Post-baby relationships can go through rough terrain as stress increases, alignments shift and expectations change. These transitions are natural and normal, but will need careful attention. They will require each person to grow oneself up in order to successfully navigate through the rocky roads of post-baby relationships. Last week, we held an important and enlightening […]
Tag: Relationships
We all need human connection, although we don’t always do our best to cultivate and foster the relationships we value so much. Stable relationships form in infancy. A child’s earliest relationships with caregivers and family members shape her future connections. Read from the Mommybites Relationships archive. From advice for new moms, to marital relations, to relationships within an extended family, you’re sure to find something beneficial.
Raising Good Winners and Good Losers
We are starting to play games with our toddler. Should we let her win? I don’t want her to feel bad about herself, and she has tantrums when she loses. This is a tricky one. There are games that we are just able to win, being grownups and all. We have been playing them forever, […]
Let’s Make Them Count
In keeping with our beginning-of-the-year Mommybites tradition of sharing the world’s most powerful images of the previous year, here are 2015’s, compiled by The Atlantic. As always, the pictures, in my opinion, capture and evoke the range of human emotions – sometimes even simultaneously. Here’s to a happy and healthy 2016 full of love, laughter […]
The Music Learner: Know Your Baby Better by Singing Together
How do infants express themselves before they have words? Usually, we think of crying as a primary form of communication. The tired cry, the hungry cry, the fussy cry or dirty diaper cry. Caregivers are expert interpreters. But there is another way to understand a child’s emotional life before language – and that’s to make […]
Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: I Am Getting Too Old for This!
Dear Readers, A few months ago, as I was reading Dominique Browning’s article, “I’m Too Old for This,” I found myself smiling vigorously in agreement. Although there are downsides to aging, she goes on to say: “ . . . there is also something profoundly liberating about aging: an attitude, one that comes hard won. […]
How to Get Your Kids In The Kitchen
You’ve heard it before – get your kids in the kitchen. But it doesn’t always sound as appealing when you think about the extra time and mess that it may create for you. So, here are tips for how to actually include your little ones in the kitchen in a productive way that both you […]
Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: What Is Sexting All About?
It seems like I am reading a lot lately about teens and sexting. As a parent or a grandparent, I cannot imagine dealing with this. I wouldn’t even know where to begin. I am interested in what you have to say about it. You’re right that sexting became a much-publicized topic, especially after a sexting […]
Holiday Tips for Men: Gifts for New or Expectant Moms
Let’s face it – the holiday season is wonderful once you know that you have everyone on your gift list checked off, and feel great about what you’re giving them. However, reaching that point and figuring out what to get someone can be stressful. For those looking for holiday gifts for new moms and mothers-to-be, […]