November 14, 2009 – 5:43 am
A friend of mine recently emailed me this question so I thought I would post it, along with my response, for others to see.
Dear Carrie
“I think about you and your work often and am sorry I haven’t taken the
time to write sooner. What prompted me to finally get in touch is the
desire to pick your [...]
September 30, 2009 – 10:41 am
Here’s what’s coming up
One time events
Park Day – Saturday afternoon, October 24th
Boundaries Class – Tuesday, October 27th
On going groups
New Mama and Baby circle – Four Tuesday mornings starting October 13th
**ALL NEW!**
Monthly Parenting Tune Up with Carrie – Meeting once a month for three months either Monday mornings from 9:45-11:45 or Wednesday evenings from 7:15-9:15pm
Here’s some [...]
September 27, 2009 – 3:33 pm
Last summer, at the request of several of my clients, I co-created and taught a class on how to help you and your child get more sleep with Bernadette Noll
Here are some of the thoughts I shared…
The key to healthy sleep habits is CALMING – You and your child
Your goal at bedtime is to [...]
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August 13, 2009 – 9:10 am
Parents are blamed not trained
How many of us would call ourselves a doctor, teacher, counselor, developmental psychologist, etc. with little to no training? And yet, you are expected to fulfill all of these roles and more for your children with little to no support. You deserve a guide to travel with you on your journey.
You [...]
BOUNDARIES…
Parenting Your Child Ages 1-5: Setting Boundaries – Saturday July 18th, 10am-12:30pm
If you cannot make it to the Saturday class I’m also offering the very same class in the evening on Thursday July 23rd, 7pm-9:30pm, $45/person. Please email me (carrie@earlyparenting.com) if that is a better option for you. If neither work, let me know and [...]
I posted this over a year ago but I’ve recently moved my site so I’m reposting it here.
Bernadette asked me how I would define “conscious parenting.” Here’s my answer…
I would say that it’s definitely more a way of being than any sort of method or style of parenting. It’s about being awake and [...]
What if early parenting is much more about wearing your “therapist” hat than it is about wearing your “educator” hat?
The work of early parenting is to create a container for the child’s emotional experiences. Through that, the child learns how to flow with all the feelings that naturally arise as a result of learning and [...]
For a long time our culture has viewed babies in a limited way. Babies were seen as:
• Passive passengers in the womb and for some time after birth.
• Not possessing enough brain structure to express meaningful communication, learn, or maintain memories before they are able to speak.
• Unable to experience pain.
• Arriving as a “blank [...]
