Be A Good Mama

Born French, Loves food and shopping and... Proud Mama of "baby" Sarah, born in Novemver 2011. Join me on my journey to parenting happiness... Be a good mama too ♥ http://beagoodmama.wordpress.com/

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How to recover from a mama tantrum

S#%^t it happened again… an other mama tantrum, and a big one. I wish it didn’t happen but it did. Once you become mindful, you just can’t go back – you know that attachment drives connection and that disconnection is the worse thing of all…

I am very proud to say that I don’t yell, yet, my mama trantrums are not pretty at all – I am stubborn, I want things done my way and immediately – this big…

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Until we deal with it, we just pass it on...

Dear mama, deal with it...

Let me start by “I am blessed”, ” I am thankful”, “I am loved”… “I love”, “I feel”, “I can”

I am thankful for a wonderful husband and an amazing little girl for whom I want to improve myself. You see, it wasn’t always the case. I just wanted to be a “good” mama, not a “happy” mama, or not even a good person. I focused on raising a self-confident, self motivated little girl – because I am not. Be…

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Let me grow... just like me: Magda Gerber

Let me grow... just like me. Magda Gerber. #RIE #magdagerber #parentingquote

“Please let me grow as I be”, just let me…

It is common to think that, when we become parent it is “our job” to actively teach our children and to lead them to what we believe is best for them. Every moment is an opportunity to “teach”, then we often correct, we often lecture, we interfere because we want the “best”, because it is our “job”, because we are “responsible” or because we are simply…

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"There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen" ♥ "There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen" - Rumi I do my best to work on connection, because nothing else matters. What are you working on? ♥

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Find yourself first

"Go find yourself first, so you can also find me". My new year resolution. Read more @beagoodmama.wordpress.com

“Go find yourself first, so you can also find me”.

What do you think about that?

Lately, this resonates with me a lot… as hard as it is to accept, I believe that, for me, there is no other way. I try very hard – very very hard – to parent respectfully, to give my child what she deserves: respect, a healthy relationship model, available parents… I am focusing on learning, listening, responding,…

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The gift of time: Tips for slowing down

The gift of time... right on time for the holiday season

The best thing that you give to children is time…

Time… what a simple and beautiful word.

We live in a world where multi-tasking is praised, where multi-tasking is a talent that we – women – *have*. We *are able* to cook, clean, get dressed while talking on the phone. Well in fact, slowing down, enjoying the moment has become a “gift”, a state of mind I would really like to return to. I feel…

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Fake it until you make it!

Fake it until you make it! in order to adjust or change the patterns you need to stop reacting and think

Being a parent has become the definition of who I am – I’m Sarah’s mama, this is who I am.

I am a wife, a sister, a daughter, a friend, a “food lover”,… none of those define me better than “being a mother” because being a mother has changed me, none of the other statuses did. It has been hard, it still is – but raising healthy and “happy” children is not easy. There are no shortcuts, no easy way…

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Make Happy Memories :)

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"What’s the most heroic thing you’ve ever done?" "Wash the dishes without being asked."

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My baby is turning 3...

My baby is 3...

1095 long days but 3 short years, time flies my dears, time flies… 2 weeks from now, my baby will turn 3!

Those 3 years have been the hardest of my life and the most significant at the same time.

Thank you my baby for being who you are.

Thank you my baby for being joyful, curious, for caring so much, for paying attention to details.

Thank you my baby for making me see life through your big eyes…

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Just Relax and Take it Easy - Summer Vacation 2014

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Toilet Paper Play

Have fun with Toilet Paper :) Toilet Paper Play

It’s been a while since…

I have to say that Toilet Paper Play is one of my favorite. Not only it’s available in every home, it’s easy to clean and you + toddler can basically have hours of fun with it.

How it started?

Sarah took a toilet paper roll and asked me if she could keep it. I said yes… I was about to get dressed to go to the park and asked Sarah (who is diaper free during the day – yeah…

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Tomorrow Is Another Day

Are we really there? I mean, really…

I’ve been reading a great blog lately: Hands Free Mama about being REALLY there, not just there but really there – about making a connection, and basically about the important stuff in life. I can’t really say that my life has changed, but, among the other stuff I’m reading, this blog made me realize that every moment is important – because there is just one…

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Our 1st Montessori Inspired Activities

That’s it, I’m completely into it! Montessori has caught me, and I would like to initiate it when we play and see how it goes for us. Knowing that the critical age period is from 0 to 6, it would be too bad to wait

I have read the principles, watched videos and started following great blogs… not much, but enough to know that the Montessori education is a great way to approach life, to approach…

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Sarah's chocolate cake recipe

Sarah’s chocolate cake recipe

Sarah’s favorite cake is tasty, very simple to make (she bakes it), doesn’t cost much and doesn’t take long. Why don’t you try it?

Because it’s that simple, it’s not a strict recipe… in fact it’s not even a recipe at all, it’s something I once tried.

  Ingredients:

- 200 gr chocolate (we use dark/bittersweet chocolate)

- 6 eggs

- milk (a bit for the chocolate to melt)

- butter (not a must – to…

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The day(s) I completly lost it

The day(s) I completly lost it

I’m trying, I’m trying and trying to be mindful, I really do – every second I’m with Sarah (now 2.5 years old). Most of the time it works, we can do great things together or just do nothing together and we’re happy – but sometimes nothing helps, I just can’t get it right…

It was one of those days when I couldn’t get it right: My Sarah was sick, needless to say that during those hard times super…

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