Fussy babies

Great link for ideas on helping your fussy baby...

11 Ways to Soothe a Fussy Baby
A Checklist of 36 Time-Tested Baby Calmers
3 Reasons Why Babies Fuss
7 Things Parents Should Know About Baby's Cries
Letting Baby "Cry-it-out" Yes, No!
4 Ways to Teach Baby to "Cry Better"
The Shutdown Syndrome
Comforting the Gassy Baby 
8 Dance Steps to comfort baby
6 Ways to Make Baby Dancing Fun

Go to the Dr. Sears page!

lymph nodes in the chest, armpit and breast need movement and cool temperature

Jiggle the girls. Keep synthetic fiber exposure to a minimum. Don't wear bras too tight.

So says this interesting article about bras and breast cancer risks.

And eat some MISO for some real protection! Yummy!

the problem with praise

teaching kids with punishment

Crying for Comfort: Distressed Babies Need to be Held

"Crying for Comfort: Distressed Babies Need to be Held"

by Aletha Solter, Ph.D.

Originally published in Mothering Magazine, Issue 122 January/February 2004

http://www.awareparenting.com/comfort.htm

PHOTO: Emma Barton (1872-1938); Carbon; Collection of National Media Museum

Parenting with Nonviolent Communication (NVC)

Puppets make great parents!

a lizard got in

A lizard got in from the not-yet-screened-in porch. Befriended by our cat, it lasted all of 20 minutes. Now it is dead. I called my husband and he said it was good it was the lizard and not the cat. HD and MP come home tomorrow and I'll show them the corpse now mounted onto the fence, just outside the porch.

ethics

I like my job. Although it's not the kind of photography that makes my heart beat fast (like Siskind and Giacomelli) I like that I'm not sitting a desk collecting blood clots in my legs for the full 40 hours of my shift.

But I still work in a conservative office environment. This week's controversy:
Does a photo of a transexual in a low cut shirt, huge breasts and a man's face offend you? Does it violate the standard ethics of journalism to publish such a photo? If a volunteer photographer on your staff posted such a photo - would it be your job to delete it?

Furnace

I've heard it said that you must burn up all the blocks (believing they are made of wood or straw) that make for stumbles. I'm stubborn and convinced that I can be self-reliant through tricks of the mind. So I try - and see it burning up hot as the oven in the horseshoer's shop. Forging my days with the heat from the burning, I make something where there was only raw ore before. This image is a lot easier to maintain in the cool days of fall.

Farmer's market

Water melon juice!

This picture startled me. H.D. looks so tall, like a real kid now, not a toddler anymore.

St. Simons Island, GA. July 2008