Category: Mindful Parenting
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Olga de Dios: Celebrating Unique Voices in Children’s Literature
Books that promote positive self image, tolerance for mistakes, and embracing diversity are really important for making progress with speech delays in children. The biggest block is if they think it’s safer to not talk than be criticised. In this post, I focus on the works of Olga de Dios, a Madrid based author with…
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Halloween “Go Fish” – A fun way to develop language and bilingualism
I designed a memory game that doubles as a simplified ‘Go Fish’ to help my daughter practice language skills. It’s fun and educational, with options for bilingual play. I’m sharing the files in English and Spanish for others to enjoy.
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Handmade Cottage Core and Witch Core Coffee Cups
The devil took my one and only cappuccino cup. Everyone’s at war and the world is on fire, and this is what I write about? But it’s the small things. We have plenty of mugs in this house, but only one that my mom brought me as a gift when she was able to visit…
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If you see her, say hello
What topics do you like to discuss? I think my husband expected that once we had a kid I would suddenly bond with the wives of his friends because we were all moms. While I talking about MY kid, it’s not really a bonding point to talk about parenting. It’s small talk, and I still…
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Cute camper vans in Madrid
Camper van rental resources and upgraded vans in Madrid. And why A non camper like me dreams of camper vans
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Mamma, an imperative verb
Postpartum depression made me think my baby didn’t love me and that I was a bad mom. Here’s how I realised all the “signs” I was “failing” were all backwards.
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Overcoming the Narrative of “Overcoming”
One thing that’s helped build my resilience a lot over the years – mental and physical – is getting involved with the disability community on twitter. Embracing disability as part of my identity, rather than something I needed to overcome. The narrative of needing to “overcome” and “not be held back” does more harm than…
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