mishakennedy on October 30th, 2007

Just read this and you’ll understand why my kids don’t go to public school anymore!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/a/2007/10/24/notes102407.DTL

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What? What do you mean lose your antibacterial everything? But bacteria is gross…
Well, some bacteria is gross – but not really.
Look, I used to be of the mindset that if it wasn’t sprayed with bleach it simply wasn’t clean. When I had my first child 15 years ago, I bought antibacterial hand soap dispensers at [...]

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Although that’s the first thing I’m going to suggest you do with it – put a cloth diaper on your baby or toddler’s butt. As you can see from this post, there are many reasons to do that. Not the least of which is that potty training is easier!
You can also use a cloth diaper…
…as [...]

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mishakennedy on October 23rd, 2007

Warning: This is not an instruction manual as to how to unschool your teen.
I get a lot of questions about “how” I homeschool (which is the preferred method of thought about what we do) my oldest son, Matt, who is 15. I also unschool my almost 3 year old and 9 year old and my [...]

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mishakennedy on October 19th, 2007

I get a lot of parenting questions and have a lot of thoughts just on parenting issues…so I created a new blog as a forum for that – http://zenmomma.wordpress.com
The first post is a just for fun essay called, “Yes, They Are All Mine,” about the looks I get when I travel with my six [...]

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mishakennedy on October 9th, 2007

I am not a huge fan of vaccination, and have waffled on it for many years. However, when I saw the news about the HPV vaccine, my grizzly mama instincts shot up…particularly when I saw how vehemently the TV docs were pushing it. And then I was confronted with the issue in person when my [...]

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Redecorating. Sounds like an expensive idea to me. But really, you can redecorate your home and enjoy your new space for a lot less than you think.
1. Move the furniture around. I know, this sounds silly, but you’ll be amazed at how different you’ll feel about a room, simply by rearranging the furniture! You’ll also [...]

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mishakennedy on October 5th, 2007

Well, my apologies for not posting lately, but I have been a bit preoccupied…
Our sixth baby – and second girl – arrived on Oct. 3! Kiara was born at our local birthing center after about five hours of labor. She is 9 lbs 2 oz and not my biggest baby – but in the top [...]

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