Author Archives: erin

Parenting Theories

Posted on May 20, 2012 by erin

I’ve been reading a lot of stories about parenting theories. It was prompted by the Time magazine cover that has a lot of moms talking. Of course, a lot of moms came out swinging, especially with a cover line that … Continue reading →

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Maslow

Posted on February 15, 2012 by erin

I’ve seriously been working on this blog post for 2 weeks. Where have I been? Down the rabbit hole. Okay, I’m being really dramatic. There was no rabbit hole involved, promise. I’ve just been amazingly busy, stressed, and frustrated. Just … Continue reading →

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Stupid wagons.

Posted on January 24, 2012 by erin

January 24, and as I sit here I’m eating M&Ms. Darn it. I am such a stress eater. The last couple weeks have been rough. Poor Fynn has just been so frustrated with speech therapy. It doesn’t help, I’m sure, … Continue reading →

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Winter, Motivation and the Urban Mom.

Posted on January 16, 2012 by erin

Well, that was a bad weekend for the diet! While I ate a bunch of healthy foods, I also ate too much bad. Frustrating, but today is a new day. At least I didn’t do a lot of sitting around … Continue reading →

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And the diet continues (really!)

Posted on January 10, 2012 by erin

Fifteen days into the diet and I’m still going strong. I’ve still only dropped 2 pounds, but I’m finally resting comfortably within my allotted calories. It’s always a balancing act between meals. If I don’t eat enough for breakfast or … Continue reading →

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Need some…votes.

Posted on January 9, 2012 by erin

So I’m struggling to figure out what to read next. Anyone have any advice? Here are the choices because I’m not allowed to buy any more books. It’s a self inflicted fast: “The Gravedigger’s Daughter” Joyce Carol Oates (because I … Continue reading →

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Replacement puppies.

Posted on January 8, 2012 by erin

My son has a beloved stuffed animal. Actually, he has two beloved stuffed animals. They are exactly the same. For the longest time, Fynn would not play with a stuffed animal, but he eventually fell in love with the Ty … Continue reading →

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Toddlers are bad for your diet (Erin’s new study reports)

Posted on January 5, 2012 by erin

My kid is a picky eater. I know, I know, all l kids are picky eaters. We’ve been working very diligently lately (now that we feel like the speech stuff is going better) to work on the eating. So tonight … Continue reading →

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Day…oh, I don’t know.

Posted on January 4, 2012 by erin

Well, still on my diet (although I went off course a little tonight with the potatoes au gratin – low calorie…but I ate too much of that delicious warm potato goo). It was a pretty good day without a lot … Continue reading →

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January 2 + Day 6

Posted on January 2, 2012 by erin

Hello from day six of the diet. Now that the carbohydrate addiction has abated, I can actually think clearly and I’m not starving all of the time. Today was a good day for healthy decisions. The family and I were … Continue reading →

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