parenting – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 A Playdate for the Dads /post/2017/11/04/dad-playdate/ /post/2017/11/04/dad-playdate/#comments Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:28:19 +0000 /?p=7683 It’s Saturday morning at approximately 9:30am, and I’m back in bed. Because miracles do happen. I have three glorious hours to myself this morning, and I’ve decided to spend them reading, editing photos, writing this quick blog post, and running … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/11/04/dad-playdate/feed/ 2 Almost One Week Postpartum /post/2016/05/05/one-week-postpartum/ /post/2016/05/05/one-week-postpartum/#comments Thu, 05 May 2016 20:35:36 +0000 /?p=6597 The end of pregnancy is crazy because one day you’re pregnant and then one day you’re suddenly not. Or maybe it’s not so sudden. In my case the process certainly didn’t seem very quick. In any case, I’m writing this … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/05/05/one-week-postpartum/feed/ 14 Where I am (mentally) right now as a toddler mom. /post/2015/11/23/toddler-mom-2/ /post/2015/11/23/toddler-mom-2/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2015 05:04:16 +0000 /?p=6048 Am I allowed to say that I don’t think being a toddler mom is for me? Because I’m not sure it is. I’m more of a newborn/baby person. I freakin’ love newborns. I could cuddle a baby all day and … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/11/23/toddler-mom-2/feed/ 13 Time away. /post/2015/09/21/time-away/ /post/2015/09/21/time-away/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2015 02:14:40 +0000 /?p=5926 Gosh, I guess I took a little bit of a break (from blogging) over the last week or so. It’s not because nothing has been happening – on the contrary – too much has been happening and I’ve barely been … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/09/21/time-away/feed/ 15 Climbing slides /post/2015/09/10/climbing-slides/ /post/2015/09/10/climbing-slides/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2015 01:01:56 +0000 /?p=5922 Over the past few months I’ve noticed something about 90% of the parents at the playgrounds we frequent: they don’t let their children climb the slides. Their kid will go down the slide and turn themselves around to climb right … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/09/10/climbing-slides/feed/ 5 The times I don’t help Clara /post/2015/06/11/rie/ /post/2015/06/11/rie/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2015 04:05:38 +0000 /?p=5734 This parenting post came across my Facebook feed the other day and I love everything about what it says, so I had to share. It’s entitled, “Don’t Stand Me Up” (I actually read a lot of Janet Lansbury’s posts and I … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/06/11/rie/feed/ 6 God is calling me to more than motherhood. /post/2015/04/29/more-than-motherhood/ /post/2015/04/29/more-than-motherhood/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:05:54 +0000 /?p=5551 I had this moment a few weeks ago in which I realized that I don’t think being a mom is the only thing that God has planned for me. While this may seem rather obvious, to me, it was a … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/04/29/more-than-motherhood/feed/ 38 Things no one could tell me about becoming a mom. /post/2015/04/15/becoming-a-mom/ /post/2015/04/15/becoming-a-mom/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:31:04 +0000 /?p=5475 I often see posts written about motherhood/fatherhood that contain lists of things people wish others had told them about parenting, and to be honest, more often than not, these lists irritate me because they aren’t original in the least. I … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/04/15/becoming-a-mom/feed/ 18 Traveling with Clara (as a kind-of-crunchy mom). /post/2015/03/31/traveling-with-a-baby/ /post/2015/03/31/traveling-with-a-baby/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2015 04:10:00 +0000 http://28ec95a1-3227-4005-8abb-ff1b88faeeb1 I was going to title this post something more generic – like ‘traveling with a baby’ (because I’m feeling very original today), but honestly, no one travels the same especially when children are involved. All I can really talk about are … Continue reading →

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