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• Commented on Um ...
  Hahahaha...give it another few years! Well, mine are 12 and 9 and I still usually get interrupted, although I'll typically get in a good 20 minutes solo first ;)...
• Commented on Angelina Jolie Undergoes a Double Mastectomy
  I applaud Angelina Jolie for using her very public profile to increase awareness about breast cancer, the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and the choices that women who are positive have. Tracey, I have a very good friend whose mom died...
• Commented on The Dove Beauty Sketches - Through her Daughter's Eyes
  Nancy, I have a Charlotte too! Great taste ;)...
• Commented on The Dove Beauty Sketches - Through her Daughter's Eyes
  Wonderful. Thank you for sharing!...
• Posted Thank You Kaitlin Hrudey to Losing It!
  There has been a lot of media coverage lately of the youth mental health crisis, which is particularly bad here in Calgary. And it's about damn time. I've known about this crisis for a long time now, because I've been...
• Commented on Where do Babies come (OUT) of?
  Yup, I think the key is to answer what they asked - not what you THINK they asked. My daughters were always happy with "the dad puts a seed in the mom's egg" until one day (age 7) they said,...
• Commented on Coach's Corner
  Sara, as my mom used to always say..."this too shall pass." At the end of the day, all Will will remember is that his mom was his soccer coach. Plus, I think Nancy's suggestions are nothing short of brilliant. I...
• Commented on AD/HD: It's Not Just for Kids Anymore
  Erin, my psychiatrist told me that the older stimulants (like Ritalin) only stimulate the production of dopamine, but the newer ADHD drugs stimulate dopamine and norepinephrine, which contributes to an overall feeling of well-being. So yeah...not just more productive but...
• Commented on AD/HD: It's Not Just for Kids Anymore
  kbens74 thanks for your comment. So true about ADHD presenting differently in girls vs. boys. And yes - it is so great to know WHY I wasn't able to "hold life together" like other people! I have heard the theory...
• Commented on AD/HD: It's Not Just for Kids Anymore
  Jen, it is very strongly linked to heredity ;) The meds so far are good, and they don't eliminate the "magpie effect", they just make it possible to resist those distractions when you have to (as in, I will actually...
• Commented on AD/HD: It's Not Just for Kids Anymore
  Thanks Tracey. So far the meds have helped a lot...it's not exactly what I expected, but I'm way more productive, especially with chores at home on weekends!...
• Commented on AD/HD: It's Not Just for Kids Anymore
  Thanks Nancy :) You always know just what to say....
• Commented on Wiggled Out
  LOL. I used to *love* the Wiggles (I had a crush on Greg). But I don't think it's too much to worry about - neither of my girls are are on the spectrum, but as they are both growing up...
• Commented on All Lined Up
  Christine, you need to come out here to Alberta. The only store that doesn't bag for you is Superstore. Everywhere else they will bag your groceries and at Safeway, Sobeys and Coop they carry them to the car for free,...
• Commented on All Lined Up
  Tracey, that organizing of groceries is an old habit from the days before scanners: remember the cashiers used to have to hit a button for category first, like "produce", "dairy", "grocery" and then enter the price? My mom taught me...
• Commented on It's ALIVE!
  Not much sprouting in my yard, but if you have any extra rhubarb I'm not very far away... ;)...
• Commented on Freedom, glorious freedom!
  I know, Jason...it's always hard to figure out just how much of the old rope to let out when they start to tug. This is one of those cases when I think you've got to trust your gut - if...
• Commented on Happy Mother's Day
  Ah, Ryan. So many of us here on UrbanMoms have lost our mothers - sorry to hear you are in club (I don't wish it on anybody). From the way you talk about her, it sounds like you were lucky...
• Commented on Things that motherhood is.
  Emily: this is beautiful. You have captured the give-and-take of motherhood, the dividing of your heart, the creation of your new self so perfectly. And it only gets deeper and stronger (and sometimes easier but sometimes harder) as your children...
• Commented on A Toxin-Free Generation
  Love. I saw Shane Koyczan at Teacher's Convention a couple of years ago and he was TOTALLY inspiring. My favourite line: "we are what puts the worth in while". AWESOME. My reason is the same as yours...my kids. I try...
• Commented on Container Gardening
  As the only grownup in the house, I can't commit to the labour involved in keeping a "real" garden (tweens are not very reliable labourers), so I started container gardening last summer. It went so well with my strawberries, blueberries...
• Commented on No comparison
  Jason, the first thing I thought when I saw your elated Facebook status about Tasman's goal was, "I hope Hudson doesn't see this", knowing from reading your blog how sensitive he is. As a mom to a very sensitive first-born,...
• Commented on This Mother's Day, do not buy me flowers.
  AWE. SOME....
• Commented on my favourite thing of the week- "good morning my working girl"
  Awesome. Nancy, I'll think of your daughter when my new student teacher comes into my classroom for the first time next week :)...
• Posted AD/HD: It's Not Just for Kids Anymore to Losing It!
  Not that long ago, I went to see a psychiatrist for the first time.It's kind of a funny story how I ended up there, but the Cole's Notes version is that my kids drove me crazy. True story.But whatever the...
• Posted The First Time to Losing It!
  You know when you go to a place for the first time, and you are full of expectations of what it will be like, and it turns out to be nothing like you expected, and yet everything you expected all...
• Posted Who We Are to Losing It!
  Lately I've been watching a lot of How I Met Your Mother on Netflix. It's totally a hilarious show and I find it to be a nice little indulgence after a busy, busy day.There's one particular thing about this show...
• Commented on West coast, baby.
  Well, it snowed in Calgary yesterday, Emily. So yeah. I think it's worth it....
• Commented on Stinging barbs
  Oh yeah, I hear you Jason. I get told I don't love her, I'm the worst mom ever, I'm mean and - get this - "when will you learn to put on makeup properly, MOM!?!?!??!" I just try to let...
• Commented on What makes you beautiful with One Direction
  LOL, Sonya...you crack me up...Justin Timberlake! But seriously: I need those toothbrushes for my girls!...