Day 2 of Back-to-Blogging

| September 14, 2010

Today, we are supposed to resurface a post we wish more people had read.  This feels like hubris to me, given that I have a total of 40 posts on my blog to date and cannot expect to have cultivated a legion of readers quite yet.  (Although that circumcision post did awfully well according to [...]

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Oh, so Very Long Ago….(not).

| September 13, 2010

I’m among the many taking part in the “Back-to-Blogging” series, just having dropped the Bear off at his first official day of preschool.  (Actually, the first official day was this past Thursday, the day after the open house…huh?  I did not get that memo, and given that Sept 13 has been circled in red on [...]

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Dear Daisy, It’s Not (Going to Be) Perfect. Deal With It. Love, Daisy

| September 9, 2010

I talk a fairly good game, but there is a not-so-hidden hidden truth I should share.  I am not only very often a Too, Too Mama — I am nearly always a Too, Too Daisy. I really do believe that most issues are contextual, that there is rarely a “right” answer, and that one-size-fits-all is [...]

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Guide to Informed Decision-Making: When to Stop Bottle- or Breast-feeding?

| September 7, 2010

Here is the sequel to The Guide – Breast or Bottle?   At some point in your child’s life, he or she will no longer nurse and/or use a bottle.  People have opinions about when that should be.  Lots and lots of opinions.  Here goes. Nurse for as Long as Possible. Wait, why didn’t I [...]

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Parenting Advice from Marcus Aurelius

| September 6, 2010

“Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.” Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

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