January and Brandon are talking about dads and babysitting… more specifically whether or not dads are babysitting when they spend time with their kids. They discuss Brandon’s bad luck in reading parenting “manuals,” with the subject matter being quite funny to January, as you will hear! Subscribe to the Harshe Podcast on iTunes! Subscribe to the Harshe Podcast on Google…
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The Harshe Podcast – Episode #31: Large Family Efficiency
January and Brandon are talking the tips and tricks they’ve learned as parents of six kids! January talks bucking the stereotype of the disheveled parents of a large family and Brandon explains why it’s so important to “Just say no.” A lot of kids is a lot of work but it is sometimes possible to stack the deck in your…
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The Harshe Podcast – Episode #3: Parenting and Expectations
On our third episode we talk about expectations, especially where parenting is concerned, and why it’s so important to follow your intuition as a parent and to raise your kids according to your standards, not anyone else’s! Also, January and Brandon talk co-sleeping and Game of Thrones! Subscribe to the Harshe Podcast on iTunes! Subscribe to the Harshe Podcast on…
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5 Benefits of Having a High-Needs Baby {Not a Joke}
June 2011 ~ She was soft-spoken and smiling, in the coffee shop on Avenue de Gaspé on a summer morning in Montréal. It was the kind of cafe I would have once loved – a little crocheted hanging seat in the corner, lots of glass, a communal table. Coffee boiling in beakers. And she was the kind of woman I…
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Circumcision Doesn’t Beget Circumcision {One of These Things is Not Like the Other}
Yes, you read that right, we’re going to talk AGAIN about circumcision, but this post is a little different. I’m not writing this to try to tell you what to do. In fact, this post is actually going to start off with a confession; the day after my first baby was born I had him circumcised. Whew. Okay. We got…
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Breastmilk Popsicle! Great for Teething!
“My daughter, Violet, would always get jealous watching her older brothers munch on popsicles. So I made her some boobsicles! I froze some breastmilk in one of those tiny bottles that came with my breast pump, used clothespin to hold a lollipop stick in place, and voila! She absolutely LOVED it!” ~Jessica Campbell
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Balance in Motherhood…A Mother vs. the World
I was in emotional turmoil today. After texting with my sister who has no children (yet) about how hard her life is, I started thinking about all I would do if I was single or had no children. I mean, seriously, I could sleep in, work out, go back to school, go to the coffee shop and read for hours on…
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One of Those Hard Motherhood Days…Needing a Reminder
I just had one of those days. You know, where you feel like you are doing it all wrong, someone is constantly getting hurt, two of them are screaming at you at the same time throughout the day while the others need you too. All while trying to clean, cook, realizing it is 1:00 pm and I haven’t eaten yet…
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10 Tips: Transition From 1 to 2 Kids.
All of our children are 20 months apart (except 2 and 3 are 28 months apart b/c baby 3 was my VBA2C baby and I took more time). It’s hard. So hard. Here are some things in hindsight that helped (and wished I would have known beforehand). 1. Let go of expectations. If you EXPECT both children to nap at…