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A less entitled, more wholehearted approach to kids birthdays (and yours too) A mind shift for more satisfying birthdays—for kids and parents alike. | A More Wholehearted Approach to Kids Birthdays

Pro-tip from Manitoba Nature Summit: a pair of old socks and a couple of strategically placed holes help keep those pesky mitts on and prevent the dreaded snow-on-the-wrists for longer winter, outdoor play!

What Scandinavians Can Teach Us About Embracing Winter In the pandemic, rather than feeling depressed that the arrival of cold weather will mean you’ll be isolated indoors, try adopting a positive winter mind-set.

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Risky play for children: Why we should let kids go outside and then get out of the way - The Nature of Things: Science, Wildlife and Technology It turns out play with an element of risk may be exactly what today’s kids are missing

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8 no-touch group games kids can play together - Active For Life As we try to physically distance from others right now, these no-touch group games will still allow kids to play together—in a safe way.

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Being a good mom doesn't mean always wanting to be with your child. ⁣
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Being a good mom doesn't mean feeling rainbows and unicorns the millionth time they've said mom in a day.⁣
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Being a good mom doesn't mean you need to be on and hyper-focused on your child 24/7.⁣
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Being a good mom doesn't mean that you are only allowed to experience positive emotions towards your child.⁣
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You are allowed to need a break. You are allowed to struggle or feel touched out. It's not because you're a bad mom or don't like your kids. ⁣
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It's because you're human. You need a break. You need to recharge and fill your tank. ⁣
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We need to shift the idea that a good mom always puts her children first, to the belief that a good mom prioritizes both her and her children's needs. ⁣
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Happy Friday mamas! ⁣
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Keep up imperfectly perfect ❤️

Happy 2nd Birthday to my sweet Jack Jack! I’m so proud of you.💗💗💗

Next time you nurture a dysregulated child, notice how breathing and heart rate decrease, and the body relaxes as they enter into a calmer biological and emotional state.

How we respond *most* of the time builds resilience against how we may respond some of the time, when we too are dysregulated.

A sincere apology and improved responses go a long way in modeling how to repair relational rupture. Which is inevitable.

We all need relational safety to grow in emotional resilience.

I think people struggle the most when they feel alone in their emotions.

When they have no-one they trust to share their thoughts and dreams with, or empathize with their most uncomfortable feelings, mistakes and experiences.

Having a trustful compassionate person to share your true feelings with is life-changing. It can be life-saving.

Parents and caregivers are this safe place for children to empty out their hurts and fill up their love tank. It makes sense for them to find their own trusted adult people in order to unearth peaceful practices and become their own safe place too.

We all need to empty our hurts and fill our love tanks in ways that promote wellbeing. It's never too late to learn and practice how.

💞Lelia.

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For those parents who are apprehensive about how their child may be after the first day back at school.....

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I was at the grocery today with the kids when I probably said a little too loudly, NOT in my nice mom voice, “You know I love you very much, but you’re REALLY annoying me today.”

Right then a young couple walked by, presumably with no kids because the man uttered, “Well that was brutally honest.”

To which I replied with a sickening sweet smile, “Well they ARE being brutally annoying.”

And of course a lovely elderly woman strolled by and chimed in, “They grow up fast...you’re going to miss this someday.”

Really? REALLY? You think I’m going to miss being tortured by two kids in a grocery store someday?

After they fought alllllll morning and had their water guns thrown away because they wouldn’t stop shooting each other in the eyes. Not to mention one was grounded for an hour, and I had to rip them apart not once, but twice prior to the produce aisle because they couldn’t keep their hands off of each other!

I promise, I won’t miss THIS part of motherhood. And I really think people need to be a little more supportive and a little less critical of mothers, especially in stores.

Of course we love them, they are hilarious, sweet, loving, adorable, and fun to be around. But sometimes they act like a**hats and we lose it. And it’s OK to not love every part of motherhood.

It’s OK to not want to read that same book again tonight.

It’s OK to lock yourself in your room and binge watch The Great British Baking Show.

It’s OK to run out after the grocery store and leave your kids with your husband because you need an hour of alone tome at the nail salon.

And it’s totally OK to tell your kids they’re being annoying in Publix when you’ve already broken up 19 fights before you got to the store, and they are STILL wrestling like bear cubs while you’re trying to shuck corn!

What’s not OK is to judge another mother or say something to her that isn’t helpful - when she’s clearly at the end of her rope.

So if you see someone like me someday in public and think, “She’s really on edge.” Maybe, I don’t know...offer her encouragement. 🤷‍♀️

Like, “You’re doing a great job mama!” 👊🏼

But please spare us the side eyes, glares and snide comments. We are doing the best we can - and sometimes kids need a dose of reality from the person that loves them the fiercest.

Also my gel manicure was lovely and now I’m ready to go home and snuggle.

As long as they still aren’t being annoying.

(You can read more HERE--> https://kristenhewitt.me/its-ok-to-not-love-every-part-of-motherhood-especially-taking-kids-to-the-grocery-store/

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Great ideas to do with the kids!

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This one really makes me think. ❤️

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Just a little Friday humor!

Learning to Like Texture - 5 Ideas to Help with Sandpaper Letters Montessori preschool activities for helping your child get more used to texture. This helps prepare their hand for sandpaper letters and other fun!

What’s Most Important Upon a Return to School? Social and Emotional Learning By Adam Parker, School Psychologist

Anyone else been there??

10 Things That Happen When You’ve Always Been Strong But Now You’re Tired You’re learning that it’s healthy to be vulnerable. You’re starting to embrace your vulnerability, your tears and all the things you used to associate with ‘weakness.’ You’re learning that it makes…

What If We Radically Reimagined the New School Year? No one is coming to our rescue but us. What if we all put time, energy and money into what matters most for children in the new school year?

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I had a very specific event not too long ago that left me on the verge of breakdown. It seemed so silly, but it felt like I was receiving every bit of sensory information in the room. I was cooking while I had my son watch a cartoon, the oven fan was going, he kept running up to Alexa and requesting songs, my husband walked in to ask me a question, and I was sure I was going to lose it.

Immediately, I shouted like my life depended on it “please, turn that down...turn it off.”

This is not the only case of sensory overload I’ve experienced. I’ve noticed it more and more as I’ve become a mother. I’ve swapped silent car rides for car rides entertained by Blippi’s top musical performances, snack requests, and what feels like 100 questions.

Some days I take it all in stride, and others I feel like I’m drowning in sensory input. Given how much I’ve noticed sensory overload in my life since becoming a mother, I thought it would be a great opportunity to discuss this week.

Have you experienced this? Share with me…

Truer words were never spoken. (source: )

Thanks to ECE superstar Amanda Morgan from Not Just Cute - Intentional Whole Child Development for this wisdom.