Tag Archives: Kids

Grouchy Children

By Elise | Published: February 16, 2012

The thing about kids is that they are people too.  They have many of  the same needs as everyone else, which include: Needing much more sleep than they get  (Check to see if your kids are getting enough sleep here.) Needing many more hugs than they get Needing people to me much more patient with [...]

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Pacifier Intelligence ???

By Elise | Published: February 13, 2012

When I was pregnant with my first child, an co-worker of mine told me a story.  It went something like this: My friend just had a baby, and when she was at the doctor last week for the baby’s 2 month old checkup, the doctor told her that the way the baby was sucking on [...]

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Peaceful Child

By Elise | Published: January 25, 2012

My daughter came home from school last night in a tizzy.  She got in a tiny bit of trouble with her teacher, and it hurt her feelings.  On top of that, there was the mountain of homework.   The poor child was freaking out about getting it done so much so that she was practically [...]

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Sweaters?

By Elise | Published: January 18, 2012

The Midwest is finally cold.  Brr… I realized over the weekend that most of my Old Navy sweaters from 4 years ago are falling apart.  Since my youngest is now in first grade, I’m thinking maybe it’s time to go ahead and invest in sweaters that could last longer than a few years. I never [...]

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Welcome Chinese New Year

By Elise | Published: January 16, 2012

Does January always feel like the longest month to you?  For me, it just seems to drag on and on.   I’m sure it has something to do with the holiday let down and going to back to work, but I try to look at it in a different way.  January is my month of [...]

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Peace at Home

By Elise | Published: December 19, 2011

There is something about the holiday season that is sweetly melancholic for me.  It’s hard to look at my children and not realize how fast they are growing up.  While I am mostly overjoyed each day watching them bloom into wonderful people, there is a place in my heart holding deep sadness that the time [...]

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What is a coach anyway?

By Elise | Published: November 30, 2011

Suddenly people around me are becoming more curious about what it is that I do exactly anyway. Coaching is hard to explain.  We celebrate successful sports coaches, but many people still cast a wary eye towards life coaches.   The term new age, weird, and freak come to mind a lot apparently.   Yesterday, I heard [...]

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Handling days or weeks like this

By Elise | Published: November 21, 2011

It is a super-busy week here full of working, cleaning, hanging out with children and preparing food of course. It can be tempting to neglect self-care during these times.  After all momma said there’d be days like this. I figure I have two choices as a plan of action this week. Neglect myself.  Focus on [...]

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Lots of Tears

By Elise | Published: November 2, 2011

Every few months, I revisit the idea that I would like to have another baby.   My son is 6 now, and it is starting to be quite painful when he sits on my lap.  He’s getting kind of squirmy and sharp elbowed these days. I miss holding a sleeping baby.  I miss nursing, (not to [...]

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Texting Playdate

By Elise | Published: September 28, 2011

My daughter had a playdate a few weeks ago.   We hadn’t seen this particular friend of hers in a while, and they were both looking forward to it. Her friend spent about 3/4 of her time here texting her friends.  Not kidding.  They are in 5th grade.  Lordy! What’s a peaceful momma to do? I [...]

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