I remember the exact moment when I had this thought: “Vicky better thank me for all of my sacrifices”. Victoria was only one at the time. I breastfed her until she was 14 months old. I had breastfed Paulito for 1 month and pumped for another two. Even though the production of breast milk was […]
I was 28 years old when I became a father. At least from my perspective, I wanted to have a son that I could love, mold, and shape into the best version of myself. He would be more athletic, a smart risk taker, outgoing, and a much better eloquent speaker and transcend my personal attributes. […]
Hello again everyone! A thousand apologies for the little mini break that my husband and I took. We felt like we were getting into a groove about posting about our parenting life and then all of a sudden our website went down and it took us a while to get it functioning again! What was […]
During this holiday season I wanted to take some time to reflect on Christmas. Christmas has definitely become a completely different holiday since having Paulito and Vicky but to be honest this holiday season I feel like I have been mostly on autopilot and not very festive. When I began to think about what makes the holidays […]
Before I get into the intended content for this blog, I want to say something about the election. At this point how we each voted takes a back to seat to the reality that we are now living in a time when people feel emboldened to act on their intolerance and that really shakes me […]
So I am continually amazed by my incredible ability to fail at this parenting thing. So for any of you that have this idea that I have this parenting thing down…well please, allow me to dispel that myth. I fail all the time and sometimes I fail hard. One morning this week had started great! […]
When I began to tell my family and friends that I was going to start a parenting blog with Paulo, I immediately began to receive various questions asking for my advice about parenting. Now let me be clear right now before we go any further. I am not blogging because I think that I am […]
First I want to apologize for the long period of time since the last post. Our intention was always to post once a week but over a month ago I realized that what I was writing was hurting my parents feelings. As much as I wanted to keep writing and posting there was something in […]
It is the perfect Saturday for a birthday party. In the central valley it can get pretty hot in the summer but today it is warm yet comfortable. I am sitting in the shade and I can feel a cool breeze as I wait for Vicky to take her turn to hit the piñata. Vicky […]
Yes, as you may have heard in last weeks blog it took me a long time to give parenting classes a chance. When my wife first suggested we take parenting classes (spring 2013) my thoughts were: Why do I need to take a parenting class? I am a grown man. I have no addictions. I […]
I want to apologize up front for all of the science words in the blog today. Please do not be intimidated. You do not have to remember the terms. There will be no test, I promise! So when I tell people that I am a yeller they are often shocked. It is probably because I […]
I was reviewing some work emails when I hear that the kids are fighting over the cell phone. Paulo is saying that he just wants to look at something and Victoria is saying “no!” Then I hear a physical struggle over the phone and all of a sudden a really loud shriek. I am quickly […]
The first time I heard about Conscious Parenting was when Dr. Shefali Tsabary appeared on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday show about two years ago. Her message completely made sense to me. So what was my next step? I asked my husband to watch the episode. We were both having aha’s left and right! It was […]
That moment when your loved ones come to realize that you do not share some of their same views is brutal. In their faces you can see their disapproval, the profound disappointment. The next day everyone says hello but something is different. You try to make yourself believe that you are seeing things but you […]