If a mother-to-be asked me for parenting advice, one of things at the top of my list would be “find good mom friends.”
I lucked out in this department. When my older son was born, I was a stay-at-home mom, so I was able to devote a lot of time to nurturing my friendships, as well as nurturing my baby. I met friends at La Leche League, at swim lessons, through a moms’ group and at Sunflower. Eight years later, I still count those moms among my closest friends.
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Six months ago, we moved to a new neighborhood. We were moving from a townhouse with almost no...
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Late last year, our landlord decided to sell the house we were renting. We had to move, and...
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Have you talked with your children about sex? Maybe you’re thinking, “No, they’re way too young,”...
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Sunflower blogger Victoria won 4th place in KaBOOM!’s recent guest blogging contest. For...
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Tools for the important work of play My son Dante was a Seedling for two years, when he was three...
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I’m sitting down to write about siblings, and all sorts of thoughts are swirling through my...
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Sometimes, when I’m a helper at Seedlings, I’ll see a stream of older folks walking by...
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At the Seedlings Family Kick Off that Jonathan posted about last week, one of the questions we...
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I’m a control freak. If you’ve met me, there’s no point in my denying it. So for...
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