I have written about babies and sleep before but I thought it was time to write about mom’s and sleep or rather their lack of it!!! The one question I get a lot is “When do you sleep?” And I have to say: “I get by!!!” There comes a time when people just stop asking [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Kids'
Se7en Survives Sleep Deprivation…
July 29th, 2010 · 15 Comments
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Se7en Ways to Rescue a Day That’s on the Brink of Failure…
April 28th, 2010 · 13 Comments
Sometimes a perfectly good day seems to head for the rocks before we have even got ourselves going… and a day that has been going perfectly well can suddenly turn upside down in the space of a minute, one comment from a stranger, one phone call and suddenly all that was fine is anything but… [...]
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Se7en Things I Should Be Sharing With My Kids…
March 31st, 2010 · 4 Comments
I can’t believe it’s almost April, whatever happened to the year – it just whizzed by and I realize how short my time is with a house full of kids. Today was mundane and long and we all could have done better!!! We resolved it with early to bed and a heap of stories… But [...]
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How To Keep Se7en + 1 Kids Busy All Day…
February 17th, 2010 · 23 Comments
I am often asked how on earth I keep my kids busy all day, but seriously I don’t!!! I don’t keep a list of rainy day activities… I don’t keep a list of any activities!!! I don’t have a boredom jar full of ideas, in fact I don’t seem to have many sufferers from boredom. [...]
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Se7en Practical Ways To Say Yes…
January 27th, 2010 · 29 Comments
Well last week my 30 minute post was Se7en Silly Reasons Why Mom’s Say No… and did you guys all have something to say. Go and read the comments folks, they are well worth the read!!! So I thought I would write a follow up with “se7en sneaky ways to say yes to their silly [...]
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Se7en Things I Would Like My Kids to Learn From Doing Chores…
August 13th, 2009 · 13 Comments
In the spirit of answering readers questions I recently wrote a post on Discipline, which led to a question on chores. And so, this week I thought I would respond to the question of chores and what I am hoping to achieve by giving our kids chores to do. Now chores is a word that [...]
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How to Discipline Se7en in Se7en Steps…
July 29th, 2009 · 21 Comments
I know I always say: “Ask whatever you like and I will answer it…” And ask you do!!! Socialization (for home schoolers) and discipline are the two topics my readers ask me at least weekly and the two questions I never really answer! So I thought while we are having two weeks off school I [...]
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