Rainy Day

This is the view from our window. It's gray and rainy today, so I've been reading while Amelia is down for her nap.

I read "I'm a mom! Now what?" by Su Laurent, MD. It was ok, but it reminds me of a dumbed down "What to Expect During the Toddler Years" I did get a new recipe for play-dough out of it, but that was it.

I started "How to Behave So Your Toddler Will Too". It's EXCELLENT so far. It's going in my personal library. It really focuses on something that a child psychologist once told me - she felt she wasn't very effective in her job unless the whole family came in for counseling. More often than not, it was the parents who needed the counseling and then their children behaved better. We are truly teachers of our children, and they will behave just like we do. Amelia definately makes me strive to be a better human being on a daily basis.

Books

“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture
every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense
of the beautiful implanted in the human soul.” --Johann Wolfgang Goethe

When Rafe is gone, I will read a little bit in bed at night before I go to sleep to relax. I love to read - you can learn anything in the world you want to by reading. I think college is great, but I always joke around and tell Rafe that I saved a lot of money by never going to college because the professor's job is to tell you what to read, talk about what you've read, and then test you on what you've read.

Last night I skimmed through:
"Turning Hurts into Halos" by Robert Schuller
"Parenting without Perfection - Being a Kingdom Influence in a Toxic World" by David John Seel, Jr.
"Good Night, Sleep Tight: The Sleep Lady's Gentle Guide to helping your child go to sleep, stay asleep, and wake up happy" by Kim West with Joanne Kenen

I highly recommend the Sleep Lady. She's awesome.

Now I need to read the instructions on this blog so I can figure out how to undo my italics and only keep them for the quote. I keep hitting the "i" but nothing changes.