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How to Have Peaceful Family Dinners.

Kirsten Russell
October 2, 2020
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Imagine this: You cook a great meal for hours, imagining your family having a peaceful family dinner together, connecting and laughing. REALITY: Food is being thrown, children are bickering, and your patience is lost. Pandemic confession: my husband and I…

Child Development

Teaching Preschool at Home

Kirsten Russell
September 30, 2020
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Teaching preschool at home can be daunting. You see all the fancy curriculums and pinterest activities. You also feel spread thin, letting mom guilt often take over. Let's simplify teaching preschool at home. Maybe you are working from home. Maybe…

Toddler Development

Bringing Home Second Baby: What I Want You to Know.

Kirsten Russell
September 29, 2020
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Read the following excerpt before bringing home your second baby: "Imagine your husband bringing home another women, but she is younger and sweeter and everyone you knew thought it was the best idea ever AND brought her presents!" This is…

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You NEED these Sound Machines!

Kirsten Russell
September 27, 2020
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Are you looking for sound machines to keep at home or on the go? Sound machines allow babies to sleep soundly in car seats during events. These wonderful devises also allow toddlers to sleep though the noisy garbage truck out…

Mother holding baby, bringing home baby number two

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Clingy Child Tips

Kirsten Russell
September 25, 2020
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Do you feel as if you have zero personal space? Does making dinner often look like having one child attached to your leg while the other is crying for you to come play? If you feel as if your child…

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Child is asking WHY? WHY? WHY?

Kirsten Russell
September 23, 2020
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Have you entered the phase of childhood where your child is asking 'why'? If you tallied up how many questions your child asks in a day, would the total number blow your mind? Read the following story and see if…

Infant Development

Get Rid of Pacifiers!

Kirsten Russell
September 12, 2020
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Is your Mama intuition telling you it's time to get rid of pacifiers? Maybe your pediatrician saying to begin weaning? Your well meaning Mother-in-Law is making comments? Our 2 year old has been chewing through a few pacifiers a week…

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Welcome to the Mindful Motherhood Blog!

Kirsten Russell
September 8, 2020
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We were about 6 weeks into the pandemic and I was starting to lose my mind and find my groove at the same time. One night, I was talking to friend on the phone who was almost in tears over…

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Do you have a Spirited Child?

Kirsten Russell
August 30, 2020
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Mindful motherhood: being present, aware and intentional in your motherhood journey. When my oldest son turned two, I began to realize he had MORE: more energy, more passion, more unpredictability, more enthusiasm, more extroversion. Can you imagine that feeling you…

Child Development

Is your child your mini me? Is that a good thing?

Kirsten Russell
May 5, 2020
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Let's pretend you have a BIG reaction when you see an insect on the sidewalk. Then right after, your child slowly falls over in the grass and has a BIG reaction...what is the reason for that behavior? Is your child…