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Learning to banish negative self-talk

Refuse to give in to the negative self-talk that happens in our heads. Banish it.

I felt myself retreating into a corner this week, more like a hole. I felt like my creativity was getting choked, like an editor was hovered over me criticizing my work, deleting my articles and replacing type with question marks.

But none of that was real. It was all anxiety, smoke shoveled into my mind to shutdown my work. And I was doing it to myself.

Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever shutdown a dream, an idea, a vision, with negative self talk and scenarios that haven’t even happened? [Read more…]

Put the crib in mama’s room, according to new sleep guidelines for babies

Baby Z at six months in the bassinet. And STILL in our room.

Here’s another recommendation guaranteed to help you get EVEN LESS sleep.

Putting the baby in their own crib or bassinet in the same room as their parents is the best way to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), according to new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Continue putting the baby to sleep on their backs too, according to the guidelines, without any pillows, sheets, stuffed animals and all those accessories that look cute, but can actually be hazardous for babies. NPR provides a good summary of the updated recommendations. [Read more…]