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    Things I’m Working on as a Mother

    It dawned on me the other day that Henry never seemed to have a hard time adjusting to life with his new brother Tate at the time of Tate’s birth. I realized, however, that it’s probably getting harder and harder for Henry, now that Tate is more of a presence in our lives. He interacts with us, he laughs with us, he cracks us up a lot more, he asks for things, he demands a lot of attention, and he elicits a lot of positive feedback because he’s so stinkin’ adorable now (in my opinion, 16 months is when kids start to get really fun). 
    Tate’s more pronounced presence
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    Revitalized Spaces

    There are spaces in my home that bug me every time I walk by them. The thing about those kind of spaces is that they typically only take about 15 minutes to transform. So I generally spend several hours (if you add up all the seconds I spend being bothered by them each day) thinking about corners that don’t take very much time to fix. Oy! 

    In this case, one area was really bothering me: the bookshelf in our bedroom. The thing about that bookshelf is that I see it for several hours each night as I work on my computer from my bed.

    One night I decided to do

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    Bye, Bye Pacifier

    I remember the indecision and uncertainty I faced when deciding whether or not to introduce a pacifier into my first son’s life. The Montessori philosophy recommends against the use of pacifiers (as do a whole host of books about helping your babies sleep well), but I really felt like my son needed the extra support to help soothe himself.

    Around 14 months, he started daycare and his teacher helped us wean him off of it. We started by limiting its use just to nap time and bedtime. And then we just stopped using it all together.

    We started the same thing with Tate when he hit the 14 month-mark. I

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