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Where Do You Get Your Parenting Advice From?

October 7, 2009 by Online Parenting · Leave a Comment 

by Kathy Forcey When you first have children it is the most exciting, scary, fun filled, exhausting time of your life. At first you just worry about how to keep them from crying all the time and trying to get some sleep. How do you know what to do in certain situations with your kids? It is normal to do many of the things that your parents did with you when you were a child. The problem with this is that you may be carrying on bad habits for no reason other than that your parents did it and

Lil Links: Harley Davidson Barbie Gets a Tattoo

August 25, 2009 by Online Parenting · Leave a Comment 

Barbie got a tattoo! - MOMformation Don't let baby sleep in the car seat - CafeMom Parents and educators go head-to-head over autism-service dogs - ParentDish 5 booby traps of breastfeeding - Fit Pregnancy 6 yummy sandwiches - Parenting Advice on breastpumping at work - Pregnancy

Lil Links: Harley Davidson Barbie Gets a Tattoo

August 25, 2009 by Online Parenting · Leave a Comment 

Barbie got a tattoo! - MOMformation Don't let baby sleep in the car seat - CafeMom Parents and educators go head-to-head over autism-service dogs - ParentDish 5 booby traps of breastfeeding - Fit Pregnancy 6 yummy sandwiches - Parenting Advice on breastpumping at work - Pregnancy

Defending your parenting choices.

August 24, 2009 by Online Parenting · Leave a Comment 

Take it from me - there are a lot of issues in parenting you can lose a friend over. You can argue endlessly about which way is better: To have a natural birth or a C-section by choice? To Breastfeed or to bottle-feed? To use a pacifier or not to use a pacifier? To co-sleep with your kids or to sleep separately? To use controlled crying or to not use it? To put a child in a care center or to become a stay at home mom? To immunize or not to immunize? To start solids early o

A Father’s Loss

June 20, 2009 by Online Parenting · Leave a Comment 

Last week, my oldest daughter dropped a bombshell. She didn’t want to spend the night at her dad’s anymore because she doesn’t sleep well there. “It’s dark and cold” and her sister snores. To my great surprise, I was overcome with compassion for my ex. I knew he’d be devastated to lose this precious time with her. With a 70/30 percent custody split, he misses out on so much of their lives as it is. And that realization made me cry. I suddenly empathized with him and every father who has lost

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