Sentences with phrase «about than a mom»

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Think about it: Wouldn't you rather Mom and Dad be safe and in the comfort of their own home rather than in an expensive institution with revolving care?

His plan is to infuse the company's parks with mom - and millennial - pleasing «purpose»; to make them more about animal conservation than animal entertainment; and to make them more educational (with more naturalistic animal displays and lessons about creatures in the wild), but also more fun (with more rides).

I would love to move to a state with enough land and a warmer climate for my sons to ride their race bikes, my daughter to have the horse she dreams of and me to finally be at peace, I also believe that there should be someone home with the kids no matter what their ages are and as a single Mom with no family support or father involvement being at home for me is even more important, especially now that they are teenagers, There are no more nap times or time outs and the things you worry about during this age are so much more dangerous than falling down and hitting their heads as toddlers.

Everyone has personal favorites, and I would like to close with a few of the books I have enjoyed with my children: Noel Streatfield's books about families with dancing children, including Ballet Shoes and Dancing Shoes; Cotton in My Sack and Indian Captive, books of historical fiction by Lois Lenski; the hilarious picture book Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman; the gentle moral tale of Rose, «who didn't work any harder than she had to»; Seven Loaves of Bread, by Ferida Wolf; and the accurate depictions of family life in both Joanna Harrison's When Mom Turned into a Monster and Jean van Leeuwen's delightful Oliver and Amanda Pig stories.

Hmm, I thought about that and guessed he was right though it would have been nice if the mystery person on the other end would have told me sooner I had the wrong person dialed in but yeah maybe they figured most moms were smarter than I am and would eventually catch on.

Jesus knew what He was about, and even though He knew more than mom and dad, He was so secure in who He was, He submitted to them as was right for Him to do.

My mom is an incredible cook and was all about those home - cooked family dinners, but we ate very «American» growing up: steak and potatoes, pork tenderloin, lots of spaghetti, and more chicken dishes than I can remember.

I remember my mom making sloppy joes with Manwich more than I would like to think about.

I have no idea where it originated but I am almost 99 percent sure it came about because some Southern mom found herself in the kitchen with both ground meat and rice and didn't know what else to do other than toss them together!

There's a bakery in Carmel that we've gone to more times than I can remember, and every memory I have of it includes my mom buying their big — like 6 ″ big — gingerbread man cookies and raving about how good they are.

But at about age twenty, I started making my own version, and my brother told me it was better than mom's.

When Jaclyn became a mom more than eight years ago, health food was the last thing on her mind, but when her son began to struggle with behavioral disorders, she dove in headfirst to begin learning about how to live and eat naturally.

I will just bore you more than I usually do with my endless rants about supporting your Mom & Pop Shoppe hot sauce makers.

Forget the millions of viewers at home — is there anything more mortifying for a grown man than having to talk about your sex life in front of your mom?

Mom (thinking the intent is a dig or personal attack): you don't know what you're talking about, his game translates way more in the NBA than it does at Purdue.

Of course I don't take it literally, but I do find that when a mom is concerned about her child (I like the word concerned more than worried) and X, Y, or Z, she will research the heck of out it, talk to others who know about the topic, and then research it some more until she finds the answers for which she is looking.

LeStage talked about how there's no better worker than a part / time working mom in the sense that you have limited time to deal with things, and know you are choosing work over home while you're working and so you GET THINGS DONE.

I think if we could increase awareness about the option of partial weaning, then we would be able to increase the toddler and possibly preschooler nursing rate in Canada and allow child / mom pairs to nurse until they are ready to stop, rather than until an artificial deadline.

I think you made some great points about IF parents choose circumcision for their baby, to be present for the procedure (which I can imagine is so much more reassuring to the baby to hear mom / dad's voice rather than being alone with a doctor) and insist on the anesthesia.

Because my struggle is my focus on self improvement on a daily basis, I'm pretty upfront about it with almost anyone, and I get one of two reactions, relief from other moms that I'm honest, because they all have their moments, or dismissal, from moms who'd never admit that parenting has been anything other than easy, peachy for them.

But considering when out and about I see way, way more babies getting bottles than being nursed, and the stats that show the majority of moms use bottles and formula at some point, I have to wonder, WHO is giving the judgmental looks to bottlefeeding moms??? The tiny minority who manage to exclusively breastfeed?

Science comes through once again with the receipts, and tells us that moms stress MORE about their husbands than their children.

As a mom who had a c - section with her first because he was breech, and who is due in 4 weeks with a second who we will find out tomorrow his position but in the meantime has been thinking quite a lot about the choices available to me... what * I * find shocking is that people feel they are better than me or that I am making a bad choice if I do not opt for a V - Bac.

Or even the fact that I know so many other wonderful moms who stopped nursing earlier than I but I felt like I had to lie about my own situation to not seem weird.

If you feel unsure of your parenting choices because they are different than the «mainstream,» I doubt the answer is to boast about breastfeeding and co sleeping while trying to make moms who formula feed feel like shit just so that you can give yourself a pat on the back.

A list of «advice» like yours, with a recommended response to another mom doing something as simple as saying she's tired being to brag about how awesome your parenting skills are, is nothing more than a way to lose friends and alienate people, while playing into the sanctimonious, holier - than - thou stereotype of crunchy moms.

Ok, all you holier - than - thou moms who just got on their soap box to preach about the ill - effects of television let me reassure you that my kids only watch what I allow them (and been pre-screened by me) and only for the recommended 2 hours a day (contrary to what you may have read in my What Not To Say To SAHM post).

Sometimes it's better to be funny than divisive, and while the internet certainly has room for both (and I plan on running a separate Mom's Gold Star column about funny parents who are also #resisting), humor is a welcome respite from all the doom and gloom.

This «breast capacity» is something that can change over time, but it's usually not something that a mom can do much about other than nurse more frequently.

I like when I teach moms about breast pumps at my job I like to tell them skin to skin is usually where our body is used to what our body is expecting for milk output which is why the baby is a better pump than an electric pump.

I talk about gender with my kids a lot; probably more than the average mom.

Recently, results were released from a new survey which polled more than 1,200 married moms about their parenting habits, focusing especially on how they share responsibilities with their spouses.

Being a step - parent is a lot more art than science, but there are simple ways to go wrong: Stepmoms who demand hugs and kisses and who seek to be called «Mom;» step - parents who grouse about not being the primary focus of Father's or Mother's Day; parents of all kinds waging propaganda campaigns to curry favor with the children.

I don't think «using those words publicly» is any less hurtful to breastfeeding moms than a women talking about breastfeeding being a wonderful bonding experience would be hurtful to someone who feels like Moakler does.

My grandmother always said that the «babies haven't read the manual» — and I try to keep this in mind in my journey as a parent... I do read - at times a lot more than other times - about the science of parenting - I appreciate the fact that there IS information out there that is available if needed / wanted — and I appreciate blogs like these who have intelligent moms backing intelligent thoughts....

I am the mama who does not care about perfection (I used to in my pre-kids days) so I would rather my kid make her own art (although indistinguishable) rather than we do it for her to make it «just right» (yeah one day a mom who does this with her kid told me «sorry» my kid's work did not come out great — to which I replied «Yes, but it is all her work!»)

Dr. Adam Shoman says second - time moms often start showing about a month earlier than they did with their first pregnancy.

It takes plenty of energy to create the perfect food for your baby, and moms who nurse need about 500 calories more per day than moms who don't.

A breastfeeding mom needs to get enough calories — about 500 more per day than usual — and needs to drink more fluids.

So while moms can be (and should be) concerned about the contaminants in their breast milk... it is certainly easier to change something you have more control over (your own diet and personal products) than what factory farm lots are doing to their cows.

Be intentional when you can, forgive yourself and ask for forgiveness for your less - than - optimal - sometimes - even - awful parenting moments, and don't even worry so much about being a «better» mom (and, yes, I get the irony of this point and the title of the article!).

Lack of good support, discomfort and misconceptions about milk supply are just a few of the factors leading moms to wean sooner than they want to.

During inception, we spoke with more than 5,000 moms about what they wanted from their breast pumps.

Even I spend a lot of time talking about it in my work, and there's no doubt about it — moms or birthing persons have things particularly rough for a little while, if for no other reason than that, biologically, they are going through a lot of physical healing and chemical changes.

So while 5MinutesForMom.com is also our personal site, infused by our lives as moms, bloggers, and business owners, it is about more than us... it's about YOU!

One Pinterest mom who had potty trained all four of her kids when they were more than a year younger than mine wrote a handy e-book about the method, so I ponied up the $ 9.99, and attempted to potty train my son over a long weekend, hoping it would be the solution I'd been looking for.

Anyway, my nonscientific observation is that stay - at - home moms worry about potty training earlier than work - out - of - the home moms, most likely because they're actually having to do all of the work.

One of the best things I have ever done as a parent to keep the communication open is to validate... we ALL need that... think about it moms, is it any different than when your man is ALWAYS trying to «fix» things when you're upset??

It really went with my «brand new mom» vibe that I was going for (or unconsciously falling into as I suddenly could not care less about pillow covers), and I used that dang thing until it was flatter than my boobs are now, years after breastfeeding.

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