Carrie Willard

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March 6, 2017 by Carrie

Best mom sayings that will simplify disciplining kids

Best mom sayings

Disciplining our kids effectively can be exhausting at times. We want to impart our values to our kids, but we sometimes fail due to sheer overwhelm or fatigue. Here are some of my best mom sayings to memorize to make your life with kids easier. I also explain why they work so well. Read on… […]

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February 6, 2017 by Carrie

How to Get Over Mommy Guilt

Mommy Guilt: how to get over it and have fun with your kids again

The following is a transcript of an interview I recorded with Aviva Pflock and Devra Renner of Mommy Guilt. They join me to talk about their book Mommy Guilt: Learn To Worry Less, Focus On What Matters Most, And Raise Happier Kids. We discuss how guilt feelings are at an epic high in our time, and how […]

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December 1, 2016 by Carrie

Well yesterday was… interesting

Never a dull moment around here. Studies show that parents of more than 4 children are happier than parents with fewer kids. Researchers speculate it’s because parents of large broods get accustomed to a level of chaos that would cripple other people. In other words, if I’m not in the ER, it’s a good day. […]

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November 19, 2016 by Carrie

Josiah update: 7 months/4 months

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November 17, 2016 by Carrie

Before & after

Us before:   Us after:

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November 17, 2016 by Carrie

What to do when a friend has a premature baby

Note: I wrote this post, about what to do when a friend has a premature baby, in November of 2014 and never published it. This is not surprising considering the chaos I was experiencing at the time. I decided to drag it out of my Drafts folder for World Prematurity Day 2016. Today is World […]

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November 17, 2016 by Carrie

Nursing a NICU Baby

(Note: Now that my youngest son, a former 27-weeker, is two and thriving, I’m publishing several posts today for World Prematurity Day. This one is about Nursing a NICU Baby.) One of the things I’m proudest of in my life is that my 2 year old is still breastfeeding. It was a difficult journey, to […]

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November 17, 2016 by Carrie

One last time

(Note: This is one of many posts I wrote during my 27-weeker preemie’s NICU journey that never got published. Some of them felt too raw to share at the time. Now that my son is two and thriving, I’m going back and publishing these for World Prematurity Day. Several posts like this will go live […]

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October 2, 2016 by Carrie

The Gift of Laryngitis

I think it would be ideal if a mom lost her voice at least once a year. Just as a reminder. This morning, after a couple of weeks of sore throat, my voice was all froggy and croaky, then pretty much gone. Oddly, laryngitis can be a gift. It can illuminate bad habits that we […]

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September 29, 2016 by Carrie

42 weeks pregnant: Ignore This Post

[Update 2016: I found this post in my drafts folder, never published. It’s now over four years old, like the baby. I was 42 weeks pregnant with baby #6 when I wrote this, and had never felt more (physically) miserable in my life. It’s funny how much of this I had forgotten. With my next […]

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