Great parenting workshop!

Hi everybody

Do you ever trouble parenting your kids. Do you feel like you just get frustrated because nobody seems to listen to each other and understand what is happening. Well last winter I attended this great workshop given by a friend of mine based on the book "talk so your kids will listen" . It was so helpful!! It allowed me to get some tools that are not only reward base or bribery base to make my kids listen to me! So I will give the information if you feel like attending a workshop I am sharing the information.

If you decide to attend I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! I am sure you will not regret it!

Valerie

To all Montreal Families - a chance to add some skills to your parenting toolbox!
Workshop: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen (and Listen So Kids Will Talk!)
Start Date: Wednesday, Feb 9th for 6 weeks
Time: 7:30-9:30pm
Contact: Tanja Knutson - 514-245-4464
Covers: Learning empathy, encouraging cooperation, nurturing confidence, alternatives to punishment, cultivating virtues.

Nursing in public!

Hi everybody

I hope you are getting back in your routine following the holidays! We sure are!! School is busy and the ski season is in full swing. So I do not know if you heard on the news about this controversy last week. There was a situation where a mom was nursing her baby in a baby clothing store in Montreal and she was told that she could not nurse her baby there. Amazing that in 2011 people are still told not to feed there baby in a public place or are sent to the bathroom. Would you eat in a bathroom?? Anyway the mother got angry and blogged about it and it got picked up by the news. The store finally sent her an official apology letter and the mother accepted the apology. Some nursing moms have also decided to organize a Nurse-In on January 19th at 1pm. So if you are a nursing mother feel free to join them on this day!

Here is the official invitation:

Attend the Nurse-In at 1pm January 19th, 2011 to support mothers and children's rights. Share this info with everyone you know. Remember that not breastfeeding increases health care costs and therefore our taxes.

Orchestra – Montréal Complexe Les Ailes
677, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
Montreal, QC

So here is my question to all of you. Did you nurse in public? Did anything ever happened to you that you felt like you had to go somewhere else to nurse your baby?

I can tell you that I was never embarrassed to nurse my babies. I have nursed them on airplane, in shopping malls, at the park, at the beach etc... If my babies needed to be comforted or fed I never had a moment of hesitation. I can assure you that I was discreet and not exposing everything to everybody but I was never stopped. It is such a primal thing when your baby is crying you need to respond now. Don't forget I had twins!!! so if someone was making heads turn while nursing it was me!

I think in 2011 people should not be embarrassed to nurse in public and should be supported. We have come along way where moms had to go to another room to feed their baby and be excluded from everything. Let 's make sure we do not go back in time!!!

So let me know what you think !

Have a great week end

Valerie

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year !

So it has been a while since I wrote but the holidays preparation got me really busy. The good news is now we are in a new year full of great ideas and plans. I am just finishing my first week back from the holidays. The clinic is cleaned up, the papers are filed and patients are slowly making there way back!

A new year allows us to meditate and think about what we want to achieve in this new year. It is always classic people make resolutions that they can't hold more then a few weeks. Have you noticed that the gyms are always full of people the first few weeks after the holidays! So I encourage you to think about your resolutions and make some that you can hold.

Have you ever thought about making a resolution regarding your spinal health. Why don't you give it a year and take care of your spine regularly and see how much better you will feel! On top of spinal health let's try the classics eat better, make sure you sleep well and exercise! 2011 will be the year where you take care of yourself. Set aside 15 min per day to meditate or take a break from the chaos!

So these resolutions are also mine this year. The spinal health I am already well organized in that matter but I promise myself this year to take care of me first! Wow that is hard for a mother but I will try. I will exercise regularly, meditate every day and take breaks. No major projects just living everyday well and be happy! Happy with myself and my family.

So what other resolutions do you have for 2011 ? Feel free to share them with me.

Make 2011 be a good year to everyone

Valerie