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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is Editorial Director of Faith & Family. She is author of My Cup of Tea, Mom to Mom, Day to Day, and most recently Small Steps for Catholic Moms. Though she once struggled to separate her life and her work, the two …
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and they are the parents of five lively boys and one precious baby girl. She is the author of How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?, and is a newspaper columnist for the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. For the past four years, she has …
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Lisa Hendey

Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com, a Catholic web site focusing on the Catholic faith, Catholic parenting and family life, and Catholic cultural topics. Most recently she has authored The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also employed as webmaster for her parish web sites. …
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their young children Camilla and Blaise. She has a bachelor's degree in theology. She dreads laundry, craves sleep, loves to read novels and do logic puzzles, and can't live without tea. Her personal blog site is ABC Family. …
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in …
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Robyn Lee

Robyn Lee
Robyn Lee is the managing editor of Faith & Family magazine. She is (yikes!) an almost 30 year-old, single lady, living in Connecticut with her two cousins in a small bungalow-style kit house built by her great uncle in the 1950s. She also conveniently lives next door to her sister, brother-in-law …
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Hallie Lord

Hallie Lord
Hallie Lord married her dashing husband, Dan, in the fall of 2001 (the same year, coincidentally, that she joyfully converted to the Catholic faith). They now happily reside in the deep South with their two energetic boys and two very sassy girls. In her *ample* spare time, Hallie enjoys cheap wine, …
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Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr John Bartunek, LC, STL, received his BA in History from Stanford University in 1990, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He comes from an evangelical Christian background and became a member of the Catholic Church in 1991. After college he worked as a high school history teacher, drama director, and …
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Guest Bloggers

Kate Lloyd

Kate Lloyd
Kate Lloyd is a rising senior, and a political science major at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. While not in school, she lives in Whitehall PA, with her mom, dad, five sisters and little brother. She needs someone to write a piece about how it's possible to …
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Elizabeth Foss

Elizabeth Foss
Elizabeth Foss, an award winning columnist for the Arlington Catholic Herald, published her first book, Real Learning: Education in the Heart of My Home in 2003. The book is now in its third printing. Her popular blog, In the Heart of My Home is a source of inspiration and support for Catholic women …
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Big Boy Bed

What joy! What challenge!

Last night was Henry’s second official night in the Big Boy Bed. He did pretty good, getting out of bed only a handful of times before settling in to sweet, sweet slumber.

This was our second attempt at the bed. The first was a few months before Isabel was born and I quickly realized that naptime was going to become an issue once the crib was gone. My pregnant self made an executive decision and back... READ MORE 


Endless Summer Evenings

My confession about bedtime

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 


Support and Sleep

The Handbook for Catholic Moms is the focus of today's Faith & Family Live Cast

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I’m so very humbled that on today’s episode of the Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the player above) Arwen, Danielle and I discuss my newly released book The Handbook for Catholic Moms: Nurturing Your Heart, Mind, Body and Soul.  This book has been a labor of love and I’m hoping that it will help many moms and their families, so it was fun to spend time discussing it with... READ MORE 


Sweet Sister Love

Why my younger kid(s) are lucky

Once upon a time, Camilla was my baby. I rocked her to sleep, changed her diapers, was there for feedings and nighttime wake-ups, knew the meanings of all her different cries.

Cliché, of course, but it’s true: it seems like it was merely seconds ago that my little girl was a baby girl. These days she’s a three-year-old who says things like, “Mama, remember when I was a baby and I used to crawl around?”... READ MORE 


Mom's Midnight Madness

What do you do about middle of the night anxiety?

It happened again last night - I was asleep before my head hit the pillow around 10:30.  I packed in a few great hours of sleep and then around 2:00 am awoke thinking about something I needed to do this morning for Eric.  That thought led to others, and before I knew it I was in full-blown worry wart mode.

It’s funny - during my waking hours I am not a worrier.  Perhaps it’s because I keep myself... READ MORE 


Nap-tastic

Little boys who play hard together and get dirty, sweaty, and band-aided together ... fall asleep on the floor in the cool of the fan together too.


Stopping to Savor

A choice I won't regret

In some sort of naptime miracle, the baby and the toddler fall asleep simultaneously.  It’s mid-afternoon.

I lie between them in the quiet darkened bedroom and look from one to the other.  Their faces are peaceful, long lashes resting on rounded cheeks.  Their chests rise and fall in even rhythm as they breathe.

I have things to do.  Toys clutter the living room floor, laundry waits in the dryer. ... READ MORE 


Bedtime Differences

Are you an early or a late riser?

When I was a kid, we talked often about larks and owls.

We weren’t a bird-watching family; you’d have to look hard to find a less outdoorsy bunch.  We were talking about sleep.

My dad is the ultimate Lark.  If it were completely up to him, I think he would go to bed at 8pm and get up at 4am every day.  My mother, on the other hand, is an Owl.  Her preferred hours of sleep would probably be 2am to... READ MORE 


Awake from Dawn until Dusk

When did your kids quit napping?

Can we talk about kids and sleep again?

I hope that if God blesses us with more children, I’ll be able to chill about the whole sleep thing.  I’d like to develop the ability to just sort of toss the kids in the bedroom and go on my way without fretting about it.  But I am not there now.

The current source of my sleep-related preoccupation is toddler naps.

Our daughter is two years and nine months... READ MORE 


Does Your Teen Get Enough Rest?

Sleep habits can affect concentration, moods, and even grades

Since ending our school year, I’ve noticed a new trend in my household: Some of the kids actually sleep in the morning.

One recent morning, I found myself poking, prodding, and begging my almost 13-year-old son to get out of bed at 9:30 am.

The irony was delicious.

“Are you the same child who ten years ago used to pounce on my legs and drag me out of bed to make him breakfast at 5 am?” I asked.

“Mrrrrphhh,”... READ MORE 


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