The Nurturing Parent: Respectful Parenting, Gentle Parenting, Toddler Behavior, Big Feelings, Regulate Emotions

Send a text Do you have your Halloween costumes ready? Are your pumpkins all painted and carved sitting on the front steps? Halloween is just around the corner and we wanted to share two more songs with you parents to sing with your kids. You can make any activity with your kids a little more fun when you add these tunes! So go for a little walk and sing with them, they will love these funny Hallo...

Send a text Happy Halloween Families! Do you hate the thought of halloween coming and having a house full of candy? Do you wish there was a healthy way to celebrate this time of year with your littles?  Well this week Amma will share her tricks for healthier treats this halloween!  Too many sweets at such a young age will set them up for unhealthy habits and diet as they get older. Lets teach them...

Send a text Welcome to the first of our FAMILY FUN FRIDAY series! We are so excited to add this to our podcast to help you mama bring something fun and fresh into the weekend for your family.  It may be a fun new song to sing to your littles like you learned today, a fun craft idea, or a helpful parenting tip that we will help you put into practice! We hope these tactical things will help you bond...

Send a text This week we welcome a special guest!  Colleen Adrian, MN, (Masters in Nursing) is a coach for parents of sensitive, spirited kids. She is a professional writer, speaker, and mentor who specializes in helping parents learn practices to transform their children’s self-criticism into self-confidence. If you are a parent who is at their wit's end regarding how to deal with your kids&...

Send a text This week we wanted to share why we chose "The Nurturing Parent" and what that means for us. We believe that a nurturing parent allows for the healthy growth and development of their little ones. Here are 4 basics of how to be a nurturing parent to your babies. This also may just serve as a reminder to cherish your little ones, show them love, accept them and all their feelin...

Send a text Does life feel like it is always moving too fast? Are you worried you can't just sit and enjoy your little ones? We are always rushing around as busy mamas which can suck the joy out of being present and really enjoying our babies! We want to encourage you to do these 3 things that will help you start enjoying your little ones and having more fun with them rather than constantly s...

Send a text Since we are under construction and coming to you with new changes next week, we brought it back to one of our beginning episodes. Ep. 4 "Connection Before Correction" is all about why it is important and more helpful to try and connect before your correct your child's behaviors.  When raising our toddlers we should strive for a relationship based off of mutual trust and...

Send a text Have you lost yourself in motherhood? Are you so busy caring for the kids all day that you forget to feed yourself? When is the last time you got a haircut? What is one thing that you have been dying to do but could never find the time to get done? Well, it is time to make time because it is now or never mama. Stop the mom guilt, stop the excuses, and schedule that time for yourself. M...

Send a text Get ready some changes are coming to your village! We are giving our podcast an upgrade. New cover art. New Name and we are here to listen to you! You can expect to see our cover art changing, from our blue theme we will now adopt a warmer brown tone to match our new name which will be "The Nurturing Parent" which we have come to realize is more what we would like to focus on...

Send a text Grandma's recipes, life skills, history, wisdom, a village... The older generation has so much to offer to our toddlers when we nourish those relationships. Grandparents can also reap many benefits from bonding with their grandkids. The older generation in exchange may get some tech service, updating on what's cool, share music and just bring smiles, joy, and purpose to the l...

Send a text Hey busy mom, did you forget we need rest days? The importance of rest is vital to our health and so necessary that we make it a priority to have guilt free rest days with our families. Don't stress that your child does not have their schedule mapped out perfectly. We give you the okay to stop overscheduling and make room for free play.  I know we are all searching for kid's...

Send a text Are you worried about your kids depending too much on you? Well, we are their parents, aren't we? The best road to independence is through what's called INTERdependence. They should be able to depend on us, which makes for a healthy relationship. Gentle parenting or attachment parenting is about building that foundation of trust so our kids feel comfortable becoming independe...

Send a text What may seem like little feelings to us can be big feelings for our kids. These feelings can build up inside and lead to many behaviors that we may not like, which is why it is so important to let your kids know that we are here for them. This is the foundation of gentle parenting. It is about mutual respect, teaching kids to manage their emotions, and modeling the behavior you want t...

Send a text How do we explain death to our kids? We may see it in our families, with pets, or even with family friends. But are our kids too young to know and understand death? It seems like a heavy discussion for someone so little but we should know how to approach the conversation. Amma Lisa shares some great advice about how we can make them feel more comfortable with their grief. Everyone has...

Send a text This week we are talking about "Gentle Alternatives To Cry It Out Sleep Training." In our last episode  "say no to cry it out" we spoke about why you should say no but did not touch on what we can do to help calm our babies cries when it comes to getting some sleep! We hope you enjoy and please share this podcast with any other mothers or fathers! Referenced Ep. 7  ...

Send a text Potty training or toileting time? It is such a huge milestone getting your toddlers out of diapers! But after much research, we see that they will be ready when they are ready but in this week's episode, we discuss some ways to support our toddler's journey to figuring it out. You can find many hacks, tips, and tricks to potty training online but we discuss ways we think you...

Send a text Are you constantly getting unsolicited advice about parenting and what you can do 'better'? In this weeks episode Amma Lisa gives us some ways to parent with confidence and feel proud of the parenting decisions you decide to make, how to set boundaries to help you uphold your parenting style, and the importance of standing up for our kids! This episodes is filled with  inform...

Send a text Are you sleep training? Have you heard of the cry it out method? Well we are here to tell you it might not work. There are better ways and we hope you get something out of this episode like not using the cry it out method.  It is ok to hold your baby. Our babies need us and you cannot ‘spoil’ a baby. If they need to be held and feel their mothers body close to theirs, that is normal. W...

Send a text Quiet time is so beneficial for our children and us but is drowned out by cocomelon and all the hits on youtube. This week Amma Lisa teaches us how to set up  quiet time for success and how it benefits our kids and their growing brains! We hope you enjoy and please share this podcast with any other expecting mothers or fathers as our mission is to help as many families as we can reach!...

Send a text I was put in time-outs and always thought I would give my kids time out just like I experienced growing up. I was going to 'discipline' my kids the way I was... except this week Amma Lisa teaches Mama Sareena how it actually doesn't work to get our desired results . Our kid's misbehavior is usually a sign of a different issue. May it be attention, hunger, or tiredne...

Send a text This week's discussion consists of Amma Lisa trying to convince us that there is no such thing as terrible twos... Maybe we need to look at it in another way to see they are really terrific twos! Toddlers are just experiencing normal developmental stages. It is how we deal with these changes that guide it down a bumpy road or a not-as bumpy road. The better we understand what our...

Send a text Growing gardens are a lot like raising children. They both need love and attention, they thrive when they are in the sun, and they come with different needs that need to be individually tended to in order to help them grow best! In this week's episode, we chat about gardening with our kids and the similarities between both of them.  In our part of the world, it's getting warm...

Send a text The Grand Finale! Mama Sareena finishes up her birth story with Amma Lisa and Midwife Sharon! While also getting into the topic of mastitis and clogged ducts because postpartum is a whole other journey that has its ups and downs. Our mission was to educate and empower mothers walking into labor and delivery. We are all entitled to have the birth experience we want and it is possible wh...

Send a text After these 5 weeks we get to hear Mama Sareena's birth story! Thanks to Midwife Sharon, she had an empowered birth experience with no epidural. Using the tools she learned throughout the interviews Sareena was more knowledgeable and was able to speak up to get what she wanted for her and her daughter. Even her husband walked into this birth with more knowledge and power to stand...

Send a text The last episode in our 5-part series preparing mothers for labor. This week we discuss how to create a birth plan to help our mamas get the best birth experience and feel empowered. It is essential to take charge of your birth experience because you may not know if you will get another chance to go through it again. It is one of the most challenging but beautiful experiences you will...