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01/31/12Formula 101: The Bad News About Feeding Your Baby FormulaOur guest blogger spills on the real facts about formula Posted at 08:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/24/12Separation Anxiety: When Attached Parents Need to Distance ThemselvesA solo trip away from home may be alright with her kid, but can one Valley mama handle it? Posted at 08:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/17/12Can Yoga Hurt You? The New York Times Seems to Think SoIs it true? Our blogger defends yoga against renowned teacher (and Rhinebeck resident) Glenn Black’s surprising claims Posted at 08:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/10/12Upstate NY Mother With Cancer Denies Treatment to Protect Baby, Dies; Local Businesses Rally to Feed Baby BreastmilkA dying mother’s wish inspires the Hudson Valley to provide milk for Baby Violet Posted at 08:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/03/12Consistency and the Crayon War: You’ll Teach Your Kid a Lesson, But at What Price?In an effort to maintain consistency, one mom’s power struggle with her toddler ends up costing them both Posted at 09:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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12/27/11You Decide: Giving Kids a Choice When Making Decisions With Positive DisciplineIf you offer kids two choices and ask them to decide (à la Positive Discipline), they get structure and power while you control the outcome — and avert a stand-off Posted at 10:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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12/20/11Cultivating Gratitude During the Holidays: How to Teach Your Kids to Be Gracious and Give Thanks This ChristmasDespite its good intentions, Christmas becomes a buy-fest, pushing otherwise fiscally responsible parents into crazed over-spenders and turning sweet, polite children into green-eyed gimme monsters Posted at 08:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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12/13/11I Feel Pretty, Oh So Pretty: Why Constantly Telling Your Little Girl She’s Beautiful Does More Harm Than GoodIt’s been said that women who were constantly told they were beautiful as young girls have poorer self esteem than those who were praised for other attributes (or not praised at all). What do you think? Posted at 09:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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12/06/11Longtime Friends and New Moms Bond Over Parenthood (and the Occasional Dance Party)I’m grateful for the friendships that have not only survived motherhood, but deepened because of it Posted at 09:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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11/29/11Is Eating Local More Important than Buying Organic?Inspired by a book on ethical farming, Mama Greenest wonders which is better: Eating local food, or buying organic (if you can’t do both)? Posted at 10:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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About This Blog
Shannon Gallagher
Rhinebeck, NY
Dutchess County native Shannon Gallagher can be found in Rhinebeck, embracing her new role as mother to Coraline and all that it entails: little sleep, a constant eau de spit up, and a general aura of disorganization. A contributing editor for Hudson Valley magazine, she also teaches Pilates. While in her non-pregnant state she could often be found climbing in the ’Gunks or jumping out of airplanes, for now she is keeping both feet on the ground, watching her baby grow and exploring the many ways to raise baby green, happy, and healthy.
Recent Posts
- Formula 101: The Bad News About Feeding Your Baby Formula | Comments: 0
- Separation Anxiety: When Attached Parents Need to Distance Themselves | Comments: 0
- Can Yoga Hurt You? The New York Times Seems to Think So | Comments: 0
- Upstate NY Mother With Cancer Denies Treatment to Protect Baby, Dies; Local Businesses Rally to Feed Baby Breastmilk | Comments: 0
- Consistency and the Crayon War: You’ll Teach Your Kid a Lesson, But at What Price? | Comments: 0
- You Decide: Giving Kids a Choice When Making Decisions With Positive Discipline | Comments: 0
- Cultivating Gratitude During the Holidays: How to Teach Your Kids to Be Gracious and Give Thanks This Christmas | Comments: 0
- I Feel Pretty, Oh So Pretty: Why Constantly Telling Your Little Girl She’s Beautiful Does More Harm Than Good | Comments: 0
- Longtime Friends and New Moms Bond Over Parenthood (and the Occasional Dance Party) | Comments: 0
- Is Eating Local More Important than Buying Organic? | Comments: 0
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