Mommy Mondays

Mommy Mondays: Grant Me Patience

October 23, 2012
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I love to do things with my kids. Well…most things. Do you know the one thing I can’t stand to do with them? The one thing that I try to avoid whenever possible? Grocery shopping. I am generally a patient person, but when it comes to going to the grocery store with my kids, my […]

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Mommy Mondays: Traveling with Kids

October 8, 2012
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This week the American Music Therapy Association is hosting it’s conference in St. Charles IL. In a field where the majority of professionals are women, it may not come as a surprise that there is a fairly continual stream of babies being born. Which also means that at any given conference, you’ll generally run into […]

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Music with My Kids (Part I)

September 17, 2012
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I received a great question from a Maven reader earlier this week: I would love (and appreciate) a future blog post about a musician parent helping your child to learn music. Do you have someone else teach your child piano? How do you combat power struggles? At what age did you have your kiddo start […]

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Mommy Mondays: The Art of the Morning Routine

September 4, 2012
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There is an art to the morning routine. The ability to get two adults and two children exercised, fed, dressed, cleaned up, lunches packed, beds made, teethed brushed, hair done, and out the door in a matter of hours. Over the past couple of weeks—following our big back-to-school-and-starting-kindergarten transition—we have our morning routine down pat. […]

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Mommy Mondays: The Best Lunch Ever

August 27, 2012
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We have successfully navigated our first week with everyone back in school. Yippee! And I learned something pretty early on in the week, something that surprised me, something I wasn’t quite expecting. I hardly get to see my daughter. I see her for about 30 minutes in the morning, but it’s not quality time, it’s […]

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Mommy Mondays: What “Having It All” Means to Me

August 20, 2012
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I saw the magazine cover on the stands in the Asheville airport. There was a picture of a woman in a skirt holding a suitcase. Inside the suitcase was a baby with cute brown curls. The headline read “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.” I groaned. The “debate” about working v. stay-at-home mothers and […]

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Mommy Mondays: Being a Pregnant Music Therapist

August 13, 2012
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The inspiration for these Mommy Monday series came in part from my good friend, Michelle Erfurt. She announced her pregnancy on her blog last month along with her intention to blog about being a pregnant music therapist…something that she pointed out has not yet been done. I wasn’t blogging when I was pregnant with my […]

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Mommy Mondays: Transitions and Developing Flexibility

August 6, 2012
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As therapists, we spend time thinking about and developing smooth transitions. Transitions to and from the therapy setting, transitions between experiences, transitions when gearing up for vacations, leaves, and outgoing and incoming therapists. One reason transitions are important is that they can make or break how safe a client feels, which is paramount for any […]

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Announcing Mommy Mondays

July 31, 2012
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One thing I’ve learned about myself is that when I get an idea in my head, I move quickly. Sometimes too quickly, but I’d like to think that’s part of my charm…? Anyway, that’s how this idea came about. Actually I think it started when my dear friend Michelle Erfurt, in announcing her pregnancy, wrote […]

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