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How You Describe Your Child Matters

How You Describe Your Child Matters

Original post by Hayley Goldberg, LMFT of Heart of Connecting How we label and describe our children makes a difference in how our children ultimately come to think about themselves. Labels have much more of an impact than we realize because our words carry a lot of...
Teaching New Behaviors

Teaching New Behaviors

Original article by Hayley Goldberg, LMFT at Heart of Connecting Children aren’t born knowing how or why to behave well. They aren’t born knowing how to take turns, not to color on the walls, or how to control their big emotions when you won’t buy them a new toy at...
3.5 year-old Tantrums (via Positive Discipline)

3.5 year-old Tantrums (via Positive Discipline)

Original article by: Positive Discipline. Link to article. Question: I just entered the world of Positive Discipline and I love it. I feel like I can be a really great mother—even more than I already am. I feel challenged with my 3 ½ year old! He is very specific...
Get Happy Dough for Lactation

Get Happy Dough for Lactation

Written by Katrina Cameron, Program Manager for OCMM. One of the best tips I ever got to prepare for breastfeeding was to have water and a basket of healthy snacks readily available by my rocker, bedside, and anywhere I would be nursing my baby girl. I found my...
We’re Celebrating Motherhood

We’re Celebrating Motherhood

  May is a special month here at OC Mommy and Me!  Not only is it Alex’s birthday month, but it is home to a day that honors and recognizes all the wonderful things that make up a mom.  Let’s face it, motherhood is an exclusive club that unifies you...