Today I’m writing from my hometown—not the one I’ve adopted as an adult but the one where I spent the first eighteen years of my life. It feels a little funny to be here. It’s not because I’m (supposedly) a grown-up hanging out in the spaces where I used to be a kid. It’s not […]
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How to Be a Scream Free Parent: Teleclass Recap
In case you missed this extremely helpful teleclass, presented by Debbie Pincus, here is a link to the taped class on Scream Free Parenting. Please check out Debbie’s special offer for private in-person or phone/Sype sessions on Calm Parenting for Mommybites moms! Debbie, a family therapist for over 30 years, presented her most effective philosophy […]
Doing the Right Thing
With all the press surrounding the Steubenville case, there has been a lot of talk about kids doing the wrong thing. I would like to share an example of a kid doing the right thing. My good friend M has an older brother who is both mentally retarded and gay. M and her brother went […]
Choose Your Care Provider Carefully and Early
For years I have had conversations with upset students about the care they are receiving from their providers. Usually this happens around 25 to 30 weeks into a pregnancy, when the student is seeing her care provider a little more often and starting to think more seriously about her upcoming birth. Certain topics begin to […]
The Tale On Tattling
When we were young, grown ups were always telling us,“Don’t be a tattler”, “Don’t tattle on your sister”, “Work it out.”, and so on. Tattling was a bad thing. A sign of weakness. An annoyance to the adults in our lives. We were expected to solve the issue, deal, or just suck it up. What I wonder about is, […]
Does My Toddler Need A Vitamin Supplement?
Does my toddler need a vitamin supplement? Toddlers and food can be a slippery slope, which makes the decision about whether or not to give your little one vitamin supplements even more challenging. When you provide your toddler with choices from all the different food groups – and combine that with the opportunity to combine […]
Smilestone On Art
If your child, or any child you know, would like to share his or her Smilestone, please email heather@mommybites.com. Welcome to our kid-generated Smilestone blog! This blog is the brainchild of seven-year-old L, who wanted to create a place where children could share their Smilestones. A Smilestone, according to L, is when “something really important […]
Green Parenting: Using Essential Oils On Children
Last year, my daughter’s school was hit with a case of head lice. The schools sent out a memo and I was panicked. While it is apparently not an uncommon occurrence in schools these days, it was a huge shock that sent me searching on the internet for ways to keep my girls’ heads lice […]