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Life As A Conscious Mom

I was asked by a new mom over at The Conscious Mom’s Guide about Colic in newborns.  Caidin had colic so I know how challenging it can be for both new parents and baby to deal with. I can remember my husband strapping Caidin into the Baby Bjorn and walking him around our neighborhood park…

My answer to just about anything is ‘take an Epsom salt bath.’ Whether it’s sore muscles, aches from cold and flu, the onset of any kind of imbalance (cough, sore throat, fever), even fear, worry and sadness, my answer is ‘take an Epsom salt bath.’ On the physical side, Epsom salt which is the mineral…

Many of today’s children are intensely conscious beings. They can connect cause and effect at a very early age and they have a unique ability to see through the façade and sleight of hand of words and actions to unmask the truth. As Conscious Parents I think it is important to be honest with our…

Friday Wisdom is shared from Christine Agro’s Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms’ Edition) Each Deck has 42 cards and a booklet that offer insight and guidance for parenting consciously. Create Card #20 in The Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms’ Edition) Today I drew the Create Card. It’s the perfect card for what I…

My husband sent me an article that appeared in The New Yorker yesterday entitled “Spoiled Rotten: Why Kids Rule The Roost,’ written by Elizabeth Kolbert. In it she asks the question ‘are we raising a nation of ‘adultescents’? It isn’t the first time this month that the question of over indulgence and kids lacking everyday…

Being silly, laughing, giggling, playing – sometimes as parents we forget to have fun. We get so serious and so wrapped up in the need to, have to, ought to and should dynamics that all the life goes out of life. Having kids can be a great way to stay in touch with your inner…

People give me a weird look when my son falls and bumps any part of his body and my reaction is to grab a white potato and slice off a piece to put on the bumped area. But the potato is an amazing healer. I’ve had numerous occasions when friends, relatives and Caidin bump themselves…

Why do children go through stages where they push back against us? We read a lot about the ‘Terrible Twos’, but many parents will tell you it doesn’t end there, it goes on to the ‘Torturous Threes’, the ‘Fitful Fours’, the ‘Fighting Fives’…all the way up and through the teenage years, which the thought of…

Friday Wisdom is shared from Christine Agro’s Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms’ Edition) Each Deck has 42 cards and a booklet that offer insight and guidance for parenting consciously. Breathe Card #42 in The Conscious Living Wisdom Card (Special Moms’ Edition) Today I drew the Breathe Card. Breathing is a great tool that can…

Yesterday there was an article about kids watching Internet Porn (Rude awakening: Teaching our kids the abc’s of XXX). The article quoted a UK poll which found that ‘75% of teens said that their parents never discussed Internet Porn with them,’ as well as cited a study from the University of Alberta which ‘found that…
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