Crying: The Language of Tears By Pinky McKay Pinky McKay mentored me last year, to have Pinky guest posting here is an honour. It seems there is nothing like infant crying to stir up confusion and strong feelings among mothers – and anyone else who wants to offer their ‘two bobs worth’. How often do we hear, crying is good for the lungs (like bleeding is good for the veins?), or if you pick him up … [Read more...]
Little People have BIG Feelings
07/03/2012 By 28 Comments
Little People have BIG Feelings If I had a dollar for every person in the past couple of months who has said to me “Kids are resilient … they adapt easily … don’t worry about it” I could probably retire. In mid-November we moved “home” to Sydney after a 16 month stint in Melbourne. My husband and I really looked forward to returning to our good friends and the house we had worked hard to renovate … [Read more...]
What Fear are you afraid of unconsciously teaching your child?
13/01/2012 By 13 Comments
What Fear are you afraid of unconsciously teaching your child? I have an irrational fear of spiders. I have no idea what started my fear, I never remember it not being there. I can still remember an occasion when I would have been about eight years old or so and my mother was very sick in bed so I was watching TV in the lounge room by myself, when a hand sized huntsman crawled out from behind the … [Read more...]
Sensory Processing “Understanding the way children learn, behave & play”
02/12/2011 By 25 Comments
Sensory Processing "Understanding the way children learn, behave & play" Sensory processing is being able to use information received through all senses to understand what is going on around us. The sensations received from hearing, sight, tastes, smell, touch, pressure and movement, are analysed by the brain which processes the sensations. Most people spend their days surrounded by a … [Read more...]
Do You Need to Be a Little More Selfish…Without the Guilt?
23/11/2011 By 11 Comments
Do You Need to Be a Little More Selfish…Without the Guilt? Someone once told me that I need to be more selfish. That I care too much about others and about what others think. Reality bites. I think most Mothers are good mothers. Most mothers put their families first. I know I do. But I am trying to put a little more “me time” into my daily life so that I don’t harbor resentment or have that … [Read more...]
Managing conflict. A story of chalk and cheese…
07/11/2011 By 5 Comments
Managing conflict. A story of chalk and cheese… Pretty much every morning my nine-year-old daughter can’t seem to get ready for school. Not every morning. But lots. It ends in tears. Not always. But lots. It is fair to say it’s a source of ongoing conflict – and it’s very hard to manage! Even when she is trying to get it together, something ‘happens’ to make it all fall apart – in the final 20 … [Read more...]
Making Time for Family Time
31/10/2011 By 12 Comments
Making Time for Family Time When HB and I were first married weekends were the best! We would laze around all day and just do nothing.. Oh how I look back on those ~sleep in all day~ days, I should of appreciated them more! Then the kiddos came along and we got busy.. HB was working a lot and I was just trying to survive the week with my sanity intact (obviously I didn't know back then sanity is … [Read more...]
