through so many of the same situations, trying to step into another parents shoes and trying to understand what they are going through is a sure fire way to erase judgement and replace it with empathy, understanding and care.
Kindness During a Tantrum: 10 Ways to Show you Care
| February 13, 2012 | Family, Parenting |
Kindness is a wonderful thing. Surprising your child with a new book, fresh whipped cream atop their favorite fruits or letting them stay awake to talk with you for an extra ten minutes, whatever kind act it may be, children thrive on love and kindness. What about when your child is having a tantrum? Did you…
Sharing Sunday #5
| February 12, 2012 | Parenting |
It’s Sunday again! (I totally missed last week, the whole family was sick, glad that’s over!) Here is what I’ve been reading this week: Parenting Authoritarian parents whose child-rearing style can be summed up as “it’s my way or the highway” are more likely to raise disrespectful, delinquent children who do not see them as…
Pirate Fun:Treasure Map Pizza in 8 Easy Steps
| February 8, 2012 | Family, Parenting, Playing with Food |
We love playing dress up here and Pirate is one of the most favorite themes. We often build pirate ships and go on treasure hunts gallore. We also love playing with our food. Recently handsome hubby baked a treasure map pizza! That’s right, he’s been back in the kitchen…this time, inspired by the latest edition…
When Children Bite and Strike: 5 Positive Ways To Deal and Heal
| January 31, 2012 | Parenting, Positive_discipline |
Hitting, pushing, shoving and biting are common ways for preschoolers and toddlers to deal with their emotions. Strikes and bites are often happening because something inside the child, some feeling, like a hiccup, just needs to get out. It could be frustration, upset, sadness, anxiety, fear or a mixed bowl of emotions. What can we…
Painted Snow Sculptures in 5 Easy Steps
| January 30, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Family, Play |
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Ever try paiting snow sculptures? This weekend we created some snow masterpieces with buckets, baking sheets, and water color. Along with having lots of fun we explored textures, temperatures, colors and shapes. Here are the 5 steps: 1. We collected snow in buckets and plastic containers. 2. Next we used water colors and a little…
Sharing Sunday #4: Mindfulness, preschoolers and more…
| January 29, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Parenting, Sunday Surf |
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It is sharing Sunday again, this week I am sharing some links related to preschoolers, mindfulness and finding more joy in parenting. Happy Reading! “Imagine kindness and compassion driving the way we raise our children and treat others! How would this happen? It happens when the adults in the lives of children become mindful themselves.”…
Birthing and Resolutions: Keeping Good Things in Motion
| January 27, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Parenting |
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Welcome to the first edition of the Authentic Parenting Blog Carnival, hosted by Authentic Parenting and Mudpiemama! In the month of January, we start afresh, a new year, new ideas. Hence, our participants have looked into the topic of “Birth and New Beginnings”. Take a look at the end of this post to find a…
Toddlers making Trouble: 11 Alternatives to Time Outs
| January 25, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Parenting |
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Toddlers don’t really mean to be making trouble, they spend their days trying to understand and discover their environment, their place and space in the world.
Often, it’s hard to know how to best handle the messy, sassy, yucky situations. Time outs are so popular in the toddler years, yet just placing a toddler in the corner or on a naughty chair is unlikely to prevent a re-occurance as toddlers will not really learn by pouting all alone
Sharing Sunday#3
| January 22, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Parenting |
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Welcome to the 3rd Sharing Sunday! This week I have focused on nutrition: From the Mother Chronicle: A wonderful post about the need to normalize breastfeeding and an excellent explanation on how the language used to describe and encourgage breastfeeding professionals can make a difference. Maybe you have already heard and signed this petion to…