List/Grid Monthly Archives: February 2012
Some Advice For Talking With An Adoptive Parent
If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll know that I am a transracial, adoptive mom. In many circles a transracial family is also known as a conspicuous family given that the parents are usually one ethnicity and the child another. In our case, my husband and I are Caucasian and our son, The Littlest E, is Ethiopian. I’ve been a mom now for 18 months and along the way have had a number of conversations…
Adventures In Potty Training
This past Presidents’ Day weekend, my husband and I spent the entire weekend potty training our 2½-year old son, The Littlest E. It’s a rite of passage for every child and parent. For a while our son had showed signs he was interested in going potty in his little potty and it had become part of his post bath routine. My husband and I talked about it and figured we’d give it an official try. …
Soul Parenting
Joaquin must have been at least three days old before I’d recovered enough from his arrival to give him a thorough once-over. As I scanned his wrinkled body, I was astounded by his completeness. “All I want is a healthy baby” is a common response to questions about whether your child is going to be a boy or a girl, but when I thought about the criteria for a healthy baby, I didn’t envision little…
A Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care Decisions Is A Good Thing To Have In Place
In the summer of 2009, my father was vacationing in Reno, Nevada and had a heart attack. He’d had one twenty years before and this time the doctor told him he needed quadruple bypass surgery. Prior to his surgery (which had something like a 98% success rate), he was asked to fill out a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions which would state his wishes if things went south during surgery. My dad’s…
Spacation Day – Mom-Me Time Revisited
In one of my first blogs, I wrote about the need for time with myself to regroup and recharge. It was especially important since I was a new, adoptive mom and my son, The Littlest E, was just over a year old. Now that my son is in preschool going half days two days a week, I have a few extra hours to myself. Usually, those hours are spent running errands, cooking, writing and doing…
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