Christmas Decor in My Home

The holidays are just about over & they have been so much fun. My boys have enjoyed themselves & I have received so many generous gifts. I want to post pics of the decorations I love & the decorations that are for children because one day they will be a thing of the past.

Parenting Mania

Oh how I wish I never heard any parenting advice...well most of it anyway. I had a mother who was very nurturing and a stable father figure...not nearly as nurturing, but it was fairly stable. Through the years, all through my childhood into young adult, and now as a parent, I've heard how mothers wish they had done things differently & the media constantly giving their input on how we can improve parenting skills---let's face it mom skills. Those nanny shows were the death of me. I watched those before I had kids & took so many mental notes. Boy was I surprised when my first born hit me one day...wait, I thought he was only going to hit if I hit?? What happened? I never hit him, he hit me. PLan A: Don't hit my kid, he'll never hit was a bust!! So I tried someone else's advice which I will call Plan B. I hit him back the next time, not hard, but a tap. You know what he did? Hit me back. According to this new plan, plan B, he was supposed to realize the error of his ways & not strike back. Plan B was no fun & a bust. So, now we just do time outs & take away prized possessions if they can not be redirected.

Then I heard from those moms who were obsessive cleaners when they're children were growing up & regretted spending so much time cleaning. Advice, don't clean so much...wait they never actually referred to themselves as obsessive cleaners, that was a miniscule crucial point I added on later in my though process. Know what happens when a non-obsessive cleaner cleans, les...ants, sticky furniture, dirty clothes, messy messy house, insane & confused mother!!!! So now I clean, spote clean, weekly cleanings, just enough so we kill those pesky germs & so we can walk clutter free & think without paper towers falling into our laps!

The best advice I goe very early on & still is the best advice, do what works for you and your child, then baby. Our friends had a 2 year old and their second baby about the time we had our first, they surely knew so much about parenting, so we called these seasoned parents of two for napping advice. They were so gracious to listen, so young & yet so very wishe with their advice. WEll, they said, this is what works for us, but we can't be sure it work for you. Do what feels comfortable for you & your baby. I thought they are so swee to no be bossy, but please don't tell me that, just tell me what to do. What i know for sure now, is that they couldn't tell us what to do exactly, but only what worked for them.

That's how would like all future parenting advce and any other advice coming towards me and only when solicited...this what worked for me/us.

Coach

Now my latest material joy & first time purchase at a great place from a VA outlet store: Coach

Now I want to add a picture of my favorite Christmas decorating item: Holiday by Lenox

Trying to get the font I want. How's that?

So, I've read several blogs from teaching blogs to just individual blogs. Fun to read how we are all different, but quite similar. I have no idea if I plan on contiuing this blog.