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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog: Food sensitivities
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog. Looking back over 25 years of parenting - remembering, gaining some insight and still learning how to be a good parent. Monday, July 19, 2010. A week or two later, it happened again. We figured it out. No chili. A couple of months later, I noticed that it took several extra hours to get him to bed on nights that I had chocolate chip cookies with my lunch. As the years went by, we got in the habit of looking at food and what we were eating as possible culprits for all kinds of is...
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog: August 2013
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog. Looking back over 25 years of parenting - remembering, gaining some insight and still learning how to be a good parent. Sunday, August 4, 2013. Is your child suffering from lack of self-esteem? Is there anything you can do to build their confidence? The answer is YES! Here are some techniques that can make a world of difference:. TECHNIQUE #1: LIST THEIR STRENGTHS. 1 Make a list of everything good about your child. What are his or her strengths? 3 Go over them with your child.
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog: How to Stop a Bully
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog. Looking back over 25 years of parenting - remembering, gaining some insight and still learning how to be a good parent. Saturday, May 25, 2013. How to Stop a Bully. One day when our daughter was in 4th grade, she came home from school upset. She told me a boy at school kept calling her names. He would often say, "You're a jerk! Our daughter is very sensitive and even this relatively tame abuse made her want to cry. Whenever he did this, it ruined her day. She stopped what she wa...
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog: Learning to let go
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog. Looking back over 25 years of parenting - remembering, gaining some insight and still learning how to be a good parent. Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Learning to let go. Deep brown eyes and flyaway hair. Contagious laugh and a determined air. She learned to walk gripping my hand. But, soon she was tearing across the room. I ran behind her with my arms outstretched. Did she look back? The hardest part of raising a child. It's not easy letting only the pride show. Did she look back?
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog: May 2010
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog. Looking back over 25 years of parenting - remembering, gaining some insight and still learning how to be a good parent. Saturday, May 29, 2010. Home from the hospital. When Phil went back to work, I was terrified. I finally realized that if I can just manage to feed myself and the baby, change diapers, use the bathroom and get some sleep, I was accomplishing a lot. I couldn’t understand why I would cry at the drop of a hat. Postpartum depression? We loved the Snuggly. If I p...
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog: June 2010
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog. Looking back over 25 years of parenting - remembering, gaining some insight and still learning how to be a good parent. Thursday, June 24, 2010. Every child is different. And every parent realizes this shortly after the second child is born. For us, the births were entirely different. The sleeping patterns were different. The ages they accomplished things were different. I could go on and on. Once we knew his strengths, we could help him see himself in a whole new light. Then it...
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog: May 2013
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog. Looking back over 25 years of parenting - remembering, gaining some insight and still learning how to be a good parent. Sunday, May 26, 2013. How to Stop a Tantrum. This happened to me, and I came up with a solution that worked. With just a little bit of effort the tantrum can be diffused. Here’s how:. THE SOLUTION - TELLING THE STORY. Begin to tell your child a story about what he/she is experiencing. This technique is so easy to do. Here are the steps:. Children love stories&#...
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog: How to Stop Your Children from Swearing and Using Unkind Words
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog. Looking back over 25 years of parenting - remembering, gaining some insight and still learning how to be a good parent. Sunday, May 26, 2013. How to Stop Your Children from Swearing and Using Unkind Words. Have your children started using some not-so-nice words? They may have picked them up from friends with older siblings, from TV and the movies, from all kinds of possible places (even you! THE SOLUTION:- Quarter-in-the-Jar Game. This is a game, and kids love games. They lo...
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog: How to Stop a Tantrum
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog. Looking back over 25 years of parenting - remembering, gaining some insight and still learning how to be a good parent. Sunday, May 26, 2013. How to Stop a Tantrum. This happened to me, and I came up with a solution that worked. With just a little bit of effort the tantrum can be diffused. Here’s how:. THE SOLUTION - TELLING THE STORY. Begin to tell your child a story about what he/she is experiencing. This technique is so easy to do. Here are the steps:. Children love stories&#...
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog: Developing Self-Esteem
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Amy Syd's Parenting Blog. Looking back over 25 years of parenting - remembering, gaining some insight and still learning how to be a good parent. Sunday, August 4, 2013. Is your child suffering from lack of self-esteem? Is there anything you can do to build their confidence? The answer is YES! Here are some techniques that can make a world of difference:. TECHNIQUE #1: LIST THEIR STRENGTHS. 1 Make a list of everything good about your child. What are his or her strengths? 3 Go over them with your child.