Stacking Tasks
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Homemaking on Tuesday, August 02, 2011
With two little ones who are not yet three months old, it’s pretty much all baby, all the time around here. I keep trying to think of other things to blog about but I keep coming back to this: TWO babies. My mind is infant-fuzzy right now.
One of the things I find really hard about the early months is the task of working out a routine. I don’t use a schedule - I hate feeling like the clock is bossing... READ MORE
Getting It Clean?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, February 24, 2011
Since my husband and I became parents, our evening routine has gone like this: put the kid(s) to bed, tackle tidying the house, then finally - when things are back in order - relax until it’s time for bed.
There have been a handful of nights when we’ve skipped the tidying, but we’ve always regretted it. It helps immensely to start the next day with a living room that is cleared of toys, with a kitchen... READ MORE
The Art of Sleep
Posted by Lynn Wehner in Family on Wednesday, December 29, 2010
You’re a new mom, and life seems to revolve around sleepless nights (and sometimes days) with your little one. But eventually, the baby actually sleeps, and so do you. Hooray!
Then, the child who was falling asleep in her spaghetti becomes the one who fights bedtime with a variety of stalling ploys that go way beyond the “Can I have a drink of water?” requests. And soon that same child who fights... READ MORE
Singing to Sleep
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, July 15, 2010
When I was first married and thought of my future children, one of the things I most looked forward to was singing them lullabies.
We didn’t have Michael Card’s album Sleep Sound in Jesus until I was in high school, so I don’t have memories of hearing the songs on it when I was a small child. But once we got the album, even though I was far too old for my mother to sing me to sleep any more, I promptly... READ MORE
Endless Summer Evenings
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, July 08, 2010
It’s past 8:30 on a typical summer evening, and do I know where my children are?
Sure. But where they are is probably not the same place as where they should be: in bed.
Here’s my true mom confession: in this season, my children do not go to bed “on time.”
I can name many reasons why this happens. The sun doesn’t set until 9:00, and it doesn’t get really dark until almost 10:00, so it’s hard to convince... READ MORE
Kiss Me To Sleep, Mama
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, May 27, 2010
Propelling my daughter through her bedtime routine, I often feel like I’m trying to drag her through wet cement.
Some evenings I think I’d prefer the wet cement prospect.
It’s partly my own fault for letting her get away with dawdling. We’re working on that. Sometimes, though, three-year-olds are just slow. During her nightly snack, I sit with her while she eats… and eats… and eats… and I remember... READ MORE
Bedtime Classics
Posted by Robyn Lee in Family on Friday, February 05, 2010
What is the obsession with Goodnight Moon? I asked over twitter the other night.
I love the immediacy of the internet, because Pat Gohn chimed in with a response: “With G’d Nite Moon it’s all about cadence and happy normalcy. It observes & celebrates all the little things ... like kids do!”
Great answer! But I am still so amazed that this simple little book gets all the rave. I mean really? The... READ MORE
Early to Bed, Early to Rise? Maybe Not
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Tuesday, June 09, 2009
I thought yesterday’s Coffee Talk discussion about family bedtimes and Arwen’s ongoing discussion of sleepless babies made for some very interesting reading.
Bedtimes are something I’ve thought about a lot in recent years.
You see, we used to be a 7:30 pm bedtime kind of family. I loved that!
But then those grade school kids we were so fond of pushing around had the nerve to grow up into middle-sized... READ MORE
So Funny, So True
in case you’d like to laugh til you cry today
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Don’t Fight It, Pray It
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Friday, March 06, 2009
I have many memories of praying family Rosaries as a child.
Once, after reading the story of Fatima, my sister and I retreated to the bedroom we shared and knelt beside our beds with beads in hand. Eager for the excitement and glory a Marian apparition would bring us, we determined to pray the Rosary until Mary appeared to us.
Surely, we thought, Mary would be unable to resist such an expression of... READ MORE
