Thursday
Wednesday
Top Ten Ways You Know You Are an Adoptive Parent
A Cup of Tea With Anne: Top Ten Ways You Know You Are an Adoptive Parent:
"10. The fact that there are 143 million children without a parent to kiss them goodnight has made you lose sleep.
9. You can't watch Adoption Stories on TLC without sobbing.
8. You spend free time surfing blogs about families who have experienced the blessing of adoption.
7. You have welcomed a social worker into the most private parts of your life.
6. You had no idea how you would afford to adopt but stepped out in faith anyway, knowing where God calls you, He will provide.
5. You have taken an airplane ride half-way around the world with a child you just met.
5a. I would add here, since both of our adoptions were domestic adoptions: You understand interstate compact rules of when you take your child across the state lines.
4. You know what the word 'Dossier' means, and you can actually pronounce it!
4a. I would add here, since both of our adoptions were domestic adoptions: You know the difference between an open and closed adoption.
3. It drives you crazy when people ask you about your adopted child's 'real' parents.
2. You realize DNA has little to do with love and family and that welcoming a child into your heart and family is one of the most important legacies you could ever leave on this earth.
1. You shudder when people say your child is so lucky that you adopted them, knowing full well you are the lucky one to have him or her in your life."
"10. The fact that there are 143 million children without a parent to kiss them goodnight has made you lose sleep.
9. You can't watch Adoption Stories on TLC without sobbing.
8. You spend free time surfing blogs about families who have experienced the blessing of adoption.
7. You have welcomed a social worker into the most private parts of your life.
6. You had no idea how you would afford to adopt but stepped out in faith anyway, knowing where God calls you, He will provide.
5. You have taken an airplane ride half-way around the world with a child you just met.
5a. I would add here, since both of our adoptions were domestic adoptions: You understand interstate compact rules of when you take your child across the state lines.
4. You know what the word 'Dossier' means, and you can actually pronounce it!
4a. I would add here, since both of our adoptions were domestic adoptions: You know the difference between an open and closed adoption.
3. It drives you crazy when people ask you about your adopted child's 'real' parents.
2. You realize DNA has little to do with love and family and that welcoming a child into your heart and family is one of the most important legacies you could ever leave on this earth.
1. You shudder when people say your child is so lucky that you adopted them, knowing full well you are the lucky one to have him or her in your life."
Monday
Healthy Sleep Habits
Button Down Healthy Sleep Habits for Special Needs Kids | Grade-Schoolers | Canadian Parents - Canada's Parenting Community
Tips for a Good Night's Sleep
Avoid late afternoon or evening caffeine and sugar consumption. (Sodas are usually a huge source of both sugar and caffeine.)
Avoid eating dinner later than three hours before bed if it seems to energize your child. (Eating too late at night raises the metabolic rate and energizes some children.) If your child has a bedtime snack, have it half an hour to an hour before bed.
Limit overstimulation. Limit television and video-game playing as well as reading an especially exciting book before bed. Play beautiful, soothing music of your choice to help calm and relax your household.
Have a quiet period just before bed. An easing-off period is important because most children have trouble going from full throttle to sleeping peacefully.
Have an evening bedtime snack that contains tryptophan. Tryptophan is an essential amino acid that the brain converts into melatonin, which assists in sleep. Many children find a glass of warm milk calming and it is a good source of tryptophan. Other sources of tryptophan include cottage cheese, yogurt, pineapples, plums, bananas, eggs, turkey, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, cashews and peanuts. It's best to combine these tryptophan rich foods with complex carbohydrates like whole-grain cereals, bread or potatoes; it helps the brain to absorb the tryptophan. Bedtime snack suggestions: whole-grain cereal with milk, oatmeal with milk, peanut butter sandwich with ground sesame seeds, oatmeal cookies with milk.
Give your child a ten minute warning before it's time to get ready for bed to help him make the transition and finish up what he is doing.
Have a consistent bedtime and a consistent bedtime routine. A warm bath is particularly soothing for most children because it relaxes the muscles and gets their bodies ready for rest.
If your child is overly sensitive to light or sound, keep the lights dim and speak quietly throughout the bedtime routine.
Teach your child relaxation techniques such as those described in The Floppy Sleep Game Book.
Tips for a Good Night's Sleep
Avoid late afternoon or evening caffeine and sugar consumption. (Sodas are usually a huge source of both sugar and caffeine.)
Avoid eating dinner later than three hours before bed if it seems to energize your child. (Eating too late at night raises the metabolic rate and energizes some children.) If your child has a bedtime snack, have it half an hour to an hour before bed.
Limit overstimulation. Limit television and video-game playing as well as reading an especially exciting book before bed. Play beautiful, soothing music of your choice to help calm and relax your household.
Have a quiet period just before bed. An easing-off period is important because most children have trouble going from full throttle to sleeping peacefully.
Have an evening bedtime snack that contains tryptophan. Tryptophan is an essential amino acid that the brain converts into melatonin, which assists in sleep. Many children find a glass of warm milk calming and it is a good source of tryptophan. Other sources of tryptophan include cottage cheese, yogurt, pineapples, plums, bananas, eggs, turkey, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, cashews and peanuts. It's best to combine these tryptophan rich foods with complex carbohydrates like whole-grain cereals, bread or potatoes; it helps the brain to absorb the tryptophan. Bedtime snack suggestions: whole-grain cereal with milk, oatmeal with milk, peanut butter sandwich with ground sesame seeds, oatmeal cookies with milk.
Give your child a ten minute warning before it's time to get ready for bed to help him make the transition and finish up what he is doing.
Have a consistent bedtime and a consistent bedtime routine. A warm bath is particularly soothing for most children because it relaxes the muscles and gets their bodies ready for rest.
If your child is overly sensitive to light or sound, keep the lights dim and speak quietly throughout the bedtime routine.
Teach your child relaxation techniques such as those described in The Floppy Sleep Game Book.
Friday
Kids chores
Kids Allowance, Chores, Money, Responsibilities
This is a really cool site...you can print out a chore chart and do various other things. There is a basic free membership.
This is a really cool site...you can print out a chore chart and do various other things. There is a basic free membership.
Guardian Angel
"MOTHER'S PRAYER TO THE GUARDIAN ANGEL OF HER CHILDREN
I humbly salute you, O you faithful, heavenly Friends of my children! I give you heartfelt thanks for all the love and goodness you show them. At some future day I shall, with thanks more worthy than I can now give, repay your care for them, and before the whole heavenly court acknowledge their indebtedness to your guidance and protection. Continue to watch over them. Provide for all their needs of body and soul. Pray, likewise, for me, for my husband, and my whole family, that we may all one day rejoice in your blessed company. Amen.
__._,_.___"
I humbly salute you, O you faithful, heavenly Friends of my children! I give you heartfelt thanks for all the love and goodness you show them. At some future day I shall, with thanks more worthy than I can now give, repay your care for them, and before the whole heavenly court acknowledge their indebtedness to your guidance and protection. Continue to watch over them. Provide for all their needs of body and soul. Pray, likewise, for me, for my husband, and my whole family, that we may all one day rejoice in your blessed company. Amen.
__._,_.___"
Sunday
for vocations
"Prayer to Mary for Vocations
Hail Mary, full of grace; all generations call you blessed.
Hail Mother of God; when asked by the angel
to bear the Son of the Most High, filled with faith,
you responded: “Let it be done unto me according to your word.”
Holy Mother of Jesus, at the wedding feast at Cana,
you prompted your Son to perform His first sign.
Be with us as we discern our life’s work and guide us
in the way we are called to follow in the footsteps of your Son.
Holy Mother of the Savior, at the foot of the cross you mourned
the death of your Son. Bless and embrace the loving parents
of all priests, deacons, brothers and sisters.
Holy Mother of the Good Shepherd, turn your motherly care
to our diocese. Intercede for us to the Lord of the harvest
to send more laborers to the harvest .
Queen of Peace, Mirror of Justice, Health of the Sick,
inspire vocations in our time. Let the word of your Son
be made flesh anew in the lives of persons anxious
to proclaim the Good News of everlasting life.
Draw them near to the heart of your Son
so that they can understand the beauty and the joy
that awaits them when the Lord Jesus calls them
to be His witnesses.
Amen.
__._,_.___"
Hail Mary, full of grace; all generations call you blessed.
Hail Mother of God; when asked by the angel
to bear the Son of the Most High, filled with faith,
you responded: “Let it be done unto me according to your word.”
Holy Mother of Jesus, at the wedding feast at Cana,
you prompted your Son to perform His first sign.
Be with us as we discern our life’s work and guide us
in the way we are called to follow in the footsteps of your Son.
Holy Mother of the Savior, at the foot of the cross you mourned
the death of your Son. Bless and embrace the loving parents
of all priests, deacons, brothers and sisters.
Holy Mother of the Good Shepherd, turn your motherly care
to our diocese. Intercede for us to the Lord of the harvest
to send more laborers to the harvest .
Queen of Peace, Mirror of Justice, Health of the Sick,
inspire vocations in our time. Let the word of your Son
be made flesh anew in the lives of persons anxious
to proclaim the Good News of everlasting life.
Draw them near to the heart of your Son
so that they can understand the beauty and the joy
that awaits them when the Lord Jesus calls them
to be His witnesses.
Amen.
__._,_.___"
Friday
educating children
The Lay Scandal: "Next, Pope Benedict said: “They have a right to be educated in authentic moral values rooted in the dignity of the human person. This brings us back to our consideration of the centrality of the family and the need to promote the Gospel of life.”"
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