Spit-up On My Shoulder

I love this excerpt from the Mother Nurture newsletter. Please do your best to nurture yourself during this crazy holiday season. I wish all the best to you and your family in the new year. Thank you for all your support throughout the year and for visiting my blog.
Melanie
Swimming Upstream
“When I think [...]

Check out this list of 92 (yes, 92!) ways for moms to save their sanity. The author is Carrie Todd, a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in therapy for new moms. Her office is in Benicia, California.
Carrie also has a newsletter for moms called Motherhood Muse. Go to this link [...]

Great info from Mother Nurture:
It’s common for a mom to be lying awake in bed while her baby or toddler is snoozing blissfully. Unfortunately, low quantity and poor quality (= depth) of sleep erode a mother’s health and well-being, and give her a strong shove down the slippery slope toward depression.
Getting plenty of good [...]

Here’s another great article from Rick and Jan Hanson at Nurture Mom. Rick and Jan are the authors of Mother Nurture: A Mother’s Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships.
Asking for Empathy
Q: My husband’s good at solving problems, but I wish he listened better when I want to share how I’m feeling [...]

Time has definitely got away from me and I’ve neglected the blog. I’m also running out of fresh ideas that make it worth a new parent’s time to visit here. I’ve written SO MUCH about new parent topics in books, magazines, here, and other places and, although I know there’s more to explore, [...]

Life’s Work: Confessions of an Unbalanced Mom came out in 2002 and I finally got around to reading it. You know how that goes when you’re a mom–there’s just not enough hours in the day. I highly recommend this book. It’s a compilation of Lisa Belkin’s personal columns from The New York [...]

This Friday, May 23, I will be a guest on New Mom Central’s Blog Talk Radio Show. I hope you will listen in or call in with questions. Here is a promo for the show from Cheryl Wenzel-Nelson, the moderator of several blogs for mom, who will be interviewing me:
New Mom Central [...]

Ever since I became a mother, I’ve struggled with keeping the house clean and not letting chores overwhelm me throughout the day. A few weeks ago the “chore issue” came to a head again as I felt I was doing WAY more than anyone else in the house.
Then I read an article in The [...]

I’ve been taking a fascinating and eye-opening online class. The best part–it’s free! The class is Take Control of Your Career and Your Life by Marcus Buckingham and it’s through the Oprah website.
Marcus guides you through discovering your strengths and weaknesses. Once your know what they are, the goal is to build [...]

Yes, it’s TV Turnoff Week. The fact that Earth Day (the 22nd) falls during TV Turnoff Week (April 21-27) is an added bonus. There are many ways turning off the TV helps the planet:
Less electricity used.
Less exposure to consumer ads which leads to unnecessary purchases that use up resources.
More time to enjoy nature.
More [...]