Got questions about H1N1? Concerned about how to protect your kids? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has put together lots of helpful info. BE CAREFUL about where you get your info when it comes to Googling “H1N1.” There are a lot of sources of inaccurate information out there on the Web. The…
The Parenting Thing: Dads Just Do It Differently
OK mom, be honest. Have you ever pushed your partner aside because he didn’t diaper the baby exactly the right way, didn’t make the eggs the way your daughter likes them, didn’t follow the bedtime routine to the letter? And then did you complain because Dad retreated to the den with the TV remote and…
“You’re Making Me Go to Bed WHEN?!”
My 13-year-old son REALLY dislikes the National Sleep Foundation. He’s sorry I ever heard of them. Wishes I’d lose the bookmark for their website. Just can’t stand these guys. Why? Because I use their sleep guidelines to help determine what Matt’s bedtime should be. And he is convinced that he goes to bed earlier than…
Where Do You Go to Relax?
Genny over at My Cup 2 Yours asks today, for Talkin’ About Thursday: Where do you go to relax? My answer? Yosemite. True, I can’t go all that often. We usually get there about once a year. But when I’m there, walking around the snow-covered valley floor and looking at Half Dome and El Capitan,…
From Munchkin to Tin Man — How Fast They Grow Up
I have “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” on an endless loop in my brain because my son, Matt, is the Tin Man in a 52-kid production of The Wizard of Oz put on by the children’s theater program at our church. Now 13, Matt has been involved in these productions since he was 5. He loves…