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Book Club: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
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I’m so glad we have this little book club going on! It helps hold me accountable for actually reading the book. But that’s part of the problem, right? The goal is to be internally motivated and to follow-through with the promises I make to myself. Hmph!
I loved Covey’s point about keeping promises to ourselves and others as an essential component of living a life of integrity and proactivity. I think I do pretty well on that front, but there’s definitely room for improvement. When we trust that we will follow-through on the goals we set for ourselves, then we feel more in control of our lives. We feel like
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Early “Potty” Toilet Training
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Before Henry was born, I read this post about Elimination Communication and decided to give it a try. I skimmed Diaper Free and Elimination Communication websites and learned that you basically come up with two different sounds to make when your child pees and when your child poops. Then, you pay close attention to your child to figure out the small signals they give off when they are about to pee or poop. When you notice the cues, you quickly take off their diaper, hold them over a toilet, and make the sounds.
We tried to do this from birth, but we quickly realized that it was way too traumatic
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NPR: Local Natives Tiny Desk Concert
I can’t stop listening to this NPR Tiny Desk Concert with Local Natives. The last song (there are three total) is my absolute favorite.
Happy Wednesday, Everyone!
