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Honesty for working mamas
A little while back I sensed myself on the verge of disapproval of a friend who, having timed her baby nicely around the academic year, is putting her almost 6-month-old in full-time daycare. What’s up with that, I wondered? Both … Continue reading
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interfaith kids
Several months ago now, my pastor called a meeting for all parents to discuss spiritual development in children and how to support it. A topic fraught with pitfalls, and probably three quarters of our little gang came away disturbed or … Continue reading
I Dream of Knitting
Back to the knitting porn… last night’s knitting, attempted with Mr. FP sitting on my lap, was a disaster – I didn’t realize I’d stopped in the middle of a round the last time, and got all the way through … Continue reading
Mummy Tummy
This book was recommended to me by my good friend M-, who has at least a brown belt in karate and is also a professor and so into researching everything. I am a little wary of postpartum exercise books right … Continue reading
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Three for fun
This book I picked off the teen librarian’s pirate display, because I needed to read a teen book and was feeling lazy about choosing one. It is a fine book, though! Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures … Continue reading
Subversive Parenting Part II
This book was recommended to me by a colleague – fortuitious, I thought, since I’d been thinking it was about time for me to start reading discipline books, which this kind of is. I got a nudge in the right … Continue reading

