Steady Mom

My Day in the Life

Wanna peek into my living room?

If you enjoyed reading about my morning routine a few months ago, you'll want to check out my post on Simple Homeschool today, in which I'm outlining exactly how the rest of my typical day with the kids unfolds.

Come on by and I'll chat with you there!

 

The Top 10 from 2010

Is everyone in the swing of the new year yet? I feel like we've found our winter rhythm around here, and it feels good!

Because of my sabbatical in December, I didn't have a chance to share the top Steady Mom posts from 2010.

So here they are, the ten most popular posts of the year. Some are serious; some are silly. Did you miss any?

How to Parent Differently (& Seeing the Fruit)

Photo by UggBoy♥UggGirl

When you first have children, the learning curve overwhelms you. You have certain thoughts about child-raising before you even begin. You may or may not know how to parent differently than mainstream society. You may not have even thought about it.

Some of your child-raising beliefs come from your personal background. Some opinions come from books you have read or other kids you've observed. Often peer pressure is involved as well (in terms of what other parents in your peer group are doing with their kids).

Whenever you step outside of the mainstream culture in any way--it's a little scary.

You may be right or wrong in what you think, and as a new parent, the only way to find out is...well, to experiment. As in experimenting on your new little ones. And it's not always easy to be different from those around you. (I know this because our family is different in almost every. possible. way. from the cultural norm.)

Choosing the Best

As a mother, we know that each day a variety of priorities will mentally pull us this way and that, trying to get our attention. In the midst of such internal ruckus, it can be difficult to decipher what actually is most important.

I've thought before about taking a sabbatical from Steady Mom, but this December was the first time everything aligned so I could make it a reality. Still, there were insecurities involved: Would pageviews plummet, would book sales drop, would I be able to find something else to do? (Uh, I did.)

I'm more than happy to say that a few days into the experiment I forgot all about checking pageviews, somehow book sales went up (Thanks to those of you who've purchased Steady Days!), and I had the inner confidence that I had chosen the best.

Here's what the best looked like in our home: