Sunday, December 21, 2008

Biting Child

I need help with what to do about a biting child. The little girl is 2 years old. She bites all the time! She will even take out the Binky, bite and put the Binky back in like nothing happened. She bites alot at daycare. Not really at home. What can I do to help her stop biting the other kids? Anybody know WHY kids bite? I mean other than being frustrated with someone and not being able to communicate.

Searching for the Christmas Spirit?

Look no further! Read this talk by President Hinkley. I loved it. Merry Christmas everyone! Sorry I have been a slacker at keeping this blog updated. I have some fun ideas coming up after the Holidays.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Sick kid. Help!

My year old son has been sick since Saturday. He has had diarrhea for 5 days now. He was throwing up Sunday and stopped and then started again today. We went to the doc for his year old appointment. The doc felt that he was well enough to give him all the year old shots. He got 5 total. We've been keeping up on the Tylenol to help with the fever. Giving him showers to help. He won't really eat or drink anything. He is so miserable. The doc said he isn't too worried about his sickness. But his first time mommy is. Any ideas on consoling my baby? Helping him eat something and keep it down?

Spiritual Enlightenment for the Week

Sorry, with the holidays approaching I haven't had much time to update this blog. CLick here for another great and uplifting talk. This one is by Jean Knight Pace entitled "The Joyful Surprise of Motherhood." Here is my favorite part of the talk.

"Myth number one: Before you have children, you need to do everything else in life that is important to you, because after you become a mother, you’ll never be able to do that again."


"This is the most common thing I heard in the later stages of my pregnancy. What a terrifying phrase—“never be able to do that again”—as if I were going to have a terrible and disabling accident instead of becoming responsible for one of Heavenly Father’s spirit children."


I cannot even begin to count the number of times I heard this while pregnant. It really got me scared to have a baby. I honestly thought I would never do anything for myself again. I was lucky enough to be doing some research on motherhood before having my daughter and I cam across this talk. It helped me realize how much society and the church really differ and what matter's most is what our prophets have taught us.

Friday, December 5, 2008

great ideas needed...

Me and Mat want so much to be better at reading our scriptures and praying and family home evening ... I am being very honest in saying that we have a really hard time sticking to all these things ... but we are constantly trying and we have the desire to be great at it ... So, the reason for this post is not to tell everyone that we suck (lol) but to get some ideas from you all ... How do the rest of you do it? Mat has a very unsteady schedule - it changes constantly so doing the exact same thing every day doesn't work ... like this week he's been going in at 4am and then some days he is there till 11 pm and his days off are ALWAYS different ... if anyone else deals with hard schedules and has any ideas for me PLEASE share... we need to figure out how to be consistent at these important things in an inconsistent world. Also, any ideas on making it fun for our very young children?

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

"Daughters of God" by Elder M. Russell Ballard

I love this talk. Click here to read it. I know as a mom I need constant reminding of how eternally important this tough job is. I find that reading uplifting articles/stories helps me get through the "rough" days. I am going to dedicate this week, or what is left of it to this talk. Focusing on the main points. If you have an experience you want to share. Feel free to leave it in the comments, e-mail me, or post about it. I believe that's how we learn, by sharing our own personal stories.


{We are Daughters of God Week - Part 1:}
"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. The choice is different and unique for each mother and each family. Many are able to be “full-time moms,” at least during the most formative years of their children’s lives, and many others would like to be. Some may have to work part-or full-time; some may work at home; some may divide their lives into periods of home and family and work. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."


"I am impressed by countless mothers who have learned how important it is to focus on the things that can only be done in a particular season of life. If a child lives with parents for 18 or 19 years, that span is only one-fourth of a parent’s life. And the most formative time of all, the early years in a child’s life, represents less than one-tenth of a parent’s normal life. It is crucial to focus on our children for the short time we have them with us and to seek, with the help of the Lord, to teach them all we can before they leave our homes. This eternally important work falls to mothers and fathers as equal partners. I am grateful that today many fathers are more involved in the lives of their children. But I believe that the instincts and the intense nurturing involvement of mothers with their children will always be a major key to their well-being. In the words of the proclamation on the family, “Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children” (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Liahona, Oct. 2004, 49; Ensign, Nov. 1995, 102).

"We need to remember that the full commitment of motherhood and of putting children first can be difficult. Through my own four-generation experience in our family, and through discussions with mothers of young children throughout the Church, I know something of a mother’s emotions that accompany her commitment to be at home with young children. There are moments of great joy and incredible fulfillment, but there are also moments of a sense of inadequacy, monotony, and frustration. Mothers may feel they receive little or no appreciation for the choice they have made. Sometimes even husbands seem to have no idea of the demands upon their wives."



As many of you know, I am not a full time "stay at home Mom." Sometimes I really wish I was, but I don't have that option right now. I have been judged quite harshly by many for this. I loved reading this because it made me realize that, even though it may not seem like it, there are other's out there like me. And also, it made me feel like it was ok as long as I love my daughter with all my heart and I do!

Feel free to share what you liked most about this part of the talk!



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