This week we asked you to share your routines with us. Read more about consistent and loving care on our resource page. Link up!  Read More…

4 Comments | Posted in Consistent Care, Routines and Schedules, Wordless Wednesday

Worried about remaining connected to your school-aged child? Laura from “Life Behind the Red Front Door” writes about how she remains connected to her oldest, school-aged child.  Read More…

1 Comment | Posted in Alternative Caregivers, Attachment Parenting, Balance, Consistent Care, Family Structure, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity, Routines and Schedules

When I first began learning about gentle parenting, I spent a lot of time on parenting boards soaking up the experience and perspective of veteran moms. I noticed right away that the so-called terrible twos were viewed with nonchalance. Three, on the other hand? It is a tough age.  Read More…

20 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Gentle Discipline, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity, Routines and Schedules

A discussion on how to incorporate rhythm (or a natural flow) to your days in an effort to reduce the chaos and inability to accomplish anything.  Read More…

5 Comments | Posted in Balance, Consistent Care, Family Structure, Routines and Schedules

My kids haven’t always had the best table manners and for many years I was okay with that. I didn’t want to force my two year old to sit through a long family dinner, and I didn’t want to make my three year old eat all the food on her plate. I was fine if my four year old wanted to stand and wiggle around between bites, and I was okay with my six year old forgetting to clear her plate. But now that my two daughters are 4 1/2 and 7, my leniency over the years is starting to show.  Read More…

3 Comments | Posted in Cleaning and Organizing, Consistent Care, Gentle Discipline, Homeschooling, Natural Learning, Practical Home Help, Routines and Schedules

If you’ve experienced a renewed bout of separation anxiety with your preschooler, you probably understand how frustrating it can be to address. We recently went through this with our own (then) three year old, and I’d like to share some ideas that friends offered on how to gently respond.  Read More…

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A peak inside Gretchen’s journey towards peaceful nap times with her young daughter.  Read More…

12 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Balance, Consistent Care, Cosleeping, Parenting Philosophies, Routines and Schedules, Safe Sleep, Work and Family

A reader asks our NPN mentors about a five-year-old’s nighttime bedwetting.  Read More…

1 Comment | Posted in Ask an NP Mentor, Nighttime Parenting, Routines and Schedules

Sleeping, pooping, and eating seem to be the bane of every mother’s existence. If our children are not sleeping properly, we tend to feel like bad mothers for not be able to help settle our babes into a restful slumber. If our children are not pooping, we fret and worry that there is some hidden health issue lurking. But if …  Read More…

4 Comments | Posted in Consistent Care, Feeding With Love, Gentle Discipline, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Responding With Sensitivity, Routines and Schedules

We have loved sharing a bed with our first son, Everett. The snuggles are an immediate reward, the attachment and sense of security in him is the long term reward. So when our second son, Kellan, was born, without a thought or doubt about it, he joined our bed every night. Since then, however, I’ve had friends and acquaintances ask how we handle bed sharing with two kids.  Read More…

9 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Consistent Care, Cosleeping, Family Safety, Nighttime Parenting, Parenting Philosophies, Routines and Schedules, Safe Sleep