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Bye, Bye Pacifier
If you’ve been around a while, you might remember that I was torn about whether or not to introduce a pacifier into Henry’s life when he was infant. The pure Montessori books recommend against it, but the only way to soothe Henry to sleep was walking (since I decided early on not to use breastfeeding to soothe, due to nipple soreness) and walking wasn’t a good option for me because of my prolonged lochia.When he was four weeks-old, we took him to an outdoor silent film event at the park downtown, and a family near us had a son just four weeks older than Henry. While Matt wore Henry… Read More -
Dwelling in Possibility Update: Meeting with the Architect
This morning, I suddenly re-remembered my mantra for the year: Make Dreams Happen.That’s what I’m trying to do, one step at a time. With the school, we already have almost 200 families interested in enrolling their children in 2014.On the community front, we had to compromise our plan a little bit, but we are still forging ahead with building a house and connecting with and creating community. I put a hold request on Superbia: 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods. I also joined the neighborhood list-serv of our new neighborhood, and I proposed that we apply for a Keep Austin Beautiful grant to implement a community-building… Read More -
The TV Dilemma
Growing up, I watched a lot of TV. From the time I let my latch-key kid self in to the time I went to bed, the TV was pretty much blaring in the background (oh, how I loved watching Gem and Three’s Company!).At some point (about a decade ago?) I realized that I didn’t want the TV to be a distraction or a focal point in my life anymore. I stopped subscribing to cable and only kept the TV around for DVD movies. And then Hulu and Netflix streaming came along, and we found ourselves watching stuff on our computers. Now we watch about two hours of TV… Read More
